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GuocoLand Limited 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.
GuocoLand is a major developer in the Singapore property market, having built up a quality land bank and a portfolio of
prestigious developments in the prime districts of Singapore - in Orchard Road, Mount Sophia and Leedon Heights, next to
the prestigious Leedon Park Good Class Bungalow area. Acclaimed architects and landscape specialists have been engaged to
work on these new prestigious developments to enhance their appeal to sophisticated home buyers.
Sophia Residence, an upcoming quality residential development by GuocoLand Group, has 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. We 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 huge land bank, GuocoLand is a significant property developer in China. Amongst its prized
developments is the Dongzhimen integrated development in the capital of Beijing.
The approximately 600,000 square metre gross floor area integrated development will yield apartments, offices, hotel rooms,
retail space and an inter-modal transportation hub, the largest in Asia. The Dongzhimen integrated development, the flagship
development of GuocoLand in China, houses an express rail link that allows passengers to commute between downtown Beijing
and the Beijing Capital International Airport in merely 16 minutes. In Shanghai, GuocoLand takes great pride in being the
developer of an award-winning luxury condominium, Central Park, near the city’s prime entertainment area. Another new modern
development, Guoson Centre Changfeng is being developed in the Putuo district with its mix of "Small office, Home-office"
(SoHo), retail spaces, offices, serviced apartments and hotel.
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.
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