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Allgreen Q2 net up 36% to $23.4m

ALLGREEN Properties saw net profit improve 36 per cent to $23.4 million in the second quarter ended June 2009 from a year earlier. Revenue rose 14 per cent to $84.6 million against Q2 2008, mainly due to higher income from development properties as a result of increased progress sales recognition compared with the previous period.

Earnings per share increased to 1.47 cents from 1.08 cents. No interim dividend has been declared. H1 revenue rose 2 per cent to $165.4 million. While there was a decent increase in revenue from development properties as a result of increased progress sales recognition, this was offset by the poorer performance of the hotel segment, which suffered a drop in both occupancy and room rates due to the weak economy. Still, H1 2009 net profit increased 52 per cent to $52.7 million.

Allgreen said April and May 2009 marked the start of an improvement in sentiment as buyers responded positively to favourable pricing by Continue reading

Hotel Royal family offering Guillemard apt block for sale

Fragrance Group picks up freehold site at Changi Road for $33.56m

Melodies Limited, controlled by the Lee family of Hotel Royal, is selling a 20-storey freehold apartment block in Guillemard Road which it developed 11 years ago.

The price is about $70 million, reflecting $783 per sq ft based on existing strata area of 89,362 sq ft.

Colliers International, which is marketing the property, Cassia View, through an expression-of-interest exercise, says that the buyer could either spruce up the 72 units and sell them individually or tear down the property and redevelop it.

Cassia View is understood to have utilised the maximum gross floor area (GFA) allowed for the site based on a 2.8 plot ratio under Master Plan Continue reading