SGX-listed AIMS APAC REIT (AA REIT) has agreed to buy a four-storey warehouse in western Singapore’s Jurong district for S$129.6 million ($94.4 million), notching the city’s biggest industrial deal thus far in 2020 as investors compete for logistics investment opportunities.
Blackstone Completes €66M European Shed Deal and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
European real estate assets lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that Blackstone has completed its acquisition of twelve light industrial and logistics properties in Europe from a Singapore-listed REIT.
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Ex-WeWorker was Paid $2M to Hush Up Sex and Drug Claims and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Allegations of hedonism and sexual assault lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today as a former employee of WeWork is said to have been paid $2 million to stay quiet about the drug and sex… Read More>>
Mainland Hoteliers Get Hostile With Oyo and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A Softbank-backed hotel chain leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today with the news that hostile hostelry owners had stormed the startup’s Shanghai office in an attempt to collect overdue payments.
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BHG Retail REIT Proposes S$455M Beijing Mall Buy and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Despite tales of retail woe from around the region, an announcement of the impending purchase of a Beijing shopping mall leads our headline roundup today, as a Singapore-listed REIT adds to its portfolio.
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Hana Enters into $325M US Student Housing JV with Scion and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
University halls lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a Seoul-based bank has spent $325 million in a JV with a US company to acquire 3,275 student housing beds in the… Read More>>
Mapletree REIT to Acquire Google APAC HQ in S$1.55B Singapore Biz Park Buy
The manager of Mapletree Commercial Trust has agreed to acquire Google’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore as part of a S$1.55 billion ($1.14 billion) purchase of four buildings in the city’s Pasir Panjang area.
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China’s Smart Buildings are Watching You and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Big Brother leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today with news that proptech-enabled buildings in China may be using their data-capturing sensors and facial-recognition scanners to spy on their occupiers
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ARA Launches $451M Singapore IPO of US Hotel REIT
ARA Asset Management announced today that it has registered the initial public offering prospectus for ARA US Hospitality Trust, kicking off a $451 million listing for the hotel investment vehicle in Singapore.
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Li Ka-Shing’s CK Denies Tiff With SHK’s Kwok and More Greater China Real Estate Headlines
Two of Hong Kong’s biggest developers deny getting into a dispute over a residential project, while Blackrock chief Laurence Fink admits to worries over Chinese debt. Meanwhile one of China’s most beleaguered developers is suspected of playing dead so that… Read More>>
