Ocean Financial Centre

Keppel Reit is selling a 20 per cent stake in Ocean Financial Centre to Allianz Real Estate for S$537.3 million, but will retain a majority 79.9-per cent interest in the property, its manager Keppel Reit Management said on Friday. This is the German insurer’s property investment arm’s first core office investment in Singapore. Independent valuer Cushman and Wakefield VHS had valued the property...

K-REIT Asia has acquired Ocean Financial Centre (OFC) from Keppel Land for more than S$2 billion. The deal sees K-REIT's aggregate leverage level rise about two percentage points to 41.6 per cent. OFC is currently 80 per cent occupied with some existing leases at lower-than-existing market rental rates due to the global financial crisis. To sweeten the deal, Keppel Land has promised rental support of up...

Singapore's green drive is reaching new heights. It now boasts of having the highest solar panels in Southeast Asia at the Ocean Financial Centre. The 43-storey building is the first office development in Singapore to be awarded the Platinum Green Mark Award. Nestled in the heart of Singapore's financial district, the Ocean Financial Centre stands out with its sloping roof. But it is what is on its roof...

Two foreign banks, ANZ and BNP Paribas, have become the latest to sign up for space at Ocean Financial Centre at Raffles Place. This raises the pre-commitment levels at the building to over 60 per cent. Analysts said demand and rentals for prime office space is expected rise in the short term as companies in the region continue to expand their businesses. Putting the final touches at the topping-out...

Keppel Land says two foreign banks, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, and BNP Paribas Singapore, plan to lease prime office space at its Ocean Financial Centre. Keppel Corporation Chairman Choo Chiau Beng announced this at the topping out of the Centre Wednesday. He says ANZ plans to lease about 209 thousand square feet of office space, while BNP Paribas Singapore plans to lease some 58 thousand...