Office / Retail Space

Bugis Cube launched for collective sale with S$230m reserve price

Bugis Cube has been put up for collective sale via a public tender exercise at a reserve price of S$230 million, marketing agent Cushman & Wakefield said on Monday. Located at 470 North Bridge Road, Bugis Cube is a six-storey commercial building with a basement floor car park. It has 119 strata-titled retail shops, including food and beverage (F&B) outlets; beauty, hair and nail salons; and a family...

Coworking here to stay despite WeWork concerns

The coworking business is here to stay notwithstanding the recent woes of coworking giant WeWork that has forced it to pull the plug on an initial public offering, according to separate reports from Jefferies and DBS. A Credit Suisse report earlier this week said poor sentiment on the company could further damp demand for coworking spaces amid slowing gross domestic product growth, hurting office Reits...

WeWork concerns seeping into Singapore office Reits: Credit Suisse

Concerns about co-working giant WeWork may amplify the negative impact of a weakening economy on Singapore's commercial real estate investment trusts (Reits), according to Credit Suisse Group. Poor sentiment on the company could further damp demand for co-working spaces amid slowing gross domestic product growth, hurting office Reits, analysts led by Nicholas Teh wrote in a report. "Office Reits have...

Keppel Reit sells Bugis Junction Towers for S$547.5m, S$388m above purchase price

Keppel Reit has sold Bugis Junction Towers to Village Prop Pte Ltd for S$547.5 million or S$2,200 per square foot, S$388 million more than the S$159.5 million the property was acquired for in 2006. The Business Times understands the main buyer is a fund managed by Angelo Gordon, a US-headquartered global alternative investment manager. Alongside the fund, Singapore-based property investment manager...

Pair of Duxton Hill shophouses up for sale with S$11m guide price

A pair of two-storey conservation shophouses in Duxton Hill, Tanjong Pagar has been launched for sale with an S$11 million guide price, marketing agent JLL announced on Monday. The indicative price works out to about S$2,800 per square foot on the estimated gross floor area. Located on 39 and 40 Duxton Road, the shophouses have a combined land area of 2,161 sq ft, and an estimated built-up area of...

CapitaLand associate buying Fullshare’s office space in Cecil St tower

AN associated company of CapitaLand is buying the office space at the former GSH Plaza in Cecil Street from a fund led by Hongkong-listed Fullshare Holdings in a deal expected to exceed S$500 million. The building, now known as Plus, is at 20 Cecil Street, beside Republic Plaza. Sources told The Business Times the price works out to about S$2,320 per square foot, lower than what Nanjing-headquartered...

Revamped Republic Plaza reopens with new tenant app, startup incubator

City Developments Limited (CDL) on Wednesday morning unveiled the revamped Republic Plaza, its flagship property in Raffles Place, following an extensive S$70 million asset enhancement initiative (AEI) which started in April 2018. Although the building had previously undergone several enhancements, this was its first major facelift since it was completed in 1996. At 280 metres tall, the 66-storey...

6 adjoining Tanjong Pagar shophouses put on market for S$57.8m

A row of six adjoining shophouses in Tanjong Pagar have been launched for sale, either individually or collectively, via an expression of interest exercise, joint marketing agents Colliers International and Jones Lang Lasalle Singapore (JLL) said on Tuesday. Located at 48 to 56 Peck Seah Street, the three pairs of two-storey conservation shophouses with attic sit on three separate land lots with a...

5 adjoining Kg Glam shophouses up for sale with S$23.8m guide price

Five adjoining conservation shophouses located in Kampong Glam are up for sale via public tender at a guide price of S$23.8 million, real estate firm Knight Frank said on Wednesday. The freehold shophouses at 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25 Baghdad Street are located at the prime corner of Baghdad Street and Muscat Street. They have five individual titles with a total land area of 4,892 square feet (sq ft),...

Coworking spaces in Singapore tripled since 2015 to 3.7m sq ft: Colliers

Coworking spaces now take up 3.7 million square feet (sq ft) in net lettable area (NLA) of Singapore's commercial space, tripling from 1.2 million sq ft in 2015 to become one of the top six occupier sectors, said Colliers International. The top occupier sector in the Singapore CBD (central business district) Grade A office space are financial services, followed by professional services, technology,...