Category Archives: Developers

3rd site triggered for sale in 3 weeks

YET another government land parcel has been triggered for sale after a developer committed to bid at least $40.5 million for the site at the corner of Yio Chu Kang and Seletar roads.

The site is the third government plot triggered for sale in as many weeks after developers tendered bids on land in Dakota Crescent and Chestnut Avenue.

‘Developers are looking at the market two years down the road,’ said Jones Lang LaSalle’s head of South-east Asia research Chua Yang Liang.

‘We are still in a contraction mode but the global credit crunch has eased somewhat in Singapore and there is more certainty that we’ve seen the worst.’

The recent run-up in demand also points to a more positive mood, he Continue reading

SingLand, UIC turn in Q2, H1 losses

In terms of operations, both achieve year-on-year increases in profits

OFFICE landlord Singapore Land (SingLand) and its parent United Industrial Corp (UIC) yesterday reported net losses for the second quarter as well as the first six months of this year due to fair-value losses from revaluations of investment properties.

UIC posted a $251.8 million net loss for Q2 ended June 30, 2009 after it booked a fair-value loss of $526.1 million on investment properties held by subsidiary companies.

SingLand’s $344.7 million net loss for Q2 was on the back of a $492 million revaluation loss on investment Continue reading