Raffles Quay Asset Management said it is confident of filling up the rest of the office space at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, as well as sell the remaining units of luxury apartments at Marina Bay Suites -- despite uncertainties in the global economy and the property cooling measures announced in January 2013. About 88 per cent of the 221 units at Marina Bay Suites have been sold so far. While...
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Singapore's skyline is set to welcome its tallest building in 2016 at a site above Tanjong Pagar MRT station. Developer GuocoLand said the 67-storey office-cum-residential tower will form part of the upcoming integrated development called the Tanjong Pagar Centre. At 290 metres high, the building will soar above Republic Plaza, One Raffles Place and UOB Plaza One, which are 280 metres tall...
San Centre, a 12-storey office building located along Chin Swee Road, has been sold to CEL Property Investment for S$113 million. It is the first commercial collective sale site sold this year. The buyer is a subsidiary of mainboard-listed Chip Eng Seng Corporation. San Centre comprises 107 strata-titled office units and 80 carpark lots. It has a land area of about 28,700 square feet and was built in...
A commercial building at Middle Road has been put up for collective sale by tender. The building known as Bright Chambers has an indicative price tag of between S$45 million and S$50 million. The 9-storey building has 8 units with a total strata area of 34,972 square feet. Exclusive agent for the deal Jones Lang LaSalle says the site has a land area of 5,263 square feet. The building is located next to...
The Republic’s office rents are set to rebound from their first annual decline in three years as new supply shrinks and more businesses expand, said CapitaCommercial Trust. Rents in the city are reaching a trough and demand may rise as the country positions itself as a regional business hub, said Ms Lynette Leong, Chief Executive Officer of CapitaCommercial Trust. Supply for the next three years will...
NTUC Income will be acquiring a further 51 per cent stake in 16 Collyer Quay from Goldman Sachs to fully own the prime office building. In a statement, the Singapore insurer said the acquisition values the 37-storey, 999-year leasehold building formerly known as Hitachi Tower, at around S$660 million. This works out to less than S$2,400 per square foot on a net lettable space of over 278,000 square...
DBS Group on Monday announced plans to acquire a stake in Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 (MBFC), where the bank's headquarters is located. In a filing with the Singapore Exchange, the bank said it will pay S$1.035 billion for a 30 per cent share in Central Boulevard Development Pte Ltd - a joint venture of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. DBS also has an option to take up...
Mapletree Commercial Trust said yesterday it agreed to buy Mapletree Anson for S$680 million from a wholly-owned unit of its sponsor Mapletree Investments. Mapletree Anson, is a 19-storey premium office building in the CBD, with a 99-year lease beginning from October 2007. It has a gross floor area of 383,812 sq ft and net lettable area of 331,854 sq ft. Source : Today - 4 Dec...
Grade A offices in areas like Shenton Way and Raffles Place are now looking more attractive to Singapore firms. Experts said companies are taking advantage of cheaper rentals, as well as more space made available by large multi-national firms moving into the Marina Bay Financial District. IT marketing firm Sapient said they struck a pretty good deal for their current space at Cecil Street. After...
Neptune Orient Lines has sold its head office, the NOL Building at 456 Alexandra Road, to the Fragrance Group for S$380 million. It is the largest sale of a decentralised single commercial asset in Singapore this year, said Jones Lang LaSalle which brokered the sale to Fragrance Regal Pte Ltd. NOL said in a statement to Singapore Exchange the divestment will enable it to "release capital for strategic...