Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Ascendas Hospitality Trust continues to expand its presence in Seoul as the manager of the Singapore-listed trust has agreed to purchase its second hotel in the South Korean capital in less than seven months.
The trust, which already owns a… Read More>>
JLL has brought on board a nearly twenty-year veteran of the world’s third-largest public pension fund, as the international property consultancy continues to expand its Asia funds advisory unit.
Jayme Han has been appointed as executive director for Asia funds… Read More>>
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced this week that it is investing in a new $500 million investment fund targeting South Korean logistics assets in cooperation with ESR and its Korean subsidiary, Kendall Square Asset Management.
The deal… Read More>>
Goldman Sachs is said to have picked Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) as the preferred buyer of its soon-to-be-completed European headquarters in London, according to a report in the Korean press, with the UK office building expected to change hands… Read More>>
M&G Real Estate, together with a pair of Korean pension funds, has purchased Centropolis Towers in Seoul for 1.18 trillion won ($1 billion). The transaction, the largest single real estate deal in the country’s history, was completed as the office… Read More>>
Some good news for owners of large scale real estate assets leads today’s headlines in Asia, as one of the region’s biggest pension fund managers is directing $550 million in fresh cash toward the property sector. Singapore also makes it… Read More>>
While the words Korea and Singapore have dominated the news headlines this week, some of the world’s biggest real estate investors are focusing their gaze on the suddenly less exciting South Korea, where chances of a meaningful sale and purchase… Read More>>
International investors are turning their attention to South Korean logistics as the country’s significant e-commerce market ushers in a new generation of real estate.
At 18 percent, South Korea’s ecommerce penetration rate – the percentage of sales made online compared… Read More>>
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has teamed up with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC to buy a landmark office tower in Seoul for 418 billion won ($380 million). The global investment giants will each take a 50 percent… Read More>>
M&G Real Estate is poised to scoop up South Korea’s most expensive single property, as the arm of British insurer Prudential Plc will reportedly soon strike a deal to buy a new twin tower office complex in downtown Seoul for… Read More>>
