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Duxton, Tras and Neil Road: The S$500 Million Shophouse Deal Is Capital Substitution, Not Spillover
Fifty conservation shophouses in Tanjong Pagar are in play at about S$500 million — and the money behind it is a verdict on the 60% ABSD wall, not a leading indicator for luxury homes.
Fifty Shophouses, 61 Years Left: The S$500 Million Tanjong Pagar Deal Is a Bet on Operators, Not Landlords
A portfolio of about 50 conservation shophouses across Duxton Road, Duxton Hill, Tras Street, Craig Road and Neil Road is in talks at roughly S$500 million — and the short leases mean the buyer has to run them, not just own them.
MBER on Upper Serangoon and Perennial Living at Parry Avenue: District 19 Is Building the Housing Tier Nobody Buys
A 125-unit co-living and serviced apartment hybrid on a former wet market site, and Singapore's first commercial private assisted-living project a short drive away — Serangoon has quietly become the test bed for housing you rent by the month rather than buy.
Toa Payoh Rents Doubled to S$7.70 psf. The Leases Underneath Them Still Run to Zero.
Hongkong Land put premier Singapore commercial assets into a private fund rather than a Reit — and the heartland shophouse market sits several rungs further down the same capital ladder.
Scotts Square at S$320 Million: The Orchard Discount Is the Story, Not the Deal
A freehold Orchard-fringe mall is changing hands at roughly 29% below its 2024 ask while a refurbished Farrer Park block asks 49% more than it cost — and both trades say the same thing about what commercial capital will pay for now.
Kallang Distripark: 2,000-Plus Homes on Private Land, and Nobody Has to Bid for It
URA's proposed Master Plan amendment turns a 13ha rubber warehouse site into three housing plots and a park — but because the land is privately held, the usual state price signal never arrives.
Paragon at S$3.9 Billion, Asia Square Tower 2 at S$2.43 Billion: What Record Commercial Inflows Do — and Don't Do — for Home Prices
Singapore commercial property is on course for its biggest year on record, but the money is walled off from housing by design — and the URA price index proves it.