Category Archives: Overseas Property

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

First public housing devt in Sino-S’pore Tianjin Eco-city reaches milestone

The first public housing development in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city has reached a significant milestone.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Wednesday.

Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu officiated at the event.

The Eco-city is designed to promote social harmony, create economic vibrancy and environmental sustainability.

One of its key performance indicators is to have at least 20 per cent of its housing units in the form of public housing.

The first phase of the public housing development is located in the four-square-kilometre start-up area (SUA) of the Eco-city. It will have 569 units spread out in seven blocks.

The project is expected to be completed by mid-2011. In all, some 3,000 public housing units will be build in the start-up area.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 15 Oct 2009