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Bids of $300-425 psf ppr seen for Upper Thomson plot

Another site at Meyer Road offers bite-size option, with $65m price tag

DEVELOPERS hungry for land were offered two plum residential sites yesterday. One is a 99-year leasehold plot at Upper Thomson Road, opposite the Singapore Island Country Club’s Island Golf Course, which boasts views of Lower Peirce Reservoir.

Reservoir view: The Upper Thomson Road plot can be built up to 20 storeys

The 224,303 square foot plot, which was triggered for release from the government’s reserve list, can be developed into a condo of up to 20 storeys with about 400 units.

The land parcel’s minimum price is $82 million or $174 per square foot of potential gross floor area, although property consultants expect top bids to come in much higher – at $300 to $425 psf per plot ratio (psf ppr). They reckon a new condo on the site could fetch an average selling price of about $800-1,000 psf.

The second offering is a 28,167 sq ft freehold plot put on the market through a collective sale of The Meyer Place in District 15. The reserve price is said to be $65 million, which works out to about $1,150 psf ppr including an estimated $3 million development charge.

The site is zoned for residential use and has a 2.1 plot ratio under Master Plan 2008. Continue reading

The Meyer Place up for collective sale

If the sale goes through, it could net the 28 owners a sale price of $2.2 million to $3.3 million each, depending on the size of their unit. — PHOTO: CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD

THE Meyer Place condominium off Meyer Road has been put up for collective sale.

Property consultants Cushman & Wakefield, which is marketing the site, said it should fetch at least $65 million. That would give the 28 owners a sale price of $2.2 million to $3.3 million each, depending on the size of their unit.

Based on a maximum allowable plot ratio of 2.1, this price works out to $1,100 per sq ft (psf) per plot ratio.

These prices translate to a premium of about 50 per cent above the value of the units if the owners were to sell them individually on the open market now, said Ms Christina Sim, Cushman & Wakefield’s director, investment, capital markets.

The fairly small 28,167 sq ft freehold site near Katong Park also has a two-storey conservation building that contains four flats that must remain in any development of the land. Continue reading