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Singapore Property Investment Jumped 48% in Q1 Says Colliers
After a sharp rebound in the first quarter of 2021, Singapore’s property investment volume is set to recapture pre-COVID … Read More>>
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Colliers’ Global Investor Sentiment Report Anticipates Up to 50% Surge in Investment in 2021
Leading diversified professional services and investment management firm Colliers International has revealed that … Read More>>

Insurtech to Help Address Underinsurance Across Asian Real Estate Assets in 2021
One stunning industry data point from Swiss Re paints a disturbing picture of the challenge and scale of global … Read More>>
Breaking News

Grosvenor Latest Global Investor to Back Taronga Real Estate Tech Fund
UK developer Grosvenor has invested an undisclosed amount in the latest closing of Taronga Ventures’ RealTech Ventures Fund, following in the footsteps of heavyweights like PGIM, CBRE, Australia’s Dexus and Germany’s Patrizia.
The commitment by Grosvenor, a centuries-old investment group… Read More>>

Singapore Property Investment Jumped 48% in Q1 Says Colliers
After a sharp rebound in the first quarter of 2021, Singapore’s property investment volume is set to recapture pre-COVID levels in the coming periods, according to research by Colliers.
The global consultancy said total investment sales in the first quarter… Read More>>

ESR Said in Talks to Acquire 8 India Projects and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, logistics giant ESR is said to be in talks to acquire eight projects in India, two South Korean firms are close to a deal to buy a French warehouse portfolio, and Microsoft announces… Read More>>

APG Buys 20% Stake in Greater China Data Centre Operator OneAsia
Dutch pension fund manager APG Asset Management has made its second investment in Asia Pacific’s bustling data centre market with the acquisition of a 20 percent stake in Hong Kong-based operator OneAsia.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed…. Read More>>

APAC Data Centre Demand to Double Within 5 Years Says Knight Frank
Demand for data centres in Asia Pacific is set to nearly double to 5,880 megawatts in the next three to five years, with a further 2,838MW already under construction or in development, according to Knight Frank.
Ten APAC markets were… Read More>>

Oaktree Lobs A$3B Bid for Packer’s Crown Stake and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In our latest roundup of regional news headlines, Oaktree looks to steal Blackstone’s thunder Down Under with a rival bid for Crown Resorts, a Hong Kong tycoon who paid $292 million for a London mansion is set to plough nearly… Read More>>

Asia Real Estate People in the News 2021-04-17
A top level moved at one of Southeast Asia’s largest developers leads this week’s collection of personnel changes around the region, as Cheng Hsing Yao takes over the controls at GuocoLand. There’s also been a board-level departure at a Beijing… Read More>>

Blackstone Selling $2.9B Aussie Logistics Portfolio to ESR-GIC Partnership
With e-commerce on the rise, warehouses are in demand and Blackstone has just used that hunger for distribution space to notch Australia’s largest-ever direct real estate sale.
The US fund management giant has agreed to sell the Milestone Logistics portfolio… Read More>>
Real Estate Finance

Grosvenor Latest Global Investor to Back Taronga Real Estate Tech Fund
UK developer Grosvenor has invested an undisclosed amount in the latest closing of Taronga Ventures’ RealTech Ventures Fund, following in the … Read More>>

APG Buys 20% Stake in Greater China Data Centre Operator OneAsia
Dutch pension fund manager APG Asset Management has made its second investment in Asia Pacific’s bustling data centre market with the acquisition of a … Read More>>

Hongkong Land Leases Exchange Square Floors to S&P Despite Central Market Slide
Office rents have been falling in Hong Kong’s Central and the rationalisation of the world’s most expensive business location may have just brought a … Read More>>
Shanghai
Blackstone Ties $6B Crown Offer to Licences and More Asia Real Estate Headlines

The world’s largest real estate investor dominates the top two stories around Asia today as Blackstone appears to be … Read More>>
Data Centre Startup Princeton Digital Lands $230M in Financing as China Platform Grows

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused investor attention on tech-driven real estate opportunities, with Warburg … Read More>>
Central Shanghai Office Rents Inch Upward After Two-Year Slide

After the Shanghai office market saw rents slide by an estimated 7 percent last year in the face of the COVID-19 … Read More>>
Singapore
Singapore Property Investment Jumped 48% in Q1 Says Colliers

After a sharp rebound in the first quarter of 2021, Singapore’s property investment volume is set to recapture pre-COVID … Read More>>
Singapore’s Frasers Hospitality Trust Names Eu Chin Fen as CEO

After losing its chief executive to a senior role with the Singapore government, the manager of SGX-listed Frasers … Read More>>
Sun Venture Real Estate Boss Alvin Teo Joins Developer Low Keng Huat

