Posted by luxuryasiahome on August 27, 2008
FOR the fourth time this year, the government has rejected bids at a state land tender for being too low, amidst weakening property market sentiment and rising construction costs that have forced bidders to clip their land bids.
And what’s interesting is that in three of the four instances, the top or sole bidder was the Midview group, involved in the construction and property businesses as well as in general trading.
The company, controlled by Lim Kim Hong and Lim Huixing, has its office at Midview Building at Bukit Batok Street 23.
Yesterday, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) turned down the sole bid for a private condominium housing site at Tampines Avenue 1/Avenue 10 as the price offered was too low.
The 99-year leasehold plot, which faces Bedok Reservoir, drew a bid of about $118 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr) from Midview unit Boon Keng Development Pte Ltd.
The sole bid was below general market expectations, which ranged from $150 to $230 psf ppr. When the tender for the site closed on Aug 12, most property consultants had already said there was only a slim chance of the site being awarded.
The three sites where bids were earlier rejected by the state for being too low were the Ten Mile Junction site in Choa Chu Kang (which was to have a residential component), a landed housing plot at Westwood Avenue in Jurong, and a transitional office site at Aljunied Road/Geylang East Avenue 1.
Midview group was the top bidder for the Westwood Avenue plot as well as the sole bidder for the transitional office site.
Analysts have also pointed out that some of these sites were not that attractive to begin with.
The latest Tampines plot that was not awarded, for instance, does not have strong attributes like transportation links or proximity to amenities.
An industry observer also highlighted an element of opportunistic bidding seen, especially on the part of contractors, at recent state tenders.
‘With the current market uncertainty and most developers keeping away from land tenders, some players see a chance to try and get land on the cheap and hopefully reap a windfall. I guess it’s their business strategy: They can manage construction costs better, plus if they can get land at low cost, and even if the property market comes down, say, 30-40 per cent, they would still be OK,’ he said.
The Tampines Avenue 1/10 plot was offered through the confirmed list of the Government Land Sales programme where sites are released according to a pre-stated schedule and the government’s minimum or reserve price is not made known.
Separately, the Housing & Development Board yesterday made available for application a 99-year condo plot at Yishun Ave 2/Yishun Ave 7/Canberra Drive through the reserve list.
The plot will be launched for tender only upon successful application by a developer, with an undertaking to bid at a minimum price that is acceptable to the state.
Source : Business Times - 27 Aug 2008
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