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Makeover for China Square

Posted on 22 May 2012 | Comments Off on Makeover for China Square

Far East Organization, Frasers Commercial Trust and The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd recently announced a China Square Precinct Master Plan, which is essentially to integrate the three companies’ respective developments: Far East Square, China Square and Great Eastern Centre, into a precinct called China Place.

A covered linkway connecting the three projects and the upcoming Telok Ayer MRT station is estimated to cost $14 million, with the cost borne equally by all three parties. Far East also announced that it would be developing two hotels on the site: a 37-unit boutique hotel converted from some of the existing shophouses and a 28-storey, 292-room hotel.

Source: TheEdge – 2012 May 22

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Farrer Drive site receives highest application bid

Posted on 22 May 2012 | Comments Off on Farrer Drive site receives highest application bid

The Farrer Drive residential development site on the reserve list of the GLS programme received an application bid of $823 psf per plot ratio, triggering the release of the site for public tender. This is the highest application bid in terms of price psf ppr in the history of the programme, notes Nicholas Mak, executive director of research and consultancy at SLP International. Despite its irregular land shape, the site is attractive because of its location in prime district 10, close to Holland Road and within walking distance of the Farrer Road MRT station.

The site can be developed into a 120- to 150- unit residential project. The developer that triggered the tender of the reserve list site submitted a high application bid “perhaps in the hope that it would discourage other developers from participating in the tender”, notes Mak. “The developer that will eventually win this tender is likely to pay a high land price and thus would be building mostly small apartment units to maximise the sale price on a psf basis.” He estimates the range of bids for this tender at $89 million to $94 million, or $825 to $870 psf ppr.

Source: TheEdge – 2012 May 22

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