Originally Posted by
PropVestor
I will have to look at a number of factors.
1) Buying own stay, I will consider if its good layout, high floor and good facing but now that I hit the highest ABSD bracket. This is a big IF for me.
2) Buying for investment, I know very little about OCR projects. Let me study more when the time comes and I will answer you.
The commercial portion as you rightly points out plays a major role. I am not sure if you can buy the units like Poiz Residence. If that is the case, the retail mix will be a bit of a toss. You can get mobile phone shops next to nail spas. You get what I mean at Paya Lebar Square but not at Singpost Centre.
For a Mixed-D, residential component needs to be high (if not where to get footfall). The only one that has a rather high retail mix or like a proper mall is PPR which has a sizeable proper mall. Even billion dollar developments like Duo/Marina One/South Beach's retail is a joke. To each his own when one consider a mall to be 'sizeable'. Some are happy with Tampines One but some needs Vivio City/Suntec to satisfy them (to me, that is asking for the sky).
Do also take note that CapitalLand is part of the mix here. If any developer know how to build a mall, this is one of them.
2 cents,
PropVestor