Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
BlackRock Inc. has become a substantial investor in Mapletree Logistics Trust, the Singapore-based industrial specialist, as the US asset manager continues to target the city-state’s industrial sector.
Through one of its subsidiaries, BlackRock acquired just under 1.8 million units of… Read More>>
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has approved ESR’s proposed spin-off of three mainland logistics projects and their potential listing through a China REIT on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, marking a step forward in the planned transaction as the recently… Read More>>
Chinese logistics specialist Black Kite is expanding its footprint in the Yangtze River Delta, embarking on four new warehouse projects totalling 441,275 square metres (more than 4.7 million square feet) in recent weeks, as industry insiders flag continued growth in… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Lands Department has awarded Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) a site in Kowloon’s Mong Kok area at a price of HK$4.73 billion ($602 million), clinching the city’s first commercial land sale of the year at a value significantly… Read More>>
Bahrain-based alternative assets manager Investcorp has opened an office in Tokyo, expanding its presence to Japan to target private equity and real estate opportunities in the world’s third-largest economy.
Investcorp has also tapped economist and former cabinet member Heizo Takenaka… Read More>>
Japanese real estate developer Tokyu Land is betting on hospitality in the Land of Smiles, with the company’s Singaporean arm investing in a trio of Ibis-branded hotels in separate resort areas in Thailand as tourism stages a partial post-Covid comeback.
Mitsubishi Estate is selling stakes in an office building and a WeWork-occupied mixed-use tower in Tokyo for a total of JPY 32 billion ($239 million), transferring the assets to a listed REIT sponsored by the Japanese real estate giant.
Under… Read More>>
Hong Kong private equity shop Gaw Capital Partners has teamed up with a Singapore-based real estate specialist for a new venture that will invest in greenfield and underperforming data centre assets across Southeast Asia, starting with a 12-megawatt facility to… Read More>>
Google is surrendering a portion of its premises in Singapore’s Alexandra Technopark, the manager of the listed REIT that owns the property announced, as the California-based search giant shrinks its global office footprint.
Google Asia Pacific has exercised its contractual… Read More>>
Chinese regulators said they will allow the creation of real estate private equity funds under a pilot programme to boost developer financing, as the government continues to roll out measures to stabilize the country’s flagging property sector.
The new scheme,… Read More>>
