Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Robert Kuok’s Allgreen Properties has completed its S$550 million ($410 million) purchase of the Seletar Mall in northeastern Singapore from a joint venture of Cuscaden Peak and United Engineers Ltd (UEL), the companies announced Thursday.
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A real estate arm of state-owned China Resources Group has acquired a retail podium in Hong Kong’s Kwai Fong area from local investor Francis Law Sau-fai for HK$310 million ($39.7 million), with property owners in the Asian financial centre showing… Read More>>
CapitaLand China Trust (CLCT) is selling an underperforming Beijing shopping mall to an investor from Inner Mongolia for RMB 849.2 million ($120 million) in the latest example of domestic capital buying up discounted assets as China’s real estate market slows.
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>>
