Seoul-based Mastern Investment Management has partnered with the rental housing arm of property giant KT Estate on a … Read More>>
Featured Stories
Warburg-Backed Vita Selling Singapore Assets to CapitaLand Ascendas REIT for $438M
Vita Partners, a life sciences and R&D real estate joint venture of fund manager Warburg Pincus and Australian … Read More>>
KKR Selling One-Fifth Stake in Logistics Operator Logisteed to Japan Post for $944M
Fund management giant KKR has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in its Tokyo-based logistics operator Logisteed to … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
APAC Real Estate Investors Adjust to More Active, Specialised Strategies: Vistra-APREA
Real estate investors in Asia Pacific are adopting more active management strategies and venturing into more specialised … Read More>>
The Terrain has Shifted in Hong Kong’s Education Sector
Education has been a central policy priority in Hong Kong since 2023, when the government announced the sector as a … Read More>>
From Tools to Traction: Where Real Estate Tech is Heading in 2026
Last year, artificial intelligence shifted from headline hype to hands-on experimentation – and with it, real estate’s … Read More>>
Breaking News
Blackstone Selling Sydney Mall to Keppel REIT, MA Financial for $345M
Private equity titan Blackstone has agreed to sell a suburban Sydney mall to Singapore-listed Keppel REIT and Australia’s MA Financial Group for A$525 million ($344.6 million). The REIT sponsored … Read more>>
Korea’s Mastern Teams With KT Living on Seoul Rental Housing Project
Seoul-based Mastern Investment Management has partnered with the rental housing arm of property giant KT Estate on a 440-unit development in the Korean capital. Mastern’s 22-storey project at Guui … Read more>>
Former Viva Land Hotel Back on the Market in Singapore and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A Singapore hospitality asset with a colourful past leads today’s collection of real estate news from around the region, as a Robinson Road hotel hits the market after a quick refurbishment. Also … Read more>>
Warburg-Backed Vita Selling Singapore Assets to CapitaLand Ascendas REIT for $438M
Vita Partners, a life sciences and R&D real estate joint venture of fund manager Warburg Pincus and Australian builder Lendlease, has agreed to sell a portfolio of three industrial properties in … Read more>>
KKR Selling One-Fifth Stake in Logistics Operator Logisteed to Japan Post for $944M
Fund management giant KKR has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in its Tokyo-based logistics operator Logisteed to Japan Post Holdings for JPY 142.3 billion ($943.8 million). The deal values … Read more>>
Blackstone Takes on $5B Persian Gulf Logistics Partnership and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Making friends with major Arab investors leads today’s collection of real estate news from around the region as Blackstone teams with a subsidiary of ADIA chairman Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan’s … Read more>>
GLP J-REIT Selling Greater Tokyo Shed for $72M
GLP J-REIT has agreed to sell a warehouse located northeast of Tokyo to an undisclosed buyer for JPY 10.9 billion ($72 million), as the TSE-listed trust continues to carry out a divestment programme … Read more>>
Warburg’s Tak Murata, Brookfield’s Andrew Burych to Lead Mingtiandi Tokyo Forum Next Month
The second annual Mingtiandi Tokyo Forum is less than one month away and will bring together more than 250 senior leaders from Asia Pacific’s real estate investment community for a day of discussions … Read more>>
Real Estate Finance
Warburg-Backed Vita Selling Singapore Assets to CapitaLand Ascendas REIT for $438M
Vita Partners, a life sciences and R&D real estate joint venture of fund manager Warburg Pincus and Australian … Read More>>
SC Capital, CapitaLand Investment Seek to Raise $500M for UAE Industrial Fund
Singapore’s SC Capital Partners and Temasek-controlled CapitaLand Investment have launched a co-sponsored UAE industrial … Read More>>
Nuveen Sets Up Global Infrastructure Investment Platform in Group Rejig
Nuveen has announced the creation of a dedicated global infrastructure investment platform as part of plans to … Read More>>
Singapore
Warburg-Backed Vita Selling Singapore Assets to CapitaLand Ascendas REIT for $438M
Vita Partners, a life sciences and R&D real estate joint venture of fund manager Warburg Pincus and Australian … Read More>>
Singapore Quarterly Office Rent Growth Quickens to 1.3%, Boosted by IOI Central Boulevard
Grade A office rents in Singapore’s central business district rose 1.3 percent in the third quarter compared with the … Read More>>
Hongkong Land Selling MCL Land Singapore Unit to Malaysia’s Sunway for $579M
