Asia real estate and outbound investment news
After buying up a global portfolio of $1.3 billion in student housing, Singapore’s Mapletree Investments has raised $535 million for a private student accommodation trust, giving institutional investors a stake in its cache of dorms and apartments.
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Singapore’s CapitaLand is in exclusive talks to acquire the 1,220,000 square foot (113,350 square metre) Asia Square Tower 2 in Singapore’s Marina Bay from BlackRock Real Estate Fund III, according to sources familiar with the transaction.
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Attention expats in Asia: Are you living in Singapore? Well, according to a recent report from Mercer, you should be. Taking into account education, infrastructure, transportation and other crucial factors, Mercer ranks Singapore as the best city in Asia for… Read More>>
JustCo is eager to become southeast Asia’s answer to WeWork, and the Singapore-based flexible office startup has taken a step towards achieving that goal by opening what it says is the city’s largest interconnected co-working centre.
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Australia and China-based Logos Property has secured new capital commitments from Canadian fund managers CPPIB and Ivanhoe Cambridge that give the logistics real estate developer a $484 million platform for developing and acquiring warehouse facilities in southeast Asia, according to… Read More>>
Singaporean developer Ascendas-Singbridge broke ground on the redevelopment of a 500,000 square foot (46,500 square metre) office project in the city’s central business district on Friday, together with partners Mitsui & Co and Tokyo Tatemono Co.
The joint Singaporean-Japanese effort… Read More>>
Donald Trump may have promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington, but the number crunchers at Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund are willing to make a $1 billion bet that there will be more lobbying business and strategic advisors crowding around… Read More>>
Perennial Real Estate Holdings has hired health care industry veteran Liak Teng Lit to serve as CEO of its rapidly expanding healthcare division, and COO of the Singapore-listed property group.
The top level hire was announced by Perennial on Friday,… Read More>>
While Hong Kong may have distinguished itself as the least affordable place to own a home, residents of the Asian financial capital may take some comfort from the news that their city ranks only third in the world for degree… Read More>>
Just days after the release of encouraging financial results for the fourth quarter, the retail wing of Singapore’s largest property developer says it plans to spend JPY49.7 billion ($440.5 million) to add three office buildings and a shopping mall to… Read More>>
