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Ho Bee, Yanlord in China venture

PROPERTY groups Ho Bee Investment and Yanlord Land have signed an agreement to explore investing in and developing a high-end residential project in Nanhu Eco-City, China.

The two companies said yesterday that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between their joint venture company in Singapore, Yanlord Ho Bee Investments, and the Tangshan Nanhu Eco-city administrative committee. The project is also supported by IE Singapore, the companies said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange.

Nanhu Eco-city, on the southern fringe of Tangshan City, has been earmarked for a new city centre that will combine modern infrastructure with environmentally friendly living conditions and comprehensive recreational amenities. It has a planned area of about 91 sq km.

Based on the existing master plan, Nanhu Eco-City will be divided into four key sectors. In particular, the south-western sector will house the new administrative and financial centres of the city and presents significant opportunities for high-end residential development.

‘Building on its competencies in property development, Yanlord Ho Bee will explore opportunities and investments for high-end residential development in this area,’ Ho Bee and Yanlord said in a statement yesterday.

Ho Bee’s stock lost one cent to close at $1.47 yesterday, while Yanlord shed three cents to close at $2.32.

Source : Business Times – 16 Oct 2009

Time is ripe for Quayside Isle launch

Recent months have seen a return of buying interests to Sentosa Cove. Last week, SC Global announced that its residential project, Seven Palms Sentosa Cove sold 6 out of the 10 released units at an average selling price of S$3,300 psf. In the sub-sale and resale markets, prices of other condominium projects on Sentosa have also recovered firmly in 2H09. We think that the time is ripe for City Developments (CDL) to launch its Quayside Isle Collection project soon. While we previously assumed a bear-case scenario pricing of S$1,400 psf for the project, we are now raising our selling price estimate to S$1,900 psf. As such, our projected profit contribution from the residential component of the Quayside Isle Collection project has now been raised from S$209.7m to S$386.2m. Our fair value of CDL has now been raised to S$9.83. We maintain our HOLD rating on CDL.

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