Holland Road GLS is bagged for $1.2 billion by Far East Organisation

A consortium led by real estate giant Far East Organization has clinched the coveted mixed-used (residential & commercial) site at Holland Road for a whopping $1.213 billion or $1,888 psf ppr. 642,766 square feet is a maximum GFA (gross floor area) of this site plan. By owning a large site area, the future new launch at Holland Road will comprise of many kinds of development, in particular, 60% of GFA is residential homes for sale and the remaining 40% of GFA is belong to office and retail spaces.

The Holland Road GLS tender drew a total of 15 bids in total and together with Sekisui House and Sino Group, the Far East-led consortium’s top bid price was the highest among the top 5 tenders which were submitted by various property developers under the “dual-envelope” system.

Besides that, the other 4 shortlisted bids submitted for the Holland Road tender led by some reputable developers, such as the developer of Martin Modern, GucoLand together with Hong Leong Holdings, TID and Hong Realty, and a joint-venture between Perennial Real Estate and Chinese firm Qingjian Realty.

Far East Organisation has successfully acquired a plot located at Punggol Central to develop today’s mixed-use project named Watertown with $1.02 billion. Far East Organization's proposed scheme (designed by MKPL Architects) for the new development at Holland Road will comprise of 2 towers (at 33 and 25 storeys each) housing 400+ residential apartments and another 10-storey tower housing serviced apartments. Moreover, they planned to make the mix-development project here. It means that The Holland Road project will be dual residential/office units. It also has 5 levels of office spaces sitting right above the retail and F&B spaces on the top.