Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Australia’s biggest owner-operator of student housing, Scape, continues to scoop up commitments for its flagship core fund, with the group on Thursday announcing CBRE Investment Management as its latest capital partner.
The fund management arm of property services giant CBRE… Read More>>
With average rents for student housing in Sydney having risen 50 percent since 2018, according to Knight Frank, and with leasing rates climbing in other urban centres, student housing is rapidly becoming a core asset class for institutional investors and… Read More>>
Singapore’s Mapletree Investments has sold two purpose-built student accommodation assets in Scotland to Dutch fund manager CVC DIF for an undisclosed price, as the Temasek-owned property group continues to reconfigure its UK student housing portfolio.
CVC DIF acquired the 356-bed… Read More>>
Ongoing damage from what the Wall Street Journal has dubbed “the dumbest trade war in history” continued to dominate the news on Monday as investors attempted to price in the impact of US President Donald Trump war on cross-border… Read More>>
Greystar has closed on its largest Asia Pacific acquisition to date with the US multi-family housing giant putting a final seal on its buy of an Australian student housing portfolio from Singapore sovereign fund GIC and SGX-listed Wee Hur Holdings.
A supply crunch, rising demand and easing cost pressures are pointing to opportunities in Australia’s build-to-rent and student housing markets, according to speakers from Scape, Greystar and Colliers who joined Mingtiandi’s 2025 APAC Residential Forum on Tuesday. Click here… Read More>>
M&G Real Estate has acquired a purpose-built student accommodation asset in Melbourne for $61.8 million, marking the fund manager’s first investment in Australia’s booming PBSA market.
The property unit of London-listed M&G picked up Park Avenue in the inner suburb… Read More>>
Singapore’s SC Capital Partners has sold a Sydney student housing complex for a significant premium to the acquisition price and a 19 percent mark-up to book value, according to a statement on Monday.
The facility in Kensington, east of downtown… Read More>>
Australia’s biggest owner-operator of student housing, Scape, has converted its flagship purpose-built student accommodation vehicle into a A$6 billion ($3.8 billion) open-ended core fund with a 16,000-bed portfolio across 33 operational assets.
As part of the conversion, the fund has… Read More>>
Australia’s biggest owner-operator of student housing, Scape, has secured a A$700 million ($434.3 million) equity commitment from South Korea’s National Pension Service for a suite of living sector investment strategies, the parties announced Thursday.
The partnership with the $800 billion… Read More>>
