GuocoLand Limited, a public company listed on the Singapore Exchange, is an award-winning developer whose developments are distinguished by quality, innovative designs and concepts. A major developer headquartered in Singapore, GuocoLand has substantial land bank in the embedded markets of Singapore, China, Malaysia and Vietnam, which it will continue to build on.

As a major developer in the Singapore property market, GuocoLand has built up a quality land bank and a portfolio of prominent developments in the prime districts of Singapore – Sophia Residence located at the prime Mount Sophia area, Leedon Heights, next to the prestigious Leedon Park Good Class Bungalow area and Goodwood Residence in the Orchard-Scotts area. Acclaimed architects and landscape specialists have been engaged to work on these new prestigious developments to enhance their appeal to sophisticated home buyers. In 2009, Sophia Residence won the prestigious Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Award – the highest honour for a green building in Singapore. This is the third BCA Green Mark Award won by GuocoLand, underlining its commitment as a responsible developer to homeowners and the environment. GuocoLand previously won the Green Mark Platinum Award for Goodwood Residence in 2007, and the Certified Green Mark Award for The Quartz in 2006.

GuocoLand has been active in the property market of China since 1994 and has embedded operations in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Tianjin, developing quality and iconic developments spanning residential, commercial, retail and hospitality. With a sizeable land bank of approximately 2 million square metres, GuocoLand is a significant property developer in China.

Amongst its prized developments is the Guoson Centre Dongzhimen integrated development in the capital of Beijing. The approximately 600,000 square metre gross floor area integrated development encompasses apartments, offices, hotel rooms, retail space and an inter-modal transportation hub, the largest in Asia, with an express rail link to Beijing Capital International Airport in merely 16 minutes. The project was awarded the 2007/2008 Beijing Construction Great Wall Cup Golden Medal Award - the highest accolade for excellent construction quality and the 2010 five-star Best Mixed Use Development in China Award at the Asia-Pacific Property Awards. In Shanghai, the 500,000 square metres Guoson Centre Changfeng is strategically located at the Changfeng Ecology Commercial District of Putuo district. It comprises retail space, a 5-star Guoman hotel, offices, SOHO and service apartments. Hongqiao integrated transportation hub, one of the world’s largest transportation hubs, is just 10 minutes drive away. In Nanjing and Tianjin, GuocoLand launched Ascot Park and Seasons Park respectively. Both projects have been well received.

In Malaysia, the Group’s subsidiary GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, is a respected property developer in the residential and commercial sectors. The development portfolio of GuocoLand (Malaysia) includes prime office properties in premier locations in Kuala Lumpur. As it moves into more than 50 years of solid operations and successful developments and armed with a large land bank with short, medium and long term development potential, GuocoLand (Malaysia) will continue to play a key role in Malaysia’s property development industry.

GuocoLand (Malaysia), entered into the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry in Malaysia by establising Tower REIT. Tower REIT is listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and was established with the main investment objective of acquiring and investing in high quality and yield-accretive commercial real estate. Tower REIT continually outperforms its yield forecasts for consecutive years since its establishment through the strong organic growth of its properties and injecting yield accretive prime property to its portfolio.

The Group’s maiden development investment in Vietnam is The Canary. The Canary will have the distinction of being the first fully-integrated development in Binh Duong Province, a leading recipient of Foreign Direct Investment among Vietnam’s provinces. The Canary is well-positioned to tap the potential growth of Binh Duong Province, the surrounding provinces of Ho Chi Minh City, and the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park. The Canary will yield a total gross floor area of close to 290,000 square metres and will include 1,200 residential apartments, a retail mall, a hotel, educational facilities including an international school, a sports complex and supporting commercial components.