Dairy Farm Road GLS land parcel poised to be another chart topper
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Ms. Tay Huey Ying, Head of Research and Consultancy, Singapore
郑惠匀, 研究与咨询部主管 (新加坡)
SINGAPORE, 31 May 2018 – The government launched for tender today a non-landed residential site at Dairy Farm Road from the GLS Confirmed List, and opened for application two sites on the reserved list – one for non-landed development at Sims Drive, and the other for Executive Condominium (EC) development at Tampines Avenue 10.
Dairy Farm Road confirmed list site
The Dairy Farm Road confirmed list site for non-landed residential development with commercial on the first storey should see a healthy level of competition from developers due to its attractive attributes that count proximity to the Hillview MRT station on the Downtown Line, and easy access to the PIE, BKE and KJE. But above all else, homes on this land parcel will enjoy good rental demand from expatriates as it is sited just adjacent to the soon-to-be completed international school (i.e. German European School Singapore).
In the nearby 99-year leasehold The Skywoods, which received its TOP in 2016, only one unit has changed hands since Jan 2017. A 1,345 sq ft resale unit in the development was sold for $1,301 psf in April 2018.
Further away, units in the 99-year leasehold The Hillier (part of a residential and commercial development with HillV2 as the retail component), which also received its TOP in 2016, changed hands at an average price of $1,375 psf in 2018.
In the Bukit Batok vicinity, Phase 2 of the 99-year leasehold residential and commercial mixed development Le Quest was launched two weekends ago at a reported average price of $1,380 psf.
Having regard to the above and given the current positive market sentiment, there is potential for this land parcel to set benchmark price for GLS land parcels in the Dairy Farm/Bukit Panjang/Hillview/Bukit Batok locality. The nearby The Skywoods residential land parcel was sold for $616 per sq ft per plot ratio (psf ppr) in September 2012, but the Hillion Residences and Hillion Mall residential and commercial land parcel (that is integrated with a bus interchange and is directly connected to the Bukit Panjang MRT station on the Downtown Line) currently holds the record GLS land price of $805 psf ppr for the Bukit Panjang/Hillview/Dairy Farm/Bukit Batok locality. Units in Hillion Residences were commanding average prices of $1,496 psf in 2018.
Sims Drive Non-Landed Residential and Tampines Ave 10 EC Reserved List Sites
Both the Sims Drive site for non-landed residential development and Tampines Ave 10 site for EC development can be expected to be triggered for sale, judging from the keen participation seen for sites in its vicinity for the former, and similar development for the latter, in recent times.
For example, in the Sims Drive vicinity, the Matter Road GLS site was keenly contested by ten participants and attracted a higher-than-expected top bid of $1,109 psf ppr when tender closed in April 2018.
Developers' hunger for EC sites is evident in the 17 bids and record-breaking top bid attracted by the Sumang Walk EC GLS site when tender closed in February 2018. Underpinned by a hiatus of EC GLS tenders for one-and-a-half years prior to the launch of the Sumang Walk site, the absence of EC site in the East of Singapore, since the Sea Horizon site was sold in November 2012, rising private home prices and record low unsold EC developer inventory, the Tampines Ave 10 EC land parcel holds high potential to be triggered for sale.
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