En bloc hopefuls extend tender closing dates

With no collective sale deals being awarded since the latest cooling measures took effect on July 6, some developments that have already launched their tenders are extending their deadlines. Horizon Towers that launched on July 5 at a reserve price of S$1.1 billion, will now close on Sept 12 instead of Aug 7 previously announced. Marketing agent JLL said in a statement on Tuesday: "The decision was...

Suntec Reit Q2 DPU down a marginal 0.8%

Suntec Reit distribution per unit (DPU) edged down to 2.474 Singapore cents for the second quarter ended June 30, 0.8 per cent lower than the 2.493 Singapore cents DPU for the year-ago period. Gross revenue rose 3.7 per cent year-on-year to S$90.5 million, while net property income rose 2.2 per cent to S$60.7 million, both due mainly to higher contribution from Suntec Singapore and Suntec City Mall...

Epic Land proposes divestment of strata units in Prudential Tower

Epic Land has executed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to sell six of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, which hold seven strata office units in Prudential Tower, to an unrelated third party. The sale price will be determined based on the net asset value of the sale companies as at the completion date and will take into consideration the value of the properties, which is about S$130.07 million. The...

Anchorvale Crescent EC site triggered for launch from reserve list

A 99-year leasehold site for executive condominium (EC) housing development along Anchorvale Crescent has been triggered for launch from the reserve list of the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme. This follows a successful application by an unnamed developer to bid at least S$255 million for the site at tender. This works out to nearly S$461 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr). The...

Far East buys 27 residential units in ex-AA Centre

Far East Organization, which acquired the first six levels of the former AA Centre in River Valley Road in 2013, is buying 27 of the 28 residential units on the upper floors of the freehold 14-storey building. Far East is paying a total of S$124.10 million for the bulk purchase of the 27 units - 23 apartments and four penthouses. This works out an average price of S$2,574 per square foot based on the...

Daintree Residence at Toh Tuck Road

This is inspired by The Daintree Rainforest, an iconic UNESCO World Heritage-listed natural reserve of Queensland, Australia. It is a home that is an enchanted wonderment. Where nature is your playground. An urban oasis graced by continuous flora blooms, greenery, natural rainforest and reserves. Daintree Residence is located within the residential estate of Bukit Timah in the Central Region of Singapore....

Tiong Bahru rezoning to allow 28 residential ground floor units to operate as businesses

A rezoning exercise in the Tiong Bahru estate has sealed the commercial approval status for 28 ground floor properties - including Por Kee Eating House and Nimble Knead Massage - which had previously been classified as residential units. These 28 units had been operating their businesses based on approvals given by agencies over the past decades, and the reclassification in their status as "Residential"...

Ascott Reit Q2 DPU flat at 1.84 cents; revenue up 6%

Ascott Residence Trust's distribution per unit (DPU) stayed flat at 1.84 cents for the second quarter ended June 30. If year-ago results were restated to account for a rights issue, through which 481.7 million units were issued on April 11 last year, DPU would have slipped 16 per cent from 2.18 cents. Unitholders' distribution fell 15 per cent to $39.8 million. Gross revenue for Q2 rose 6 per cent to...

Frasers Centrepoint Trust Q3 DPU up 1.8%

Frasers Centrepoint Trust's (FCT) distribution per unit (DPU) edged up 1.8 per cent year-on-year to 3.053 Singapore cents, from three cents previously, for the third quarter ended June 30. Gross revenue rose 10.9 per cent year-on-year to S$48.32 million on the back of higher contributions from three of its larger malls. Meanwhile, net property income was 13.7 per cent higher at S$35 million as revenue...

Mapletree Logistics Trust posts 3.7% rise in 1Q DPU

The manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) has announced an available distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.957 cents for the 1Q19 ended June, up 3.7% from its 1Q18 DPU of 1.887 cents a year ago. Gross revenue for 1Q19 grew 10.1% on-year to $105.4 million from $95.8 million previously, maily due to higher contributions from existing properties and acquisitions in Hong Kong completed in...

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