Just under a year after vowing to transform itself from a builder to a fund manager and exit its residential development … Read More>>
Shanghai
Goldman Sachs, PAG, Gaw in Talks to Sell Shanghai Property for Less Than Mortgage Balance
Investors including Gaw Capital Partners, PAG and the merchant banking arm of Goldman Sachs are set to dispose of a … Read More>>
CalPERS-Backed Fund Marketing Office Tower Near Shanghai’s Xintiandi for $316M
One of Shanghai’s most traded office buildings is on the market for 20 percent below its 2015 acquisition price as … Read More>>
Shanghai Office Rents Slide For 12th Straight Quarter
With nearly a quarter of the city’s space standing empty, grade A office rents in Shanghai fell for a 12th straight … Read More>>
Projects
Korea’s Mastern Teams With KT Living on Seoul Rental Housing Project
Seoul-based Mastern Investment Management has partnered with the rental housing arm of property giant KT Estate on a … Read More>>
Sing Holdings-Sunway JV Bests Four Competing Bids for Singapore Residential Site
A joint venture of local builder Sing Holdings and Malaysia’s Sunway Group entered the top bid of S$623.9 million … Read More>>
AXA IM Alts Adding First Melbourne Project to Australia BTR Platform
AXA IM Alts has agreed to acquire a development site in central Melbourne for the first project in the city under the … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Mapletree Sells Melbourne Office Block for One-Third Off 2017 Acquisition Price
Mapletree Investments has contributed to a growing list of bargain Australian office deals with the Singapore firm … Read More>>
GIC, Chancerygate Said to Buy 17-Asset UK Industrial Portfolio From L&G
Singapore sovereign giant GIC has teamed up with London-based developer Chancerygate to acquire a portfolio of 17 UK … Read More>>
Data Centres
Warburg Pincus Buys Site for 80MW Greater Seoul Data Centre
Warburg Pincus has acquired a greenfield site in South Korea for development of an 80-megawatt data centre in … Read More>>
Keppel DC REIT Buying Colt Tokyo Data Centre Leased to Microsoft in $551M Deal
Keppel DC REIT and its sponsor have agreed to buy a Greater Tokyo data centre from a Colt Data Centre JV in a deal … Read More>>
Equinix Opens $69M First Phase of Chennai Data Centre as India Network Grows
Equinix has opened its first data centre in Chennai, giving the US giant a fourth operational asset in India to … Read More>>
Japan
KKR Selling One-Fifth Stake in Logistics Operator Logisteed to Japan Post for $944M
Fund management giant KKR has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in its Tokyo-based logistics operator Logisteed to … Read More>>
GLP J-REIT Selling Greater Tokyo Shed for $72M
GLP J-REIT has agreed to sell a warehouse located northeast of Tokyo to an undisclosed buyer for JPY 10.9 billion ($72 … Read More>>
ESR Sells Remaining Stake in Japan’s Kenedix to SMFL Mirai Partners
Asian industrial giant ESR has sold its remaining 30 percent stake in Kenedix to SMFL Mirai Partners, giving the unit of … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Alibaba in Talks to Buy Top Half of Mandarin Oriental Causeway Bay Tower for $900M
Alibaba Group is in talks to buy the top 13 floors of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s soon to be completed Causeway … Read More>>
The Terrain has Shifted in Hong Kong’s Education Sector
Education has been a central policy priority in Hong Kong since 2023, when the government announced the sector as a … Read More>>
SF Giants Minority Owner Sells Wan Chai Serviced Apartments for $71M
A serviced apartment block in the Wan Chai area owned by a tycoon who also owns a slice of the San Francisco Giants … Read More>>
MTD TV
Lower Rates, Limited Supply Creating European Opportunities: Brookfield
Asian investors upped their bets on European real estate during the first half of 2025 with one of the world’s largest … Read More>>
PDG Aims for APAC AI Dominance After Raising $1.3B in Fresh Funding: MTD TV
Princeton Digital Group aims to lead AI deployment across Asia Pacific after securing $1.3 billion in fresh funding, … Read More>>
NTT, DCI, Goldman, DC Byte See Japan, Korea Overcoming Data Centre Challenges: MTD TV
Strong customer demand and investment returns make data centre investments in Japan and Korea attractive despite high … Read More>>
Research & Policy
Singapore Quarterly Office Rent Growth Quickens to 1.3%, Boosted by IOI Central Boulevard
Grade A office rents in Singapore’s central business district rose 1.3 percent in the third quarter compared with the … Read More>>
APAC Hotel Investment Fell 23% in H1, Full Year Recovery Expected: JLL
Trades of hotels in Asia Pacific fell to $4.7 billion in the first half of 2025, down 23 percent compared with the same … Read More>>