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>>