Singapore builder Low Keng Huat is continuing to expand its real estate investment business with the recruitment of a … Read More>>
Projects

ESR Takes on $2B Osaka Project to Launch Data Centre Business
One of Asia’s best-known logistics developers is planning to start filling sheds with servers as Hong Kong-listed ESR on Thursday announced the … Read More>>

Lendlease JV Buys Redevelopment Site in SG’s Paya Lebar for $111.5M
A joint venture backed by Australian property firm Lendlease has agreed to purchase a pair of ageing buildings in Singapore’s rapidly evolving Paya … Read More>>

Digital Realty, Global Switch Launch New Data Centres in Singapore, Hong Kong
Asia Pacific’s server-hosting capacity got a boost on Thursday as a pair of global players announced the launch of their latest data centres in … Read More>>
Retail

Frasers Centrepoint Trust Sells Suburban Singapore Mall for $164M
Frasers Centrepoint Trust said late Friday that it had agreed to sell the YewTee Point mall in western Singapore for S$220 million ($164 million), the … Read More>>

GIC Invests in $1.2B US Retail JV with RPT Realty, Monarch, Zimmer
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has made a further bet on middlebrow American retail by investing in a joint venture with New York-listed RPT … Read More>>

Link REIT Buying Half-Stake in Vanke Shanghai Mall for $429M
Asia’s largest real estate investment trust has returned to its retail roots as Link REIT announced today that it has agreed to buy a half-stake in a … Read More>>
Asia Outbound

Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Offloads Building in London’s Soho for $99M
Sinar Mas Land has become the latest Asian investor to make waves in the London real estate market, with the Singapore-listed developer countering a … Read More>>

Singapore Fund Manager Teams with Dexus for $288M Sydney Office Investment
Singapore’s Mercatus Co-operative will head Down Under to make its first acquisition outside the city-state, joining forces with Dexus, Australia’s … Read More>>

Singapore’s Ho Bee Land Buys Trio of Aussie Residential Sites for $81M
Singaporean developer Ho Bee Land continues to mine housing opportunities in suburban Australia, announcing Wednesday that local units of the firm had … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Office Market Shrank by 900,000 Square Feet in Q1

Hong Kong’s office leasing market hit some unwelcome milestones in the first quarter of 2021, with net absorption … Read More>>
Colliers Makes Senior Hong Kong Hires as Agency Calls Bottom to Market Slide

Property services firm Colliers International released a report on Wednesday saying that the worst is over for Hong … Read More>>
Hanison Sells Half-Stake in Kowloon Project to Angelo Gordon as HK Market Revives

A set of deals announced at the end of March points to a continued thawing of Hong Kong’s property investment market and … Read More>>
MTD TV
Tech, Green Loans Grab Spotlight in Final Session of MTD TV Value-Add Forum

The finale of MTD TV’s Asia Value-Add Forum 2021 brought together a quartet of experts for a wide-ranging discussion … Read More>>
China’s Value-Add Arena Set to Reward Investors With Local Presence: Watch on MTD TV

Challenges, opportunities and niche plays were in focus Wednesday as MTD TV’s Asia Value-Add Forum 2021 continued … Read More>>
Link REIT CEO George Hongchoy Says Sustainability Key to Boosting Returns

MTD TV opened its Asia Value-Add Forum 2021 on Tuesday with a spotlight Interview featuring Link Asset Management … Read More>>
Research & Policy

Singapore Property Investment Jumped 48% in Q1 Says Colliers
After a sharp rebound in the first quarter of 2021, Singapore’s property investment volume is set to recapture pre-COVID levels in the coming periods, … Read More>>

APAC Data Centre Demand to Double Within 5 Years Says Knight Frank
Demand for data centres in Asia Pacific is set to nearly double to 5,880 megawatts in the next three to five years, with a further 2,838MW already … Read More>>

Hong Kong Office Market Shrank by 900,000 Square Feet in Q1
Hong Kong’s office leasing market hit some unwelcome milestones in the first quarter of 2021, with net absorption sinking to an all-time low and … Read More>>
Design & Construction

Sun Hung Kai Asks to Redesign West Kowloon Project as Two Taller Towers
Sun Hung Kai Properties is asking to change the design for Hong Kong’s largest commercial site ever with the blue-chip developer hoping to develop two … Read More>>

Swire, CDL and New World Take Home Prizes at ULI APAC Awards
Hong Kong’s Shui On Land, New World Development and Swire Properties, along with Singapore’s City Developments Limited, all came up winners at a real … Read More>>

Korea’s NPS Links Up with SL Green, Hines and KPF on $2.3B NYC Project
Korea’s National Pension Service and US developer Hines have teamed up to buy a 49.5 percent stake in a $2.3 billion New York redevelopment that lead … Read More>>