Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
While the COVID-19 pandemic has dented industries globally, the crisis has created new levels of demand for logistics facilities, driving trades of warehouse assets to a record high in 2020, according to recently released statistics.
Preliminary findings from property information… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has awarded the rights for the fifth phase of property development at Wong Chuk Hang metro station to a consortium of four local developers, reportedly for a lower premium than was paid in the fourth-phase tender.
SGX-listed AIMS APAC REIT on Wednesday announced plans to acquire Sime Darby Business Centre on the western fringe of Singapore’s urban core for S$102 million ($76.6 million) as part of a sale-leaseback deal.
Consisting of a five-storey light industrial building… Read More>>
Colliers International on Thursday announced the appointment of Rick Thomas to the newly created position of managing director for emerging markets, effective 1 February.
Thomas will partner with the managing directors of Colliers offices in emerging markets across Asia to… Read More>>
Shaking off some downbeat financial results, Singapore-listed Ascott Residence Trust on Wednesday announced its maiden foray into the US student housing market with the acquisition of a mid-rise Atlanta property for $95 million.
The transaction, expected to be completed this… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s office market continued to slide in December, with the vacancy rate for Grade A space in Central surpassing 7 percent for the first time since 2004, according to JLL.
In its Property Monitor Report released Monday, the real… Read More>>
AXA IM Alts, an alternative asset arm of France’s AXA Investment Managers, announced on Tuesday that it has begun construction of a four-storey logistics facility near Nagoya, Japan.
Working together with Warburg Pincus-backed developer and fund manager ESR, which will… Read More>>
Privately held Grosvenor on Monday announced the appointment of Kozo Hiratani as president of the UK property group’s business in Japan, effective 1 February.
Hiratani has extensive experience in the real estate industry, having worked at Mitsui Fudosan for 25… Read More>>
Global property consultancy JLL made a pair of leadership appointments in Asia in the past week, looking outward to hire Ken Sakuramoto as head of equity advisory for Japan and Radha Dhir as chief executive for India.
Based in Tokyo,… Read More>>
Singapore-based City Developments Ltd on Thursday issued a fresh warning that it is likely to report a loss stemming from the firm’s contentious investment in mainland Chinese developer Sincere Property Group.
In the filing with the Singapore Exchange, CDL cited… Read More>>
