One Tree Hill Gardens sold for $65m in first collective sale this year

Lum Chang Group unit buys freehold landed residential redevelopment site near Orchard

One Tree Hill Gardens comprises six maisonettes and seven apartments. Home owners there will get $4.3 million to $9.1 million each, said Knight Frank's Mr Ian Loh.
One Tree Hill Gardens comprises six maisonettes and seven apartments. Home owners there will get $4.3 million to $9.1 million each, said Knight Frank's Mr Ian Loh. PHOTO: KNIGHT FRANK

The collective sale market, which saw a resurgence last year, is still firing with the sale of One Tree Hill Gardens for $65 million - the first such deal this year.

Marketing agent Knight Frank said yesterday that a unit of Lum Chang Group bought the freehold landed residential redevelopment site near Orchard Road.

The price works out to a land rate of about $1,664 per sq ft, it added.

"The development received considerable interest from developers and contractor-developers, as this is the only sizeable landed redevelopment site within close vicinity of Orchard Road," said Mr Ian Loh, Knight Frank Singapore's head of investment and capital markets.

Although the sale price fell markedly short of the $72.8 million guide price when the site was put on the market in January, owners still made a substantial gain.

Mr Loh said owners will get $4.3 million to $9.1 million each, depending on the size of their properties. "It is about 60 per cent above open market value for the individual unit," he told The Straits Times.

One Tree Hill Gardens comprises six maisonettes and seven apartments, with sizes ranging from about 1,916 sq ft to 4,682 sq ft.

The freehold site with a land area of 39,063 sq ft is zoned for two-storey semi-detached residential use under the 2014 master plan.

Knight Frank says it could be redeveloped into eight semi-detached homes plus five bungalows, or 10 semi-detached homes plus three bungalows.

The collective sale market is set to stay active this year amid more positive sentiment. Last month, the 330-unit Eunosville and 286-unit Rio Casa were put up for sale.

"We are seeing a lot more en bloc inquiries from home owners... But I expect developers to remain selective and price sensitive," Mr Loh noted.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 06, 2017, with the headline One Tree Hill Gardens sold for $65m in first collective sale this year. Subscribe