City Developments Profit Drops Despite Housing, Tourism Boom
- Divestment gains fueled record earnings a year earlier
- Property development benefited from Singapore home sales
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City Developments Ltd., run by Singapore’s richest real estate empire, posted a 94% drop in its first-half profit, as the absence of divestment gains booked a year earlier masked strong results in the firm’s property development and hotel businesses.
Net income fell to S$66.5 million ($49 million) in the six months ended June 30 from a record S$1.1 billion a year earlier, it said in a statement on Thursday. Revenue surged 84% to S$2.7 billion, with the property development segment the biggest contributor.