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Delays at CapitaLand Macau project

CAPITALAND’S joint casino project partner in Macau said that disagreements with its business partner New Cotai had led to delays in getting land-use approval.

CapitaLand – which owns a 20 per cent stake in the US$2 billion Macao Studio City through a joint venture firm with eSun Holdings Ltd known as EAST Asia Satellite Television (East) – said last Saturday that it will work with eSun on solutions to enable the project to progress.

It also said that it has the option to ‘put back’ its shares to eSun if certain conditions are not met by September 2011 ‘or such other date as may be mutually agreed’.

In a statement last Friday, Hongkong-listed eSun said that progress for Macao Studio City has stalled due to differences of opinion between East and its US partner New Cotai, which has a 40 per cent stake in the joint venture company in charge of the project, Cyber One.

The Macau government had not given permission for Cyber One to make modifications to the land and raise the developable gross floor area of the site to about six million square feet. Continue reading

233 units of CapitaLand’s Interlace condominium project sold

CapitaLand said on Tuesday 233 units were sold in the preview sales of its Interlace condominium project, which will be built on the former Gillman Heights site.

The prices for the 360 units that were released for sale ranged from S$850 to S$1,150 per square foot.

The developer said nearly two thirds were sold, including two, three, and four-bedroom apartments and penthouses.

Located on an 872,000 square foot site at the junction of Depot Road and Alexandra Road, the 99-year leasehold development has a total of 1,040 homes. The apartments range from 800 to some 5,900 square feet.

CapitaLand is the lead project manager for The Interlace, which it is developing jointly with two other shareholders, including Hotel Properties.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 22 Sep 2009