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>>
Blackstone, Mapletree Said Bidding on $730M Seoul Office Tower
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>>
Why South Korea is Set for a Logistics Boom Sponsored Feature
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>>
CPPIB, GIC Team Up to Buy Seoul Office Tower for $380M
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 Said Close to Buying $1B Seoul Complex After KKR Drops Out
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>>
Ascendas Hospitality Trust Ventures into Korea with $68M Seoul Hotel Deal
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>>
Singapore Hikes Stamp Duty 2% on Million Dollar Home Sales and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore home sales jumped 37 percent in January compared to the same month last year, but it didn’t take long for the city-state to react to the sudden real estate surge as regulators roll out a new tax on luxury… Read More>>
Samsung SRA Returns to City of London with $457M Office Buy
Korean institutional investors have chalked up another cross-border property deal, with a unit of Samsung buying a London office building for an estimated price of up to £320 million ($457 million).
Samsung SRA Asset Management, the real estate investment arm… Read More>>