Archive for October, 2009

October Home Sales Slow Down

October 31st, 2009
October Home Sales Slow Down OCTOBER appears to have been a much quieter month in the private property market than recent months. Just over 350 private homes were sold in the first nine days of the month –...View Property

Newton One Apartment Hits $1,676 psf

October 29th, 2009
Newton One Apartment There was a flurry of activity in the Newton Road area, with five transactions of between $1,100 and $1,676 psf carried out from Sept 25 to Oct 2, according to caveats lodged with URA...View Property

Making Singapore A Green Building Hub

October 29th, 2009
Making Singapore A Green Building Hub SINGAPORE took two major steps yesterday in its drive to position itself at the forefront of the increasingly vital field of ‘green’ construction practices and technologies. A Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC)...View Property

Far East Organization Aims To Add 15 Overseas Properties Under New Brand

October 28th, 2009
Far East Organization Property developer Far East Organization is banking on local culture to grow its new hospitality brand. Under its new concept, Village Hotels & Residences, it aims to provide guests with a taste of the local...View Property

Marina Bay Link Mall Retail Space 55% Taken Up

October 28th, 2009
Marina Bay Link FIFTY-FIVE per cent of the 176,000 sq ft of retail space at the upcoming Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) has been taken up. Phase one of Marina Bay Link Mall, which covers 93,800 sq ft,...View Property

CapitaLand Q3 Profit Drops 32.9% To $281.3m

October 28th, 2009
CapitaLand Q3 Profit PROPERTY giant CapitaLand has posted a 32.9 per cent year-on-year drop in net earnings to $281.3 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2009. Earnings before interest and tax (Ebit) slipped 34.9 per cent...View Property

New Mall At Marina Bay By End Of 2010

October 28th, 2009
New Mall At Marina Bay BUSY worker bees at Raffles Place will have a new hive to fill from next year with the opening of a link mall at the upcoming Marina Bay Financial Centre. The Marina Bay...View Property

Retail Chain Metro Seeks To Expand Reach Into Suburbs

October 28th, 2009
Retail Chain Metro RETAIL chain Metro is looking for more opportunities to expand in ‘underserved’ areas of Singapore, while aggressively pushing into China and Indonesia. The firm’s local reach expanded last Friday when it launched its fourth store...View Property

Business At Marina Bay Financial Centre Due To Start In Q4 Next Year

October 27th, 2009
Marina Bay Financial Centre The S$4-billion Marina Bay Financial Centre mega project is on target despite the global downturn. In a year, phase one of the Marina Bay Link Mall under the Centre will be up and...View Property

Hong Leong Site’s Design, Concept To Be Cutting Edge

October 27th, 2009
Hong Leong Serangoon project’s units sized according to buyers’ needs Hong Leong Holdings, which recently won a site along Serangoon Avenue 3 in a hotly contested government tender, says that it will build a one-of-a-kind project on the...View Property