UOL Group: Best Property Portfolio Management Team Singapore 2015

UOL (United Overseas Land) Group, founded in Singapore in 1963 and listed on the city state’s stock exchange the following year, operates as a consummate property developer in thirteen countries: the UK, the USA, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, The Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Australia, China, and Bangladesh.

Core business for UOL comprises residential/commercial and hospitality property development (including joint ventures), project management, and investment in securities. The company’s portfolio is well diversified – focusing on high growth regions – and the group has an enviable track record that includes close collaboration with overseas partners.

Total assets of UOL stood at close to $12bn at mid-year 2015 versus $3.5 billion ten years ago. The group’ story is one of outstanding growth, superb design work, a keen eye on quality, and strong and effective branding. The group’s corporate identity is a symbol of the spirit of enterprise and innovation.

UOL operates innovatively in an exceptionally competitive segment of the market and does so with great aplomb. Team strengths include flexibility and an eagerness to learn just what the market wants and needs. The management team is strong, talented, and intensely loyal. The company constantly maintains its focus on client needs. There is also a commitment to sustainability which merits recognition.

Pan Pacific Hotels Group Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UOL Group, operates and/or markets more than thirty facilities in Asia, Oceania, and North America.

UOL Group has an obvious commitment to the very highest standards in architectural design and development. The company’s determined management concentrates on steadfastly creating value for all stakeholders.

The CFI.co judging panel is very impressed with UOL Group on many levels. The group’s current property development portfolio looks extremely solid and there is ample evidence of promise for the years to come. The panel has no hesitation in awarding the group Best Property Portfolio Management Team Singapore 2015.