{"id":115418,"date":"2020-04-06T11:19:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T04:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/covid-19-showflat-galleries-suspended-for-a-month\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T12:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T05:04:02","slug":"covid-19-showflat-galleries-suspended-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/covid-19-showflat-galleries-suspended-for-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Showflat galleries suspended for a month"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSome developers will continue to showcase their projects with the help of technology, while others are looking to delay their launches.\u00a0
\nWith the Covid-19 outbreak getting worse, developers in Singapore were told by the Controller of Housing to close all show galleries for residential projects from 7 April to 4 May, reported The Business Times.
\nDesmond Sim, Head of Research (South-east Asia) at CBRE, noted that developers with existing showflats can still continue showcasing their project to prospective buyers with the help of technology, such as virtual showflat tour.
\nIn view of the latest measures, Chip Eng Seng revealed that it will close the showflat for its 378-unit project Kopar at Newton from Tuesday (7 April). It commenced previews of the project on 25 March while following the authorities\u2019 social distancing guidelines at the time.
\nKeppel Land said that it will be temporarily closing its showflat for 19 Nassim for a month until 4 May. It previously conducted private preview for the project on 20 to 22 March to \u201cparties who had expressed keen interest in the development\u201d, shared a spokesperson.
\nOther projects that were initially eyeing a first half 2020 launch include The Landmark by MCC Land as well as Forett at Bukit Timah by Qingjian Realty (South Pacific) Group and Perennial Real Estate Holdings.
\n\u201cForett at Bukit Timah will be launched when we are assured and confident of the situation. We are committed to protecting the well-being of our visitors,\u201d said Yen Chong, Deputy General Manager for Qingjian.
\nSome developers had already decided to delay their launches even before the Controller of Housing\u2019s announcement.
\nTiong Seng and Ocean Sky, the co-developers of Cairnhill 16, had been planning to hold a preview in April but decided to delay it due to Covid-19. Once held, the preview will be by appointment, they said.
\nSim expects some launches originally scheduled for the second quarter to be pushed into 2H 2020. This could be attributed to factors like a shortage of manpower for the sales galleries\u2019 construction, tight availability of showflat sites and to avoid cannibalising the impact of their launch should there be a bunching up.
\n\u201cSome launches are delayed due to constraints, such as delay in the arrival of showflat interior design materials, which may be imported,\u201d added Nicholas Mak, Head of Research at ERA Realty.<\/p>\n

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