Japanese data centres lead today’s look at real estate news from around Asia Pacific, with Microsoft becoming the latest US hyperscaler to pledge a major expansion of its digital infrastructure in Japan. Also making the news, Korea’s Samsung SRA has… Read More>>
APAC Real Estate People in the News 2026-04-06
A new investment chief at JD.com’s logistics real estate platform leads this week’s look at personnel moves from around Asia Pacific’s property industry. Also making the list is a CEO departure at a Hong Kong-listed REIT, a promotion at Mitsubishi… Read More>>
AWS to Invest Another $4.6B in South Korea by 2031 and More APAC Real Estate Headlines
Amazon Web Services leads today’s review of real estate and digital infrastructure news from around the region, pledging an additional $4.6 billion in South Korea as DigitalBridge completes a Japan data centre deal and Singapore’s private home prices ease to… Read More>>
New World Aims to Sell Assets to Meet Cash Flow Goals and More APAC Real Estate Headlines
Investors in the market for Hong Kong commercial properties may want to give Henry Cheng a call, with news of the tycoon’s New World Development attempting to sell assets leading Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today. Also making the list are Prologis’s… Read More>>
UBS, Citi Fined in Singapore Money Laundering Case and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore hands down its second-largest collective penalty ever to banks and wealth managers entangled in the city-state’s $2 billion money-laundering scandal, with that story leading today’s headline roundup. Also making the list, Hong Kong builder Parkview Group mulls a $26… Read More>>
Gaw, SMTB See Resilient Returns Boosting Luxury Hotels in Japan, Thailand
Asia Pacific hospitality investors continue to favour Japan and Thailand amid a post-pandemic tourism rebound in those markets, with assets in the upscale segment seen as better positioned to generate high returns, according to executives from Gaw Capital Partners… Read More>>
Speaker Bio: Kazuya Wakimoto of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank MTD TV Productions
Kazuya (Kazu) Wakimoto has 30 years of professional experience in real estate business in Japan. Since 2022, he has been leading the inbound and outbound real estate businesses as the General Manager of the Global Real Estate Planning and Promotion… Read More>>
Loadstar Capital Flips Tokyo Office Tower at 30% Premium in One Year
A fund managed by TSE-listed real estate company Loadstar Capital is selling a central Tokyo office building for JPY 32.1 billion ($213 million), achieving a 30 percent mark-up from the price it paid to acquire the 13-storey tower less than… Read More>>
Aberdeen Standard Postpones Launch of Japan Residential Fund on COVID-19 Concerns
The UK’s Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has put its Japan residential tie-up with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB) on ice, as the property market in the world’s third largest economy comes under pressure from a recession triggered by the COVID-19… Read More>>