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Daiwa House REIT Buying Shinjuku Hotel for $68M
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation has agreed to acquire a hotel in Tokyo’s central Shinjuku ward for JPY 10.2 … Read More>>
Alibaba, Ant Buying Top Half of Mandarin Oriental Causeway Bay Tower for $925M
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its Ant financial affiliate have agreed to buy the top 13 floors of Mandarin … Read More>>
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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
Weave Launches $450M Korean Rental Housing Venture With Institutional Investor
Weave Living is set to add KRW 635 billion ($450 million) in Korean multi-family assets to its expanding business in the country via a newly launched rental housing programme, with local market … Read more>>
Daiwa House REIT Buying Shinjuku Hotel for $68M
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation has agreed to acquire a hotel in Tokyo’s central Shinjuku ward for JPY 10.2 billion ($67.6 million). The trust sponsored by developer Daiwa House Industry is … Read more>>
Brookfield Said to Lead Bidding for ESR India Assets and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hopes for India’s industrial future lead today’s look at real estate news around the region, as Brookfield is said to be out in front in the bidding for a set of ESR warehouses held by a joint venture … Read more>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2025-10-20
China’s long-running anti-corruption campaign leads today’s look at personnel moves from around Asia’s real estate industry with the former head of top investor China Life having been booted from the … Read more>>
Alibaba, Ant Buying Top Half of Mandarin Oriental Causeway Bay Tower for $925M
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its Ant financial affiliate have agreed to buy the top 13 floors of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s nearly completed Causeway Bay commercial tower for $925 … Read more>>
CapitaLand Investment’s Extra Space Asia Spending $77M to Grow in Singapore, Tokyo
Extra Space Asia, a self-storage platform of Singapore’s CapitaLand Investment, is spending nearly S$100 million ($77.3 million) to fund the development of its first build-to-suit project in the Lion … Read more>>
GDS Data Centres’ DayOne Unit Seeking to Raise $1B and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
More cash for data centres leads today’s real estate headlines from around Asia as the offshore unit of China’s GDS seeks to raise additional capital for its global expansion. Also in the news, a US … Read more>>
ESR Teams With Colt to Develop 130MW Osaka Data Centre Campus
Asian industrial giant ESR and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have set up a joint venture to develop the first phase of a 130-megawatt hyperscale campus in suburban Osaka. The 65MW initial … Read more>>
Real Estate Finance
Weave Launches $450M Korean Rental Housing Venture With Institutional Investor
Weave Living is set to add KRW 635 billion ($450 million) in Korean multi-family assets to its expanding business in the … Read More>>
Daiwa House REIT Buying Shinjuku Hotel for $68M
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation has agreed to acquire a hotel in Tokyo’s central Shinjuku ward for JPY 10.2 … Read More>>
Alibaba, Ant Buying Top Half of Mandarin Oriental Causeway Bay Tower for $925M
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its Ant financial affiliate have agreed to buy the top 13 floors of Mandarin … Read More>>
Singapore
CapitaLand Investment’s Extra Space Asia Spending $77M to Grow in Singapore, Tokyo
Extra Space Asia, a self-storage platform of Singapore’s CapitaLand Investment, is spending nearly S$100 million ($77.3 … Read More>>
UOL JV Bests Eight Rival Bids to Place $405M Top Offer for Singapore Residential Site
A consortium of UOL affiliates entered the highest bid of S$524.3 million ($404.6 million) for a residential site in … 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 … Read More>>
Shanghai
Shanghai Office Rents Fall for 14th Straight Quarter as New Buildings Flood Market
Grade A office rents in Shanghai declined at the steepest rate since 2022 in the July to September period as tenants … Read More>>
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>>
Projects
Hong Kong Tests Market with Tender for Kowloon Residential Site
The Hong Kong government will launch a small Kowloon residential site for tender before the end of this year, testing … Read More>>
UOL JV Bests Eight Rival Bids to Place $405M Top Offer for Singapore Residential Site
A consortium of UOL affiliates entered the highest bid of S$524.3 million ($404.6 million) for a residential site in … 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 … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Singapore’s Centurion Makes London Debut With $55M Student Housing Site Buy
Centurion Corp has acquired a development site for a student housing project in central London for £41 million ($54.8 … Read More>>
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>>
Data Centres
ESR Teams With Colt to Develop 130MW Osaka Data Centre Campus
Asian industrial giant ESR and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have set up a joint venture to develop the first … Read More>>
BlackRock Leads Investor Group Buying Macquarie’s Aligned Data Centers in $40B Deal
An artificial intelligence investment group led by asset management titan BlackRock has agreed to buy US-based Aligned … Read More>>
NTT Global Data Centers Breaks Ground on 36MW Osaka Campus
NTT Global Data Centers has begun construction of a 36-megawatt Osaka hyperscale campus, according to a statement this … Read More>>
Japan
Daiwa House REIT Buying Shinjuku Hotel for $68M
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation has agreed to acquire a hotel in Tokyo’s central Shinjuku ward for JPY 10.2 … Read More>>
CapitaLand Investment’s Extra Space Asia Spending $77M to Grow in Singapore, Tokyo
Extra Space Asia, a self-storage platform of Singapore’s CapitaLand Investment, is spending nearly S$100 million ($77.3 … Read More>>
ESR Teams With Colt to Develop 130MW Osaka Data Centre Campus
Asian industrial giant ESR and London-based Colt Data Centre Services have set up a joint venture to develop the first … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Alibaba, Ant Buying Top Half of Mandarin Oriental Causeway Bay Tower for $925M
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its Ant financial affiliate have agreed to buy the top 13 floors of Mandarin … Read More>>
Hong Kong Tests Market with Tender for Kowloon Residential Site
The Hong Kong government will launch a small Kowloon residential site for tender before the end of this year, testing … Read More>>
HSBC Proposes $37B Privatisation of Hong Kong Unit Hang Seng Bank
HSBC Holdings has offered to take private its Hang Seng Bank subsidiary in a deal valuing the Hong Kong-based unit at … 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
Shanghai Office Rents Fall for 14th Straight Quarter as New Buildings Flood Market
Grade A office rents in Shanghai declined at the steepest rate since 2022 in the July to September period as tenants … 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>>