Wednesday, June 28, 2006

[RealEdge] CNA : SIA sells namesake building for S$344m

Singapore News ยป
SIA air hostess (L and R) wait for guests at the new holding area for the A380 plane in Singapore's Changi International Airport
Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 28 June 2006 1925 hrs

SIA sells namesake building for S$344m
By Melvin Yong, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE : Singapore Airlines has sold its namesake SIA Building on Robinson Road for S$344 million.

The price works out to some $1,165 dollars per square foot.

The new owner is TSO Investment - a unit of a real estate fund managed by CLSA Capital Partners.

SIA Building is a 35-storey office tower with a net floor area of some 295,000 square feet.

Analysts say the building has a book value of nearly $119 million.

SIA does not consider the building, which it redeveloped in 1997, as part of its core business.

It says the decision to sell is part of a regular review of the airline's non-core assets.

SIA says it will use proceeds from the sale for investment and growing the company and its subsidiaries.

The sale is expected to be completed in eight weeks.

- CNA /ls

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