So instead of being a good Samurai and practising my chiburi, I have been reading ''Sens'' and articles relating to this company.
It appears that the share price lowered as management issued new shares in lieu of buying land ownership for future development. This is good as it means that the company owns assets in the form of land. It also gives the impression that more developments might take place in the future.
Hence the management have a bigger picture that they work towards to.
The only drawback which I can identify at this point is that land ownership cost money in the form of rates and taxes and some land parcels might need to be rezoned for residential purposes. This in itself can place a burden on the cash flow that could have gone into developing properties faster.
Classic case of a catch 22 situation, but then again courage is one of the eight virtues of the Samurai.