Frasers Commercial Trust gets go-ahead to redevelop KeyPoint

Conditions include minimum 60% of GFA for residential use and a commercial portion of not more than 40% but not less than 20% of GFA.

According to DBS, the application for the OPP was carried out as part of FCOT’s regular asset management review to identify assets that could potentially be enhanced and optimised.

Here’s more from DBS:

Keypoint secures approval for residential/commercial development. FCOT announced that the URA has granted an outline planning permission (OPP) for the redevelopment of KeyPoint subject to key terms and conditions including a minimum 60% of GFA allocated for residential use and a commercial portion of not more than 40% but not less than 20% of GFA.

More options on the cards, possible profit of up to S$68m if a sale materialises. While we acknowledge that any plans for the property is rather preliminary, we see this development as positive as OPP provides flexibility in restructuring and sharpening its portfolio and asset planning including the possible hotel development component at China Square Central.

We believe that an option for potential divestment of the property, apart from selling the residential redevelopment component, could unlock value for the trust. Our report highlights two scenarios assuming sale of the property for redevelopment into residential/commercial based on configurations of 60/40 and 80/20.

Our estimates show that the trust could potentially unlock up to S$39-68m of our forecast under these two scenarios. This is 14-24% higher than the latest valuation of S$283m for Keypoint.

Maintain Buy, TP unchanged at S$1.05. We continue to like FCOT for its undemanding valuation of 0.6x P/Bk with FY11-12F yields of 7.6-8.1%, 180-240 bps above peers’ average of 5.7%-5.8%. More importantly, we think that the manager has been stepping up to reshape the portfolio in the last 6 to 12 months including the divestment of nonperforming assets. Going forward, we see opportunities for the group to enhance its DPU including the imminent refinancing exercise, which would lead to interest savings.

Photo credit: Frasers Commercial Trust website

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