Local property group Perennial Real Estate Holdings said on Tuesday (Aug 4) it has received planning permits for proposed enhancement works at TripleOne Somerset and AXA Tower. The plans for TripleOne Somerset, a predominantly-office cum retail development off Orchard Road, include increasing the retail area and converting up to 32,000 square feet of gross floor area into medical suites. Perennial also...
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The upcoming Waterway Point at Punggol has secured committed occupancy for 90 per cent of its retail space, about six months before its opening, Frasers Centrepoint Malls said on Tuesday (Aug 4). Frasers Centrepoint Malls said the 370,824 square feet (sq ft) Waterway Point will offer four levels of indoor shopping, leisure and alfresco dining spaces with a view of Punggol Waterway. Key tenants...
Thong Sia Building located opposite The Paragon in the Orchard Road shopping belt has been sold to SIN Capital Group for S$380 million, marketing agent JLL said in a news release on Wednesday (Jul 29). This works out to S$2,430 psf over the existing gross floor area for the freehold building. The 26-storey building was built in 1981 and has a land area of about 21,602 sq ft. It currently comprises seven...
Prices of office space rose 0.3 per cent in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter, while prices of retail space fell 0.5 per cent, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Friday (Jul 24). Rentals of office space fell 2.6 per cent in the second quarter, compared with the 0.6 per cent increase in the first quarter. Rentals of retail space decreased by 0.5 per cent, compared with the...
A company linked to low-profile investor Denis Jen, who owns shopping malls in Australia, is buying 158 Cecil Street for S$240 million from a fund managed by Alpha Investment Partners, the fund management arm of Keppel Land. The price works out to about S$2,100 per square foot based on the 14-storey building's net lettable area of around 115,000 sq ft. 158 Cecil Street is on a site with a balance lease...
The manager of CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) said on Wednesday (15 July) it may sell or redevelop Funan DigitaLife Mall (Funan Mall) in line with its policy of continually evaluating the trust's properties. "These options include and are not limited to a disposal or redevelopment of Funan Mall," CapitaLand Mall Trust Management said in a filing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). CMT added that it has not...
The old Capitol Theatre has just reopened, after a billion-dollar facelift. Along with a retail mall, the development will also include residences and a hotel. Owners of Capitol said they are adopting a strategy of bringing in new-to-market brands, as tenants, to complement its theatre and lifestyle offerings. Japanese apparel retailer, 45r, is among the new names open for business at Capitol Piazza,...
CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT), Singapore's largest shopping mall trust, will buy Bedok Mall from sponsor CapitaLand in a deal that values the mall at S$780 million. The 222,500 square foot Bedok Mall, which opened in December 2013, is part of an integrated retail-residential-transport development at Bedok Town Centre that includes the 583-unit condominium Bedok Residences developed by CapitaLand. The...
When Singaporean Hidayu Mustaafa craves for retail therapy, she walks to a mall five minutes from her home in the eastern suburb of Tampines instead of bussing down to Orchard Road - the island-state's shopping Mecca. That is bad news for Orchard Road's glitzy malls, which showcase brands such as Inditex's Zara and H&M, as well as luxury names like Chanel and Prada. Increased competition from...
Average office rents in the Central Business District (CBD) area in the second quarter of the year stayed flat quarter-on-quarter at S$10.85 per sq ft, property consultant DTZ said in a news release on Wednesday (Jul 1). According to DTZ, the slowdown in rental growth was also a result of slower demand in the face of uncertain global situations such as the risk of a sharp correction in China’s real...