Singapore-based CapitaLand’s rental housing division made a pair of overseas bets this week, with the managers of SGX-listed Ascott Residence Trust announcing the purchase of a Texas student accommodation asset and Ascott Ltd taking full ownership of Quest, Australia’s biggest… Read More>>
Mapletree Buys Four UK Student Housing Assets From Vita Group for $227M
With universities in reopening mode as the COVID-19 crisis recedes in Britain, Singapore’s Mapletree Investments has taken the opportunity to acquire four purpose-built student housing assets in England for a total consideration exceeding £165 million ($227 million).
The 917-bed portfolio… Read More>>
GIC JV Acquires Two London Student Housing Projects for $472M
Singapore’s GIC has made its third major real estate investment this month, as the sovereign wealth fund doubles down on a four-year-old bet on student housing in the UK.
Unite Students, Britain’s largest provider of purpose-built student accommodation, said Friday… Read More>>
SC Capital, Nuveen, Scape to Lead Rental Residential Panel on Tuesday
Asia Pacific’s rental residential sector is rapidly growing up with acquisitions of multi-family assets in Japan alone reaching $8.5 billion last year, according to Real Capital Analytics. However, that increase in demand is also raising asset prices and squeezing yields… Read More>>
Student Housing Fund Backed by Singapore’s Metro Buys UK Asset for $41M
Singaporean property group Metro Holdings has added a second asset to its student housing fund with the purchase of a 181-bed accommodation near the University of Bristol in southwest England.
The fund, Paideia Capital UK Trust, bought the six-storey Dean… Read More>>
Korean-backed Ocean West Adds Texas Student Housing to US Portfolio
Ocean West Capital Partners has returned to campus with the acquisition of an 18-storey student housing tower at a flagship Texas university.
The California-based fund manager led an investment group comprising South Korean firms KIS and Tiger Alternative Investors, as… Read More>>
Scape Seals A$2B Aussie Student Digs Deal and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
An Australian mega-deal leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today as the Australian arm of a London-based student accommodation provider buys a portfolio of university digs down under.
In other news around the region, an… Read More>>
Greystar Sells America’s Priciest Student Housing Block to Korean Consortium
Greystar Real Estate Partners has sold a university residential complex at the University of California at Davis to an investor consortium powered by Korea Investment & Securities in the largest ever trade of a single US student housing asset.
California-based… Read More>>
Yum Shutters 3,000 China KFC, Pizza Hut Shops and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Colonel Sanders’ fingerlickin’ fried chicken leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that the Shanghai-based operator of mainland China fast food chains including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell has temporarily… Read More>>
HSBC Says Mainland Property Sales to Plunge 10% and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Plunging property sales lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with HSBC predicting a bleak 2020 for mainland China’s real estate market.
In other news around the region, a top office of a Singapore bakery… Read More>>
