Asia real estate and outbound investment news
One month after Singapore authorities said they would begin requiring employers to facilitate employee requests for flexible work, global banking giant Citigroup is reported to be considering shrinking its footprint in one of the city-state’s priciest commercial hubs.
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Tech giant Amazon has moved into a new home spanning three floors of Singapore’s Asia Square One office tower, bringing a high tech hipster style to the city’s banker-dominated Marina Bay financial hub.
Occupying over 100,000 square feet (9,290 square… Read More>>
The importance of tech occupiers to Asia’s office landlords was underlined yet again today when Amazon was reported to be taking over three floors in a trophy office tower in Singapore from Citigroup.
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CapitaLand on Tuesday announced its “office of the future” strategy, which aims to integrate co-working style “flexible office space” into the developer’s traditional commercial projects. The Singaporean real estate giant says it is already at work implementing the new strategy… Read More>>
Sentiment in Singapore’s office market is starting to lift. After last year’s blockbuster deal involving the sale of Asia Square Tower 1 for US$2.5 billion, investors have once again taken notice as Blackrock sold Asia Square Tower 2 to Capitaland… Read More>>
CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT) is acquiring Asia Square Tower 2 from a BlackRock-managed real estate fund for approximately S$2.1 billion ($1.5 billion), marking the largest office transaction in Asia Pacific this year and the second-largest globally.
The deal for the… Read More>>
Singapore’s CapitaLand is in exclusive talks to acquire the 1,220,000 square foot (113,350 square metre) Asia Square Tower 2 in Singapore’s Marina Bay from BlackRock Real Estate Fund III, according to sources familiar with the transaction.
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A commercial site in Singapore’s Marina Bay financial district brought a record bid of S$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) today as enthusiasm for office projects revives in the southeast Asian financial hub. And Blackrock may be counting on the interest that… Read More>>
