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Roxy-Pacific JV acquires Harbour View Gardens for $33m

Roxy-Pacific Holdings said its wholly owned subsidiary, RH West Coast, has agreed to acquire a freehold residential site at 223A Pasir Panjang Road, also known as Harbour View Gardens, at $33 million.

The freehold residential site has a total land area of 30,745 sq ft and an existing plot ratio of 1.4 for residential apartment development.

On signing of the agreement, the company plans to enter into a joint venture agreement with Macly Equity, Rich-Link Development and Ken Yeo Aik Hui for the purpose of the purchase and development of the development.

Macly Equity, Rich-Link and Ken are not related to the company, said Roxy-Pacific.

Under the JV agreement, the company, Macly Equity, Rich-Link and Ken will inject capital in RH West Coast in respective shareholdings of: 45%, 45%, 8% and 2% respectively.

Roxy-Pacific said the cost of the acquisition will be financed by internal funds and bank borrowings and is not expected to have a material impact on the group’s consolidated earnings and net tangible assets per share of the company for the current financial year ending December 31, 2012.

Source The Edge – 2012 Jul 25

 

 

 

Residential sector leads Singapore investment sales

The residential market in Singapore dominated investment sales, contributing 54 percent of total transactions in Q2 2012, according to a report by Savills Research.

As for total investment sales, the consultancy said it grew 52.4 percent from S$4.9 billion in Q1 to S$7.4 billion in Q2.

The public sector accounted for 41.7 percent of all investment sales at S$3.1 billion.

Under the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme, a total of S$2.9 billion sales were recorded with 15 state land parcels sold.

Meanwhile, investment sales in the private sector bounced back with transaction values climbing 59.9 percent quarter-on-quarter.

“Transaction volume in the commercial segment boosted 123.7 percent quarter-on-quarter to S$2.3 billion,” added the report.

“In the near term, the investment market may hit a plateau given the worsening macro conditions and a squeeze on buyers’ financing.”

Source PropertyGuru – 2012 Jul 25