Oxley's Chevron House sale a better deal for buyer than seller: DBS analysts

But Oxley says building still undergoing works and was sold with no tenancy agreements

Fiona Lam

Published Thu, May 2, 2019 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

ANALYSTS at DBS Group Research are of the view that the "buyer is the bigger beneficiary" in Oxley Holdings' deal to sell Chevron House for S$1.025 billion, although Oxley and some industry sources disagree.

The sale comes just 16 months after the debt-laden property developer acquired the 32-storey office tower in Raffles Place for S$660 million in December 2017. Oxley has agreed to sell the property to Golden Compass, a wholly-owned unit of US-based real estate fund AEW.

"Based on the available information and our ballpark estimates, we believe the buyer is the bigger beneficiary of this transaction by acquiring the office component of Chevron House at below 4 per cent cap rates, with reversionary potential close to 5 per …