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A new integrated tourism development will be set up at the Jurong Lake District by 2026, in line with the Government’s strategy to "spread out its tourism offerings across different parts of Singapore", said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat on Tuesday (Apr 16). “With its unique waterfront environment and location adjacent to the new Jurong Lake Gardens and the new...

Real estate investment sales in Singapore fell 52 per cent year on year to $5.3 billion in the first quarter of 2019, on cooling in the latest bout of en-bloc fever and from residential property curbs. This is according to a Colliers International research report released on Tuesday. The corresponding period in 2018 had seen a record level of residential collective sales, Colliers noted. In the...

Kingsford Huray Development has been hit with a no-sale licence for its project at the former Normanton Park site, prohibiting it from selling units before the Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) is obtained. In June, Kingsford Huray was granted approval for a 1,882-unit project on the site, comprising 1,863 apartments and 19 strata terrace houses. But the Controller of Housing (COH) issued a no-sale...

Developers in Singapore sold 1,054 private homes in March, up from the 455 units they moved in February, and 47 per cent higher than the 716 units they sold in the corresponding month a year ago. Sales in February this year were lower due to the Chinese New Year festive lull and the absence of new launches. The figures - which exclude executive condominium (EC) units - were released by the Urban...

The Marina Mandarin Singapore and parts of the Marina Square complex are changing hands for S$675.3 million, under a deal last Friday involving firms linked to tycoon Wee Cho Yaw. United Industrial Corp (UIC) is buying out Finnegan Investments and Mackmoor, as well as mainboard-listed OUE. The whole Marina Square mall will then be owned jointly by UIC and parent UOL Group. UIC is coughing up that sum...

More than 20 ageing office buildings in Singapore's CBD, currently housing some 6 to 6.5 million sq ft of office space, could be redeveloped to make way for state-of-the-art buildings under the CBD Incentive Scheme as part of the recently released draft Master Plan 2019. This is the number of buildings JLL Research estimates could satisfy the criteria set under the scheme, which offers higher plot ratios...

Singapore was again the second-most expensive city in the world to buy a house last year. It emerged behind Hong Kong, which remained in first place, in the Global Living report by real estate firm CBRE which compared investment residential properties across 35 global cities. In terms of rentals, however, Singapore was the 10th most expensive. And with property prices inching up just 1.1 per cent...

Singapore remains the world's second-most expensive housing market after Hong Kong, according to an annual CBRE report which compares private residential property markets across 35 cities. But average price growth was significantly slower, at just 1.1 per cent. Hong Kong kept its top position with an average residential property costing US$1.235 million or US$2,091 per square foot (psf). Singapore came...

Edmund Tie & Company (ET&Co), the sole marketing agent for a rarely available freehold redevelopment site near the Aljunied MRT station, is pleased to offer this property for sale. Strategically located in the city fringe within a mature industrial cluster, the property occupies a regular plot with a site area of 1,427.4 square metres (sq m) or 15,364 square feet (sq ft). The property enjoys excellent...

A six-storey detached industrial building at 115 Eunos Avenue 3 is up for sale by expression of interest by marketing agent Cushman & Wakefield. It joins other properties in the city fringes that have put on the market this week, including a freehold four-storey commercial building at 118 Joo Chiat Road and a freehold redevelopment site at 51 Lorong 21 Geylang. They have indicative prices of S$20...