Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Ascott Residence Trust has agreed to acquire an apartment building near the main campus of the University of Illinois, marking the Singapore-listed REIT’s fourth investment in the US student accommodation market this year.
ART will pay $83.25 million for the… Read More>>
Singapore-based CapitaLand’s rental housing division made a pair of overseas bets this week, with the managers of SGX-listed Ascott Residence Trust announcing the purchase of a Texas student accommodation asset and Ascott Ltd taking full ownership of Quest, Australia’s biggest… Read More>>
Singapore’s The Ascott Ltd has agreed to buy a Paris co-living property and a Hanoi serviced apartment project on behalf of the firm’s private equity fund with the Qatar Investment Authority for S$210 million ($156 million).
The acquisition of the… Read More>>
Singapore-listed Ascott Residence Trust has returned to the US for a second helping of Southern hospitality, joining forces with sister firm The Ascott Ltd to invest in and develop a Columbia, South Carolina student housing project for an expected $109.9… Read More>>
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Aussie casino operator Crown Resorts is presented with a revised buyback proposal from Oaktree Capital Group, Singapore’s stock exchange launches the world’s first ESG REIT derivatives, and Shenzhen’s efforts to curb housing prices… Read More>>
In today’s news roundup, Singapore-listed CapitaLand Retail China Trust makes a deal to sell properties in Wuhan, a female executive is sought on suspicion of a casino heist on South Korea’s Jeju island, and Australia blocks the Chinese buyout of… Read More>>
Singapore office landlords received some good news today as China’s Bytedance follows through on earlier talk of expanding its presence in the city-state with three-storey lease near Raffles Place.
While the maker of TikTok is enlarging its office footprint, Singapore’s… Read More>>
Korean investors lead Asia’s real estate headlines again today as Mirae Asset Global Investments puts more of its cash into the US with Texas warehouse buy.
Also in the news, China state-owned developer Poly Global is losing some enthusiasm for… Read More>>
Damage from the coronavirus pandemic continued to show up in the earnings of Asia’s top developers today as Hong Kong-listed Swire Properties reported a 90 percent drop in profit during the first six months of 2020.
Also… Read More>>
Mainland investors continue to expand their presence in Hong Kong this week as China Vanke teamed up with a Qingdao-based builder to snatch up a residential plot in the New Territories.
Also in the news, Morgan Stanley says the Asia… Read More>>
