UOL_Group
UOL Group
Singaporean real estate organisation
UOL Group Limited (Chinese: 华业集团有限公司; pinyin: Huáyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī), is a Singaporean headquartered company focusing on investment, development and management of real estate across the Asia-Pacific region. The Wee Family, significant shareholders of United Overseas Bank are the largest shareholders of the company.[1][2][3] The company is a constituent member of the Straits Times Index.
Headquarters at United Square in Singapore | |
| Formerly |
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| Company type | Public |
| SGX: U14 | |
| Industry | Real estate |
| Founded | 1963; 61 years ago (1963) |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
Key people |
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| Products | Real estate development Real estate investment management |
| Revenue |  S$2.61 billion (FY 2021) |
| S$499 million (FY 2021) | |
| Total assets | S$21.3 billion (FY 2021) |
| Total equity | S$14.6 billion (FY 2021) |
Number of employees | 1,500 (FY 2021) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | uol |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
The company was founded in 1963 as Faber Union Limited, a subsidiary of Faber Union (HK) Limited.[2][4][5] It became a publicly traded company on the Singapore Exchange in 1964.[3]
In 1975, the company changed its name to United Overseas Land Limited after Wee Cho Yaw and United Overseas Bank acquired a controlling interest in the company in 1973.[2][3][4][5]
In 2002, the company acquired Parkroyal, a hotel and property company.[5]
In 2006, the company was renamed to UOL Group Limited.[1][3][4][5]
In 2007, UOL Group Limited acquired Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts from the Tokyu Group, and renamed it to Pan Pacific Hotels Group.[2][5][6] The company then merged Parkroyal with Pan Pacific for its hotel brand.[2]
In 2013, the company decided to delist Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts from the Singapore Exchange.[4]
In 2018, the company acquired Singapore Land Group Limited (SingLand).[4][7][8]
The company has the following business segments:[1][2]
- Property development – development of properties for sale
- Property investments – leasing of commercial properties and serviced suites
- Hotel operations – operation of owned hotels
- Investments – investment in quoted and unquoted financial assets
- Technology operations – the distribution of computers and related products
- Management services – provision of hotel management services
Properties that the company currently owned or previously owned include:[1]
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- marten (21 January 2016). "CFI.co Meets the Group Chief Executive of UOL Group: Gwee Lian Kheng". CFI.co. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- "Singapore Developers". Projects Homes | Your Life, Your Dream, Your Home. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- "UOL Group Acquires Pan Pacific Brand from Tokyu Corporation". www.hotelexecutive.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- "UOL Group's Singapore Land bid to close early 2018". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- Lee, PC (4 January 2018). "UOL offer for SingLand closes with 99.8% stake".
- "Gerald Ronson sells Heron Plaza site to Singapore's UOL for £97m". CityAM. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2022.