16/03/2023
๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ $๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ
The executive condominium (EC) site at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 drew four bids at the close of its tender. This is the lowest number of bids tabled for an EC site since three bids were placed for the EC plot in Anchorvale Crescent (now Treasure Crest) in January 2015, says PropNex Realty's head of research and content Wong Siew Ying.
City Developments (CDL) emerged with the top bid of $336.068 million, or a land rate of $626 psf per plot ratio (psf ppr). The second highest bid from Sim Lian Group was just 0.17% lower, at $625 psf ppr.
โWe are very pleased to emerge as the top bidder for this tightly contested EC site in Bukit Batok West, especially at such a narrow margin of victory,โ says CDL group CEO Sherman Kwek.
Meanwhile, PropNexโs Wong believes CDL likely participated in this tender to defend its market position, having bought the nearby Tengah Garden Walk EC site in June of last year at a land rate of $603 psf ppr.
๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐% ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ
Should CDL be awarded this site at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5, it will explore an EC project comprising ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค.
โGiven the siteโs proximity to the upcoming Tengah New Town and Jurong Lake District, it will benefit from easy access to a wide range of amenities and good connectivity to such a key business, lifestyle and tourism hub,โ says CDLโs Kwek.
Future average selling price of units at the Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 site could start from $1,300 psf, notes PropNex's Wong.