China’s malls can now be included in the country’s real estate investment trusts of infrastructure assets, with announcements of the first successful applications under the revised rules leading Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today. Also making the list is mainland developer Jingrui’s… Read More>>
Former China Everbright Boss Arrested for Graft and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The arrest of the former chairman of a Chinese financial giant leads today’s collection of real estate headlines from around the region, as the mainland’s graft crackdown continues. Also in the news, Capitaland’s China REIT prices a set of offshore… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2023-08-07
Infrastructure is in style and one of Canada’s largest pension funds leads this week’s collection of personnel moves from around Asia Pacific with its appointment of a new head of infrastructure overseeing its global operations. Also the making the list… Read More>>
HSBC Raises Hong Kong Prime Rate After Fed Hike and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The rising price of borrowing leads today’s roundup of regional real estate news as Hong Kong’s largest bank raises interest rates to a 16-year high. Also in the headlines today, a pair of shophouses has changed hands in Singapore’s Serangoon… Read More>>
Link REIT Denies Mainland Report of Commercial Portfolio Sale
Link REIT has denied a report by a Chinese news site that Asia’s largest real estate investment trust is looking for a buyer for a set of seven assets constituting its entire mainland commercial portfolio.
State-backed media outlet The Paper… Read More>>
CapitaLand China Trust Highlights Retail Recovery as Revenue, Profit Dip
Singapore-listed CapitaLand China Trust on Tuesday offered an upbeat appraisal of the REIT’s first-quarter performance, highlighting year-on-year increases in sales and foot traffic and a gradual rise in occupancy across the retail portfolio.
Retail sales at the trust’s properties rose… Read More>>
Singapore’s URA Launches Residential Tenders and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The promise of more housing in Singapore’s home-starved market leads today’s real estate news from around the region, while Macau provides a new element of risk for gambling enthusiasts as it locks down an MGM casino. Meanwhile, a pair of… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2022-10-10
Developers, pension funds and data centres lead this week’s wave of personnel news as a mainland logistics firm appoints a member of the New World clan to its board, British Columbia’s Quadreal introduces a new head of research for the… Read More>>
Keppel DC REIT Acquisitions Boost Distributions and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore-listed Keppel DC REIT reports 2.5 percent year-on-year growth in its distribution per unit for the first half of 2022, as Mapletree Industrial Trust posts a 4.2 percent boost and CapitaLand China Trust… Read More>>
CLCT Posts 30% Rise in Property Income and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, CapitaLand China Trust reports a sharp rise in first-quarter earnings, the final battle takes shape among bidders for IFC Seoul, and a Chinatown asset could break the record for Singapore’s biggest-ever shophouse transaction.