Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui slid to the third spot among the world’s most expensive shopping districts this year as economic recovery in the Asian financial hub lagged its global peers, according to a report released this month.
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Mall rents in Singapore’s famed Orchard Road shopping area inched up by 1.3 percent in the third quarter from the preceding three months on the back of a rebound in travel and the ongoing rejuvenation in the area.
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After opening the year selling a trio of mall properties for more than S$2.8 billion, Mercatus Co-operative has headed back to the market with a set of community retail assets carrying a price tag of S$265 million ($194 million).
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Singapore-listed Frasers Centrepoint Trust is selling a mall near Changi airport for S$338 million ($250 million) to a mainland Chinese family, according to sources who spoke with Mingtiandi.
FCT’s manager told the local bourse on Wednesday that it has entered… Read More>>
China has expanded its pilot program for publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) to include shopping malls and other retail properties, as authorities continue to expand access to liquidity for companies in the property sector.
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A Chinese state-controlled conglomerate has agreed to buy what could be a controlling stake in Red Star Macalline Group Corporation, an Alibaba-backed home improvement mall chain, as government firms continue to bail out China’s flailing private real estate sector.
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Tokyo-listed Aeon REIT has agreed to buy two shopping centres, including the largest mall in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture, for a total of JPY 21.3 billion ($170 million).
The JPY 477.8 billion trust sponsored by retail giant Aeon Co will pay… Read More>>
Henderson Land Development’s Sunlight REIT is boosting its retail portfolio by picking up a three-storey shopping podium in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon area for HK$748 million ($95.8 million), with the listed trust picking up the asset at a nearly 12… Read More>>
Chinese mall landlord Dasin Retail Trust has tapped a financial advisor to conduct an independent business review as the SGX-listed real estate investment trust asks lenders for an additional extension on repayment of debt worth as much as $564 million.
Less than four months after having its credit rating withdrawn by Fitch Ratings, Alibaba-backed home furnishing mall operator Red Star Macalline Group Corporation is in talks to sell what could be a controlling stake in the company to Chinese state-controlled… Read More>>
