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Featured Stories
Mitsui AM Buying Half-Stake in Greater Tokyo Data Centre for $120M
An asset management arm of trading giant Mitsui & Co plans to acquire a 50 percent stake in a hyperscale data centre … Read More>>
Australia’s Star Entertainment Confirms $590M Refinancing Proposal by Salter Brothers
Star Entertainment acknowledged Tuesday that it had received a refinancing proposal from fund manager Salter Brothers … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
7 in 10 Senior Directors Confident in Data Centres, but Talent Shortage Will Widen
Optimism in data centres continues into 2025, with 68 percent of senior management and C-Suite professionals in the … Read More>>
Hotel Indigo Auckland for Sale – McVay Real Estate & Whillans Realty Group
Landmark 225 room CBD hotel for sale through Whillans Realty Group’s Brice Clark and McVay Real Estate’s Sam … Read More>>
Global Capital Flows into Australia Logistics as Market Hits Inflection Point
After purchases of logistics and industrial assets jumped 40 percent in 2024 from a year earlier, the first few weeks of … Read More>>
Breaking News
Singapore Condo Flippers Score 100% Gains and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Fast profits from Singapore condo sales lead today’s headline roundup, as city-state residents get hip to the dark art of property flipping. Also in the news, Japan’s One REIT completes its sale of a … Read more>>
Macquarie-Backed Unified Industrial, Singapore’s Boustead Creating $3.5B Logistics Platform
Unified Industrial, a regional developer and fund manager backed by Macquarie Asset Management, has agreed to acquire the property and fund management business of SGX-listed Boustead Singapore to … Read more>>
Nomura REIT to Sell Eight Residential Properties for $73M, Add Newer Assets
Tokyo-listed Nomura Real Estate Master Fund has agreed to sell eight residential properties across Japan’s main Honshu island for a total of JPY 10.8 billion ($73 million). The REIT sponsored by … Read more>>
Chair of Singapore’s CDL Drops Suit Against CEO Son and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
CDL supremo Kwek Leng Beng and son Sherman bury the hatchet after their boardroom tussle, with that story leading today’s headline roundup. Also making the list, Blackstone adds to its Aussie shed … Read more>>
Mitsui AM Buying Half-Stake in Greater Tokyo Data Centre for $120M
An asset management arm of trading giant Mitsui & Co plans to acquire a 50 percent stake in a hyperscale data centre in Greater Tokyo for JPY 18 billion ($120 million). The 20-megawatt … Read more>>
Australia’s Star Entertainment Confirms $590M Refinancing Proposal by Salter Brothers
Star Entertainment acknowledged Tuesday that it had received a refinancing proposal from fund manager Salter Brothers Capital with the potential to provide debt capacity of up to A$940 million ($590 … Read more>>
CDPQ, Warburg Pincus, Hilton to Lead Fourth Annual Mingtiandi Singapore Forum on 13 May
Top executives from the world’s largest real estate investment firms will be gathering in Singapore on 13 May as Mingtiandi holds its fourth annual real estate conference in the Lion City. Senior … Read more>>
Partners Group Buying Aussie Data Centre Player and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Swiss private equity firm Partners Group agrees to buy Australian data centre platform GreenSquareDC, with that acquisition leading today’s headline roundup. Also in the news, banks refuse to write … Read more>>
Real Estate Finance
Nomura REIT to Sell Eight Residential Properties for $73M, Add Newer Assets
Tokyo-listed Nomura Real Estate Master Fund has agreed to sell eight residential properties across Japan’s main Honshu … Read More>>
Australia’s Star Entertainment Confirms $590M Refinancing Proposal by Salter Brothers
Star Entertainment acknowledged Tuesday that it had received a refinancing proposal from fund manager Salter Brothers … Read More>>
CapitaLand Investment Completes $214M Buy of 40% Stake in Singapore’s SC Capital
CapitaLand Investment has closed its S$280 million ($214 million) purchase of a 40 percent stake in SC Capital Partners, … Read More>>
Singapore
Macquarie-Backed Unified Industrial, Singapore’s Boustead Creating $3.5B Logistics Platform
Unified Industrial, a regional developer and fund manager backed by Macquarie Asset Management, has agreed to acquire … Read More>>
CDPQ, Warburg Pincus, Hilton to Lead Fourth Annual Mingtiandi Singapore Forum on 13 May
Top executives from the world’s largest real estate investment firms will be gathering in Singapore on 13 May as … Read More>>
CapitaLand Investment Completes $214M Buy of 40% Stake in Singapore’s SC Capital
