SG Property News | March 25 2025
Singapore property news roundup for Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Headlines link to the original publishers.
Green building certification in Apac office market hits halfway point: CBRE
Edgeprop
Property consultancy firm CBRE says green office building adoption in the Asia Pacific (Apac) region has grown steadily over the past year, driven by net-zero targets. In a March research report, the firm says that 50.5% of office buildings in Apac have achieved green building certification as of June 2024, rising 6.5% y-o-y. Leading markets include Australian cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Singapore considering home-based learning in event of heatwave; indoor sports halls to act as ‘cooling spaces’
CNA
Realstar Premier Group: A dominant force driving Singapore’s most exclusive landed transactions in the Central and East…
Edgeprop
Over the past two decades, Realstar Premier Group has significantly shaped Singapore’s luxury landed property market by brokering some of the country’s most prominent transactions and scaling new heights of success in both the Central and East districts. With an unsurpassed track record of almost $18 billion in transactions from close to 2,400 landed properties, including 160 Good Class Bungalows (GCBs), Realstar is well regarded as the leading authority in the landed segment.
GuocoLand appoints new managing director at GuocoLand China
Edgeprop
GuocoLand appoints Kevin Zhou as the new managing director of its China business, GuocoLand China with effect from March 25. Zhou will oversee GuocoLand’s business in China, including its portfolio of development and investment assets in China.
DFI Retail shares up after sale of Cold Storage, Giant supermarkets for $125 million
Edgeprop
DFI Retail Group is selling its network of Cold Storage and Giant supermarkets in Singapore for $125 million to a Malaysian company Macrovalue. As part of the deal, Macrovalue will take over 48 Cold Storage stores, 41 Giant stores and also two distribution centres. Following the sale, DFI will focus on its chain of Guardian and 7-Eleven businesses. DFI shares extended gains today after the announcement was made during the lunch break.
A Singapore home with zigzagging ramps and a cosy greenhouse
CNA Luxury
ESR-REIT completes divestment of two properties at Lok Yang Road for $6.8 mil
Edgeprop
ESR-REIT has completed the divestment of two properties for a sale consideration of $6.8 million, according to a bourse filing on March 24. The two properties are 1 Third Lok Yang Road and 4 Fourth Lok Yang Road, and the sale consideration represents a 3.5% premium above its valuation of $6.6 million.
Freehold industrial development on Alexandra Road for sale at $68 mil
Edgeprop
Exclusive marketing agent Cushman & Wakefield has listed a freehold light industrial development at 243 Alexandra Road for sale by private treaty, with an indicative price of $68 million. The six-storey development, completed in 2020, comprises factory units, ancillary office space, a basement car park and a communal roof terrace.
Kwee vs. Kwee: Understanding property gift and ownership laws in Singapore
99.co
What’s driving Singapore’s soaring private housing demand?
The Independent
Migrant worker rights group Home calls for ban on ‘unsafe’ practice of transporting workers on lorries
The Straits Times
Freehold commercial shophouse on Outram Road for sale at $12 million or $2,600 psf
EdgeProp Singapore
Why Are Homebuyers Choosing Pricier New Launch 2-Bedders Over Resale Options In 2025?
Stacked Homes
In the current property market, we’re seeing a change of attitude toward two-bedders. These were once seen as little more than rental assets which give tenants the option to take one a room mate; but now they’re viewed as being…