Hongkong Land To Acquire Singapore’s Wheelock Place From Wharf For $900 Million
Hongkong Land, the property arm of the billionaire Keswick family’s Jardine Matheson, is acquiring Singapore’s Wheelock Place from Wharf Real Estate Investment Company for S$1.1 billion ($900 million).
The company said on Thursday it has agreed to purchase the mixed-use development from Wharf, the Hong Kong-based firm controlled by billionaire Peter Woo, through its Singapore Central Private Real Estate Fund (SCPREF). Located on Singapore’s Orchard Road, a premier shopping boulevard, the 21-storey building has a total gross floor area of about 43,000........
