Q2 net profit falls on lower development margins, weaker hotel showing
CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng says construction of the delayed South Beach project is likely to begin around the third quarter of next year, with CDL and new investor Nan Fung group of Hong Kong probably the ones that will pump in further money.
CDL’s two earlier joint-venture partners in South Beach, El-Ad Group and Dubai World, are likely to be passive investors who may then see their share in the project diluted. ‘I think they have other priorities,’ Mr Kwek said on the sidelines of CDL’s Q2 results briefing yesterday.
The group posted a 15.3 per cent drop in net earnings to $139.98 million and a 32.4 per cent decline in first-half net profit to $223.1 million due to lower profit margins from property development and a weaker showing from its hotels business, which was hit by the global economic slump. Continue reading
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