Commercial Property

Financial advisors greenlight FLT and FCOT merger

FLT’s advisors found the merger to be on normal commercial terms.

Chart of the Day: Freehold shophouse prices slipped 16.5% in 2019

Buyers were less willing to commit to freehold shophouses at higher unit prices.

Singapore Shopping Centre relaunched for en bloc sale for $255m

It comes with a provisional approval to rezone for hotel use.

Industrial property rents continue to ease in H2

Factory, warehouse, and logistics properties saw a drop in average monthly gross rents for the period.

Retail rents tipped to remain flat in 2020

Easing of new supply pipeline in 2020-2024 could buoy rents.

Wing Tai Holdings' profits surged 79% to 32.82m in H1

Contributions from Le Nouvel Ardmore added to the group’s $18m operating profit.

Strata retail sales down 14.4% to $341.1m in 2019

The number of transactions was down to 203 caveats lodged.

Chart of the Day: Shophouse sales fell 29.8% to 118

Shophouse owners were unwilling to cut their asking prices due to limited supply.

Retail space vacancy rate hit 7.5 % in Q4

A pickup in malls’ leasing demand countered tha vacancies from the Somerset Subzone.

Oxley Holdings posts 90% profit plunge to $3.56m in Q2

It was blamed on lower revenue contribution from the development project in the UK.

Frasers Property's retail unit acquires manager of 6 retail malls and 1 office tower

AsiaMalls Management will become a subsidiary of Frasers Property Retail.

PayPal refreshes its Singapore Innovation Lab with tech offerings

It has a facial recognition system to register guests to its in-house Augmented Reality-supported bar.

CRCT sells interest in company holding CapitaMall Erqi for $165.2m

It would allow the company to avoid downtime from refurbishing the 15-year-old mall.

Elite Commercial REIT joins the SGX Mainboard

It was listed under the stock code MXNU.

Frasers' subsidiary creates $186.1b multicurrency debt issuance programme

Net proceeds from the issued securities will be used to finance future acquisitions of the company.