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Aspial Corp buys residential site at Bassein Road for $41.1m

Aspial Corporation has submitted an offer through its subsidiary World Class Land to purchase Chong Kim Apartment at 8 Bassein Road for S$41.1 million.

The apartment was offered for sale by tender on May 12.

Aspial says the offer has been accepted.

The freehold Chong Kim Apartment has a land area of 1,426.9 square metres and is zoned for residential use.

It has a plot ratio of 2.8 and can be developed to a 36-storey property.

Subject to the approval of authorities, Aspial says it intends to purchase an adjoining plot of state land sized at 150 square metres.

Aspial plans to develop a 110-unit apartment project on the combined land area.

The site is in the prime district 11 and is walking distance away from Novena MRT station, as well as shopping amenities Velocity @ Novena Square, Square 2, United Square and numerous medical facilities.

The acquisition and development will be funded internally and through bank loans, says Aspial.

It says the transaction is not expected to have any material impact and net tangible assets on the company for this financial year.

Source : CNA – 13 May 2011

Pasir Ris residential site awarded to MCL Land

The Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday awarded a residential site at the junction of Jalan Loyang Besar and Pasir Ris Drive 4 to MCL Land, which submitted the top bid of S$246.1 million at the close of tender on Tuesday.

There were only three bids submitted, with observers saying this was because developers were concerned over potential competition from projects at nearby sites, including those at Pasir Ris Drive 1 and an executive condominium site in Elias Road. They added that the impending review to raise the income ceiling for public housing eligibility may also have a dampening effect on mass market private homes.

The site has an area of 27,054.8 sq m with maximum permissible gross floor area of 56,816 sq m. MCL’s bid translates to S$402 per sq ft per plot ratio.

CBRE Research executive director Li Hiaw Ho said that “units in this new project will be able to fetch above S$800 psf on the average”. This was based on caveats lodged between February and last month for units in NV Residences in Pasir Ris Drive 1 which were sold at between S$800 psf and S$890 psf.

Meanwhile, units at another nearby project, Oasis @ Elias, were sold at between S$680 psf and S$830 psf, according to CBRE.

Source : Today – 12 May 2011