CapitaLand Investment has closed its S$280 million ($214 million) purchase of a 40 percent stake in SC Capital Partners, … Read More>>
Shanghai
Hongkong Land Appoints Stuart Grant to Lead $8B Shanghai Commercial Project
Hongkong Land has appointed board member Stuart Grant as executive director and chief executive of the developer’s $8 … Read More>>
ADIA, Hines Sell Shanghai Trophy Tower to Mainland Insurer-Backed Fund for Reported $1.5B
Houston-based developer Hines and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) have divested a 60-storey skyscraper in … Read More>>
Standard Chartered Marketing Shanghai Office Blocks After BlackRock Default
One year after BlackRock had attempted to find a buyer for a Shanghai office complex at a 30 percent discount to its … Read More>>
Projects
Hong Kong’s Far East Consortium Sells UK Hotel Project to AMTD IDEA Group for $57M
Far East Consortium International has agreed to sell a partially completed London project to controversial Hong Kong … Read More>>
China’s Qingjian, CCCC Make $234M Top Bid for Singapore Residential Site
A joint venture comprising China’s Qingjian Group and a unit of Chinese state-run construction giant CCCC placed the … Read More>>
CapitaLand India Trust to Buy Bengaluru Offices for $170M After Funding Project
Singapore’s CapitaLand India Trust has agreed to the forward purchase of an office project at a Bengaluru commercial … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Singapore’s Cambridge Buying Sydney Office Block From Former Tysan Boss for $70M
Fund manager Cambridge RE Partners has snapped up a third education-linked asset in Australia, agreeing to acquire an … Read More>>
Scape Wins $434M Investment From Korea’s NPS for Living Sector Platform
Australia’s biggest owner-operator of student housing, Scape, has secured a A$700 million ($434.3 million) equity … Read More>>
Data Centres
Mitsui AM Buying Half-Stake in Greater Tokyo Data Centre for $120M
An asset management arm of trading giant Mitsui & Co plans to acquire a 50 percent stake in a hyperscale data centre … Read More>>
GDS to Bag $170M From Selling Data Centres to China Life-Backed Private REIT
Shanghai-based data centre firm GDS Holdings has agreed to sell some of its server-hosting facilities into a private … Read More>>
APAC Co-Location Data Centre Pipeline Needs $116B in Funding: C&W
Asia Pacific’s co-location data centre pipeline will require more than $116 billion in funding for construction over the … Read More>>
Japan
Nomura REIT to Sell Eight Residential Properties for $73M, Add Newer Assets
Tokyo-listed Nomura Real Estate Master Fund has agreed to sell eight residential properties across Japan’s main Honshu … Read More>>
Alyssa Renews Dai-Ichi Life Partnership with Deal for 669 Japanese Apartments
Tokyo-based investment manager Alyssa Partners has expanded its partnership with one of Japan’s largest insurers through … Read More>>
Panel: Multi-Family Investment in Japan 2025
With strong rental demand, rising wages, and limited housing supply, Japan remains the largest multi-family market in … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Hongkong Land Loss More Than Doubles to $1.4B as Central Portfolio Pain Continues
Hongkong Land said its attributable loss more than doubled to $1.39 billion in 2024, as falling rents and lower … Read More>>
Mapletree $473M Buy of Hong Kong Logistics Site Marks 57% Discount from 2022
Singapore’s Mapletree Investments has won a warehouse site near Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung Container Terminals at a price 57 … Read More>>
Hongkong Land Signs Up Law Firm HFW to Lease Central Floors Amid Rebound Hopes
Hongkong Land announced Tuesday that global law firm Holman Fenwick Willan has taken up two floors at one of the … Read More>>
MTD TV
Panel: Macro to Micro – How Australia’s Changing Society is Driving BTR
Population growth, urbanisation, and rising housing costs continue to drive demand for quality rental housing, while … Read More>>
KKR, APG, Gaw, Alyssa to Appear in MTD TV Residential Forum This Month
Asia Pacific’s institutional real estate investors continue to turn to the residential sector as a source of durable … Read More>>
Spotlight Interview with Greenfort Capital and Gaw Capital Partners
Having recently secured two development sites in Queensland through an A$800 million ($533 million) joint venture, top … Read More>>
Research & Policy
Hong Kong to Halt Commercial Land Sales in Attempt to Cure Office Slump
Hong Kong will put commercial land sales on hold for the coming financial year, the city’s financial secretary Paul Chan … Read More>>
Singapore Home Sales Jumped 256% in January as Buyers Snapped Up New Projects
Sales of new private homes in Singapore rose more than three and a half times in January compared to the first month of … Read More>>