Hong Kong builder CK Asset’s bid for a Kowloon commercial site gets shot down by authorities, with that setback leading today’s headline roundup. Also making news, China Vanke reports another massive quarterly loss and CapitaLand Ascott Trust posts an 8… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascott Trust Selling Tianjin Apartments and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
CapitaLand leads today’s roundup of real estate news from around the region as the Singapore giant’s primary residential REIT issues a tight-lipped disclosure on the sale of a Tianjin apartment complex. Also making the list today is an activist battle… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascott Trust Sells Citadines Kyoto Asset to Hilton for $42M
CapitaLand Ascott Trust has sold a serviced apartment block in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto to Hilton’s vacation-home brand for JPY 6.2 billion ($42 million).
The 124-unit Citadines Karasuma-Gojo Kyoto was divested at 40.1 percent above its book value and… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascott Trust Buying Singapore Co-Living Asset From Ascott-QIA Fund for $204M
CapitaLand Ascott Trust has agreed to buy a downtown Singapore hotel from a private fund managed by its sponsor for S$263 million ($204.4 million), as the SGX-listed REIT pursues a strategy to recycle capital into higher-yielding assets.
CLAS is acquiring… Read More>>
GIC Backs $3.9B TPG Debt Fund and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
TPG’s Twin Brook Capital Partners leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today, as the private equity firm closes its $3.9 billion direct lending fund backed by GIC and the World Bank. Also making news, Singapore-listed CapitaLand Ascott Trust secures a $124.5 million… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascott Trust 1H Gross Profit Up 12% as RevPAU Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels
CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) achieved a 12 percent year-on-year increase in gross profit during the first six months of the year, with the hospitality trust’s managers attributing the Singapore-listed REIT’s improved performance to sustained demand for accommodation and rising room… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascott Trust Buys Out South Carolina Student Housing Project
Singapore-listed CapitaLand Ascott Trust has taken full ownership of Standard at Columbia after acquiring the remaining 10 percent stake in the US student accommodation asset.
In 2021, CLAS (then known as Ascott Residence Trust) teamed with sponsor The Ascott Ltd… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascott Trust Q1 Gross Profit Up 15% on More Demand, Bigger Portfolio
CapitaLand Ascott Trust achieved a 15 percent increase in gross profit during the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2023, with the trust’s managers citing sustained lodging demand and expansion of its portfolio as boosting… Read More>>
Hong Kong Scions Complete $75M Purchase of Osaka Hotels From CapitaLand Ascott Trust
A property investment firm backed by some of Hong Kong’s wealthiest families has completed its acquisition of a trio of Osaka hotels from CapitaLand Ascott Trust, with Axe Management Partners having paid JPY 10.7 billion ($75 million) for the assets.
Lui Chong Chee to Chair CapitaLand Ascott Trust
CapitaLand Ascott Trust has appointed Lui Chong Chee as the next chairman of the Singapore-listed lodging REIT, succeeding the retiring Bob Tan.
Lui, who currently sits as a non-executive independent director, will take over the chairman’s seat on 22 April… Read More>>