BT : KepLand uses rights proceeds for Lakeside site

Business Times - 03 Jun 2010

KepLand uses rights proceeds for Lakeside site

KEPPEL Land said in an update yesterday that it has used another $75.8 million of the proceeds from its rights issue last year, which netted the developer a total of $700.6 million.

KepLand, the property arm of Keppel Corporation, has now used $666.6 million of the proceeds from the rights issue.

The latest amount will be used to fund a quarter of the cost of a 99-year leasehold residential plot near Lakeside MRT Station, which KepLand won in a government land tender last month. The property group put in the top bid of $303 million - or $499 per sq ft per plot ratio - for the site, trumping 13 other bidders.

KepLand has said that it plans to develop a condominium with about 550 units - ranging from 500 sq ft to 1,400 sq ft - on the land parcel, which marked the developer's first acquisition of a pure residential site in Singapore in six years.

The units will be in one-bedroom to four-bedroom configurations as well as penthouses. The project is expected to be launch ready by the end of this year and completed at the end of 2013, KepLand said last month.

KepLand shares gained 2 cents to close at $3.46 yesterday.

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