Singapore-listed Ascendas Hospitality Trust has made its first foray into South Korea with a 73 billion won ($68.3 million) deal for a 215-room hotel in Seoul.
The trust, which already owns a portfolio of 11 hotels with over 4,000 rooms… Read More>>
LaSalle Sells Korean Warehouse to Deutsche Bank’s DWS for $57M
Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm has bought a recently completed logistics warehouse in Icheon City, south of Seoul for 61.2 billion won ($57.4 million), as global real estate investors pile into Korea’s modernising logistics sector.
DWS (formerly Deutsche Asset Management)… Read More>>
KKR-Led Group Poised to Buy $1B Seoul Office Project in Record-Breaking Deal
A consortium led by US private equity giant KKR & Co is poised to land the biggest single-asset property deal in South Korean history by scooping up a twin office tower complex in Seoul worth an estimated 1.1 trillion won… Read More>>
Blackstone Bids on $1B Seoul Office Asset and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s news, US alternative investment giant Blackstone is battling an array of local and international bidders to get its hands on a landmark twin tower office complex in downtown Seoul. Futher south, Singapore’s CapitaLand is boostings… Read More>>
Samsung Unit Pays $656M for Seoul Office Asset and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, the real estate investment arm of Samsung Life Insurance has scooped up a twin-tower office complex in downtown Seoul, paying a record price per square metre for a commercial building in the city. Meanwhile in Sydney, Dalian… Read More>>
Anbang Unit Buys Seoul Tower From Angelo, Gordon for $225M
An investment fund backed by Anbang Insurance’s Korean subsidiary has purchased the Metro Tower in Seoul from real estate fund manager Angelo, Gordon and Company and local partner Vestas Investment Management, according to accounts in the Korean media.
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Ascendas-Singbridge Buys Seoul Office Tower for $92M
Singapore’s Ascendas-Singbridge is adding to its office acquisitions in South Korea by picking up a newly completed, mid-rise office building in Seoul’s Gangnam district for S$124.3 million ($91.8 million).
A fund managed by the real estate firm acquired the 15-storey,… Read More>>
Ascendas-Singbridge Sells Korean Office Project to IGIS for $635M
With backing from the country’s biggest pension fund, South Korea’s largest real estate fund manager has bought a $635 million prime office property in central Seoul from a fund controlled by Singaporean developer Ascendas-Singbridge, according to an announcement this week… Read More>>
Anbang in the Lead to Acquire Seoul’s Yuanta Securities Building
THAAD? What THAAD? As relations between China and South Korea sour due to US missile installations and as capital controls continue to squeeze Chinese buyers, Anbang Insurance is said to be locked into exclusive negotiations to acquire an office building… Read More>>
PGIM Real Estate Completes $159 Mil Purchase of Seoul Office Tower
PGIM Real Estate this week reported that it has completed the acquisition of the T Tower prime office building in Seoul’s central business district.
The real estate investment business of Prudential Financial investment management unit PGIM first announced in November… Read More>>