More cash for data centres leads today’s review of real estate headlines from around Asia as Blackstone-backed AirTrunk eyes more capital after a $10.4 billion refinancing. Also in the news is the completion of a Tokyo office building sale and… Read More>>
GDS $335M China REIT to Begin Trading on Friday and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Mainland data centre giant GDS leads today’s roundup of real estate headlines, as the company prepares to debut its $335 million REIT on the Shanghai Stock Exchange this Friday. Also making news, Blackstone to launch a $3.4 billion buyout of… Read More>>
Japan’s Star Asia REIT Sells Osaka Apartment Building and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Tokyo-listed Star Asia REIT unloads an ageing Osaka apartment building, with that disposal leading today’s headline roundup. Also in the news, Singapore posts private home price growth of less than 1 percent and China’s Country Garden sells a stake in… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-11-25
A pan-continental move leads this week’s review of personnel updates from around Asia’s real estate industry with a veteran fund manager taking on fresh responsibilities in a new hemisphere. Also making the list is a resignation at a Tokyo-listed hotel… Read More>>
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Occupancy Falls to 92% and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore-listed CapitaLand Ascendas REIT reports falling occupancy as the US portfolio sees more unused space, with that story leading today’s headline roundup. Elsewhere in the world of S-REITS, Frasers Centrepoint Trust posts flat distribution per unit and Mapletree Pan Asia… Read More>>
PAG Buying Mapletree Anson From MPACT for $574M in Singapore’s Biggest Deal of 2024
Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT) is selling its flagship office building in downtown Singapore to regional private equity titan PAG for S$775 million ($574 million), in a deal which will rank as the city-state’s largest office transaction in two… Read More>>
Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust DPU Falls 7.3%, Income Jumps Post-Merger
Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust said its distribution per unit fell 7.3 percent in the fiscal year to the end of March, squeezed by higher interest rates, but net property income jumped 15.2 percent on the post-merger expansion of the… Read More>>
Country Garden Said Cancelling Share Sale and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A cash crunch for China’s largest home-builder leads today’s roundup of real estate headlines from around the region as Country Garden struggles with a slowing housing market. Also in the news, Hong Kong homeowners are getting motivated to sell and… Read More>>
GIC Investing $256M in Aussie Apartment Venture and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, sovereign investor GIC reportedly lends financial muscle to a build-to-sell residential venture in Australia, an IMF official sees a long road ahead for China’s property crisis, and Singapore’s Keppel Land sells its stake… Read More>>
Mapletree Wins Approval for $3.1B Commercial REIT Merger
Shareholders of Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT) and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MNACT) have approved a S$4.22 billion ($3.07 billion) merger, which creates the Singapore exchange’s third largest REIT, after sponsor Mapletree Investments sweetened the deal with an all-cash payout… Read More>>