Horizon Towers

The tender for Horizon Towers - the first major en bloc exercise to close after July's property cooling measures - ended on Wednesday without a single bid. While strong interest was not expected given the tough measures introduced on July 6, the absence of any bids from developers added to the disquiet in the en bloc market, especially big estates eyeing billion-dollar tabs. Horizon Towers' marketing...

Horizon Towers has extended the closing date for its collective sale tender by more than a month. This following cooling measures that took effect the day after the site had launched for sale on July 5 with a S$1.1 billion reserve price. "The decision was made following feedback from developers that they remain interested in the prime site, but would now require more time to observe and re-assess the...

Eleven years after its failed attempt at a collective sale, condominium development Horizon Towers is on the market again at a reserve price of S$1.1 billion. The reserve price translates to S$1,964 per sq ft per plot ratio, and is more than double the S$500 million deal in 2007 with a consortium led by Hotel Properties that eventually fell through. The 99-year leasehold condominium at Leonie Hill...

More homeowners at Horizon Towers are putting their units up for sale after the proposed $500 million en-bloc sale to a joint venture led by Hotel Properties Ltd fell through in April. The 99-year leasehold property near Orchard saw a total of eight transactions from June 1 to 26 versus only one deal in May. There were four units sold at an average of $848 psf, from June 19 to 26, according to caveats...

A group of homeowners has finally won the fight to keep their condominiums, ending a two-year legal saga. In an unprecedented move, the Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of owners who objected to the S$500 million en bloc sale of Horizon Towers. The Leonie Road condominium was to have been sold in 2007 to Hotel Properties and its partners. Had the en bloc sale gone through, owners of its 199 units...

More factors to consider than just higher bid price I REFER to “Time to relook en bloc rules?” (Weekend Today, July 19-20). On the contrary to what the letter-writer said, there are already enough en bloc rules. Without being privy to certain information, it is incorrect to infer that the Horizon Towers deal was done in bad faith and the proprietary owners did not get the highest price and were...

Judge sets out role of Strata Titles Board and which of its findings can be challenged IT IS a situation that may apply to some en bloc deals: The selling price could have been higher if the sales committee or its agent had tried harder to secure a better deal. In the case of Horizon Towers, a potential buyer was even standing by with a higher price than the one that was eventually chosen. But that...

THE property agent of a condominium locked in an en bloc tussle had colluded with the potential buyer, and did not seriously negotiate for a higher price because of a “commission agreement”. So asserted a minority owner of embattled Horizon Towers, and in so doing, Ms Jasmine Tan - who represented herself in the High Court yesterday - applied for the minutes of meetings and correspondences between the...