Purchase of units in GuocoLand’s condo under development in Bukit Timah is biggest of its kind.

(SINGAPORE) Foreign institutional investors continue to bulk buy apartments in new residential developments in Singapore.

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Money spinner: GuocoLand’s pre-tax profit from the sale of the 97 units alone works out to around $500 million. The company bought the former Casa Rosita site in April 2006 for $280 million or $706 psf per plot ratio

The latest deal - and biggest such transaction to date - is Kuwait Finance House’s $818.4 million purchase of 97 four-bedroom apartments in GuocoLand’s freehold condo, Goodwood Residence. The property is being developed on the former Casa Rosita site.