{"id":48143,"date":"2022-02-08T11:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/?p=48143"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:57:52","slug":"why-the-most-expensive-en-bloc-sale-may-not-go-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/why-the-most-expensive-en-bloc-sale-may-not-go-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the most expensive en bloc sale may not go through"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orchard Towers is on the en bloc chopping block for S$1.6 billion. Yes, you read that right. That\u2019s a <em>billion<\/em>, with a capital <em>B<\/em>. It will be Singapore\u2019s most expensive collective sale <em>if<\/em> it goes through, surpassing Farrer Court&#8217;s, which sold for S$1.34b in 2007 (and is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/condos-apartments\/dleedon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">d&#8217;Leedon<\/a> site).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Its unit owners will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) for this extraordinary sale on 18 February at 2 pm. EGMs refer to a company meeting that convenes in the event any matter requiring the approval of shareholders arises. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During the meeting, a vote will be called to green-light the proposed reserve price, amongst other things.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The collective sale committee (CSC) of Orchard Towers appointed real estate consulting firm Edmund Tie as the sole marketing agent to tender the sale. For the en bloc tender to be launched, at least 80% of the owners need to give their consent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Previous record-breaking collective sale attempt<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last year, International Plaza went for a similar collective sale effort with an impressive reserve price of S$2.7 billion, with Edmund Tie being its marketing agent as well. The tender closed on 30 November 2021, but its outcome remains unknown.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orchard Towers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Completed in 1975 and located at the corner of Claymore Road and Orchard Road, the freehold site sits in the prime shopping strip of District 9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48146\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Orchard-Towers-1.jpg\" class=\"img-link media-img img-link media-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Orchard-Towers-1.jpg\" alt=\"Orchard Towers\" width=\"700\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Orchard-Towers-1.jpg 1726w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Orchard-Towers-1-1536x1424.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Orchard-Towers-1-150x139.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Source: URA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/condos-apartments\/orchard-towers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orchard Tower<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is a mixed-use development comprising of two buildings. The front building houses five floors of retail and office space, with commercial and 58 freehold residential units in the rear complex.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48147\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-scaled.jpg\" class=\"img-link media-img img-link media-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"orchard towers\" width=\"700\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-1536x948.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-2048x1264.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchard Tower&#8217;s front building <em>(Source: Google Street View)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The units in the back tower are currently transacting at an average of S$1,320 per square foot. It has a maximum gross plot ratio (GPR) of 4.9 and sits on a site area of about 6,130 square metres (65,983 square feet).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48148\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-apartments-scaled.jpg\" class=\"img-link media-img img-link media-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-apartments-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"orchard towers apartments\" width=\"700\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-apartments-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-apartments-1536x820.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-apartments-2048x1093.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/orchard-towers-apartments-150x80.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orchard Tower&#8217;s residential apartments is just around the corner <em>(Source: Google Street View)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Deal or no deal?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a memo to its shareholders, property developer Hiap Hoe noted that there is no certainty that the intended collective sale will proceed. The company\u2019s subsidiary, Golden Bay Realty Ptd Ltd, currently owns 59 strata lots, of which 21 are shops and 38 are offices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rare development opportunity\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, Orchard Towers is no doubt a hot site for development. Within a convenient 500-metre vicinity are popular malls such as Forum The Shopping Mall, Far East Shopping Centre, Wheelock Place and ION Orchard, as well as Orchard MRT station.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another huge appeal is the commercial zoning status of Orchard Tower\u2019s street-front plot. This means that property developers can build a mixed-use development without constraints stemming from\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/property-jargon-of-the-day-additional-buyers-stamp-duty-absd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Additional Buyer\u2019s Stamp Duty<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(ABSD).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Previously, the ABSD rate was 25%, with a non-remissible component of 5%. It has since moved up 10 points in accordance with the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/cooling-measures-announced-absd-tdsr-ltv-16-december-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">new cooling measures<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to 35%, with the non-remissible percentage of 5% remaining unchanged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More risks for developers<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A higher ABSD percentage poses a greater risk to property investors as they are required to complete and sell all units within a 5-year deadline. As a result, developers may hesitate to execute new projects, especially those that come with a large price tag.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An example would be\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/shun-tak-walking-away-from-high-point-what-it-means-for-en-bloc-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shun Tak Holdings pulling out of its S$556.7 million tender<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for High Point and forfeiting its S$1 million deposit following the launch of the cooling measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Other risks include a pandemic-induced lower labour force, leading to higher construction costs and supply chain issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Questionable reputation<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Orchard Towers\u2019 reputation precedes itself as being notoriously known as the \u201cFour Floors of Whores\u201d or simply the \u201cFour Floors\u201d. Bars, sex shops and beauty parlours occupied many units in the entertainment complex, most of which have since shuttered due to the pandemic.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It also has a sordid history of murders, with the first being a double murder in 2002. A British expat slaughtered his friend and friend\u2019s fianc\u00e9e at his apartment before dumping their bodies in a car. He later abandoned it on the sixth storey carpark of Orchard Towers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The second was a recent occurrence, where a fight broke out in one of the nightclubs on July 2019. A group of seven youths then ganged up to murder a 31-year-old male, who was pronounced dead an hour later after being taken to a hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If the collective sale goes through, it will rewrite Orchard Towers&#8217; sordid past and hopefully bring a fresh face to Orchard Road&#8217;s facade.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Do you think the Orchard Towers collective sale will go through? Let us know in the comments section below or on our Facebook post.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you found this article helpful, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/collective-sales-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collective sales in Singapore: What does this mean for home prices?<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/what-factors-necessary-possible-en-bloc-collective-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What factors are necessary for a possible en bloc or collective sale?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Looking for a property? 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