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New Reporter
16-11-23, 14:37
Holland Drive, Upper Bukit Timah reserve list sites put up for offers

Nov 16, 2023

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An estimated 680 residential units can be built at the Holland Drive site.
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TWO residential sites in Holland Drive and Upper Bukit Timah are now available for application, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said on Thursday (Nov 16).

The 99-year leasehold sites can yield over 1,000 private housing units in total and have been released under the Government Land Sales programme’s Reserve List for the second half of 2023.

Under the reserve list system, a land parcel will only be released for sale if it receives an offer of a minimum price that is acceptable to the government and if there is sufficient market interest. These two sites come on the heels of recently concluded tenders for plots of land at Clementi, Pine Grove and Toa Payoh.

Separate joint ventures involving MCL Land emerged as the highest bidders for the Clementi and Pine Grove sites, which can yield an estimated 501 units and 565 units, respectively.

The winning bid for the Clementi Avenue 1 plot was nearly S$633.45 million or S$1,250 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr). For the Pine Grove plot, MCL Land teamed up with Sinar Mas Land to place the top bid of nearly S$692.4 million or S$1,223.30 psf ppr.

A consortium comprising City Developments Limited, Frasers Property and Sekisui House clinched the tender for the Toa Payoh Lorong 1 site for S$968 million or S$1,360 psf ppr. The Toa Payoh site can yield an estimated 775 private housing units.

The tender results for the Clementi, Pine Grove and Toa Payoh sites were broadly in line with the expectations of market watchers The Business Times interviewed. While there were fewer developers participating, those who did were willing to place bullish bids in order to secure the top position, the analysts said.

An estimated 680 residential units can be built at the Holland Drive site. It spans 12,386.8 square metres (sq m), with a maximum gross floor area (GFA) of 58,218 sq m. The site is also near Holland Village MRT station.

It includes a low-rise zone, where buildings can only be built up to six storeys and a high-rise zone with a maximum building height of 164 m Singapore height datum (SHD).

Meanwhile, the Upper Bukit Timah site is located at De Souza Avenue, with the potential to build about 355 residential units on the 19,245.2 sq m plot. Buildings should be at most 153 m SHD or 10 storeys high.

The site has a maximum GFA of 30,793 sq m and a minimum of 500 sq m of GFA should be set aside for childcare services.

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/holland-drive-upper-bukit-timah-reserve-list-sites-put-offers

New Reporter
23-11-23, 14:49
Residential sites at Holland Drive and De Souza Avenue for sale on Reserve List

November 16, 2023

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URA has released two residential sites at Holland Drive and De Souza Avenue for sale on Nov 16 under the 2H2023 Government Land Sales (GLS) programme. The two 99-year leasehold sites are available for sale on the Reserve List and yield 1,035 residential units.

The Holland Drive parcel is deemed the more attractive of the two sites, says Wong Siew Ying, PropNex head of research and content. The site is in prime District 10 and located next to various amenities at the One Holland Village mixed-use development and within walking distance of the Holland Village MRT station, she adds.

With a land area of 133,330 sq ft and a maximum gross floor area (GFA) of 626,665 sq ft, it can be developed into a 680-unit residential project.

PropNex's Wong does not expect the site to be triggered for sale as the plot is likely to command a quantum price exceeding $1 billion.

While the bid price above $1 billion may put off local bidders, developers could join forces to form a consortium to bid together, which is what they are increasingly doing, says Lee Sze Teck, senior director of Huttons Data Analytics.

The other concern is the existing cooling measures, with the additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD) of 60% a deterrent for foreign buyers, thereby further suppressing demand, adds Lee.

Meanwhile, the De Souza Avenue site, located just off Jalan Jurong Kechil in the Upper Bukit Timah area, sits on a land site of 207,154 sq ft with a maximum GFA of 331,453 sq ft. It could be developed into a 335-unit new residential project.

Huttons' Lee anticipates that the site is slightly more likely to be triggered for sale as the expected quantum of $500 million is half that of the Holland Drive site. There is also limited new supply of residential development land in the vicinity, he points out.

The last GLS residential site awarded on De Souza Avenue was in Sept 2018. The plot drew three bids, with a joint venture between Chinese developers CSC Land and COLI Singapore winning the site with a bid of $215 million or $1,002 psf per plot ratio (ppr). The site was developed as the 258-unit Verdale. Launched in September 2020, the project was entirely sold in May last year at an overall average price of $1,782 psf, notes PropNex's Wong.

However, the De Souza Avenue site is not near any MRT station, "which is an important factor for buyers today," Wong adds. The nearest MRT station is Beauty World MRT, about 1km away.

If triggered for sale, the De Souza Avenue site may attract between one to three bidders, reckons Huttons' Lee. He expects a top bid between $1,200 and $1,300 psf ppr, or a quantum price of $397.74 million and $430.88 million.

According to Eugene Lim, key executive officer of ERA Singapore, the latest new project launch in the District 21 neighbourhood was the 732-unit The Reserve Residences, which is part of an integrated development that includes a direct connection to the Beauty World MRT station, bus interchange and a mall. The project sold 71% of its units at launch at an average price of $2,225 psf. The Reserve Residences is 91% sold to date.

"The De Souza site is a popular neighbourhood among local homebuyers," says ERA's Lim. "Demand in this area is less affected by foreign buyers."

In the 2H2023 programme, only three sites on the Confirmed List and one more on the Reserve List are still available for sale, notes Lim. All four sites are in the Rest of Central Region.

More at: https://www.edgeprop.sg/property-news/residential-sites-holland-drive-and-de-souza-avenue-sale-reserve-list