Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Grade A office rents in Singapore’s central business district rose 1.3 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, marking their strongest growth since the first quarter of 2024, according to JLL.
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Hong Kong was the world’s hottest market for IPOs in the first half of 2025 with funds raised from new listings jumping eightfold compared to a year earlier, but even that surge of activity proved insufficient to revive the city’s… Read More>>
Nearly four years after paying a record HK$50.8 billion (then $6.5 billion) for a waterfront site in Hong Kong’s Central district, Henderson Land Development has signed what it describes as the biggest lease deal in decades in the city’s traditional… Read More>>
Vacancy in Hong Kong’s Grade A office market held steady in April at 13.7 percent, with prime Central district reporting a slight increase, after commercial property investment in the city fell 17.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to $850… Read More>>
With nearly a quarter of the city’s space standing empty, grade A office rents in Shanghai fell for a 12th straight quarter in the first three months of this year, as international firms pull back on leasing and local demand… Read More>>
Grade A office rents in Tokyo’s central five wards jumped in the first quarter of 2025 as greater construction costs pushed up asking rents for incoming supply, triggering elevated rates in the broader market, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
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Grade A office rents in Hong Kong dipped to HK$43.90 ($5.66) per square foot per month during the first quarter of the year, marking a 42.2 percent decline from their peak in the same quarter of 2019, according to Cushman… Read More>>
Tenants in Hong Kong’s Grade A office market took up 7,200 square feet (669 square metres) more than they gave back in February, a marginal gain aided by a new letting at Swire Properties’ Pacific Place complex in Admiralty, according… Read More>>
With falling rents and a surge in new building completions taking a toll on Hong Kong office occupancy, consultants see opportunities for achieving five-year internal rates of return (IRR) of around 20 percent by converting unloved office buildings into multi-purpose… Read More>>
Swire Properties reported an attributable loss of HK$766 million ($98.5 million) for 2024, reversing a year-earlier profit of HK$2.6 billion, as the Hong Kong-based builder’s hometown office portfolio drove markdowns on investment properties for a second year in a row.
