KNG Development has submitted the top bid of S$12.1 million for an industrial site at Kaki Bukit Road. The offer works out to about S$105 per square foot. Units of mainboard-listed Sim Lian Group and Soilbuild Group were among the bidders for the site. The Urban Redevelopment Authority said it received a total of 18 bids for the land parcel, with the lowest bid at S$5.2 million. The land parcel has a...
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Engine maker Rolls-Royce plans to build a new factory in Singapore making wide chord fan blades (WCFBs) used in military and commercial aircraft engines. The plant will be located at its Seletar Campus site alongside a previously announced facility, which will test and assemble Trent aero engines. Total investment in the Seletar Campus, including the new factory, will exceed S$700 million or 300 million...
Singapore-listed Advance SCT says its unit Tsing Yi Enterprises has entered into a sale and leaseback agreement for a factory at Kranji Crescent. Tsing Yi will sell the property to Shingda Construction for S$6.3 million and lease it back. Based on the net book value of the property, the company will register a S$370,000 deficit from the proposed sale. However, Advance SCT says the move will enable it to...
The government has launched an industrial site at Kaki Bukit Road for sale by public tender. The land parcel was made available for sale through the reserve list system. URA said it has received an application from a developer who has committed to bid at least S$5 million for the site. The land parcel has a site area of about 1.07 hectare and a maximum gross plot ratio of 1 with a lease period of 30...
Wee Hur Development has submitted the highest bid of S$22.9 million for an industrial site at Woodlands Avenue 4. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has closed the tender on Tuesday for the site after receiving 8 bids in total. The site spans about 2.5 hectares and has a gross plot ratio of 2.5. Wee Hur's bid translates to about S$34 per square foot. Soilbuild Group put in the second highest bid...
Property consultancy DTZ said office and industrial rents here continued their downward trend in the second quarter this year. For the office market, average monthly gross rents of prime offices in Raffles Place fell by 19 per cent to S$9.70 per square foot, compared to a 25 per cent fall in the previous quarter. Office rents in the Central Business District (CBD) fringe and de-centralised areas suffered...
The government will introduce three new sites in its industrial land sales programme for the second half of the year. The Trade and Industry Ministry says this is to meet potential demand for industrial land. With the addition, there will be nine sites on the Reserve List. The three new sites are parcels at Woodlands Avenue 12, Kaki Bukit Avenue 4 and Ubi Road 1/Ubi Avenue 4. The nine sites on the...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will put an industrial site at Kaki Bukit up for sale through a public tender. It says it has accepted an application from a developer who has agreed to bid for the land parcel at or above the minimum acceptable price of S$5 million. The identity of the developer was not revealed. The 1.07 hectare site, located at Kaki Bukit Road 2, has a 30-year lease period. The...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has launched a site at Woodlands Industrial Park and Woodlands Avenue 4 for sale by public tender. It said a developer has committed to bidding at least S$12.5 million for the land parcel. The parcel has a site area of about 2.5 hectares and a gross plot ratio of 2.5 with a lease period of 60 years. It can be developed for a range of clean, light and general...
The rental cost for industrial properties in Singapore could come down by as much as 30 per cent this year. Property consultants said this is due to a drop in demand as companies scale back their space as well as increased supply. A slump in demand for Singapore's exports has led to factories running at excess capacity and this has prompted companies to either put expansion plans on hold, or even scale...