Asia-Pacific

Analysis and in-depth reporting of Asia-Pacific real estate developments, plus all the latest news

Asia-Pacific in depth

  • Global student housing: more students, fewer beds

  • Asia-Pacific REITs: Proliferation across the region

  • Market report: Where next for China?

  • India: International investment in full force

  • China's Belt and Road initiative: New routes to profit

  • Emerging Markets: Stars align above India

  • Asia-Pacific: APAC finds its core values

  • Logistics Asia-Pacific: Follow the traffic

  • Case Study: First State Super

  • Renewable Energy: COP21 acts as a catalyst

Australia & New Zealand

  • DWS acquires Sydney office building for German investors

  • Woolworths sells A$500m supermarket portfolio to Taiwan’s Forest Endeavour

  • ​Australia’s Rest Super to invest up to $250m in US Cities Retail Fund

  • M&G and Stockland partner on Australian senior living land lease communities

  • Brookfield invests NZ$250m in two New Zealand hotels

  • Warburg Pincus, Oxford Properties commit to two logistics vehicles launched by Australia’s Hale

  • Acrophyte Asset Management acquires 100% of Suntec Reit manager ESR Trust Management

  • Stockland and EdgeConneX form Australian data centre partnership

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DWS acquires Sydney office building for German investors

2026-03-30T11:10:00+01:00By

Manager buys 32–36 York Street office building from a local private real estate developer

Supermarket

Woolworths sells A$500m supermarket portfolio to Taiwan’s Forest Endeavour

2026-03-25T12:16:00+00:00By

Deal establishes investor as a significant player in the country’s neighbourhood mall sector

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Brookfield invests NZ$250m in two New Zealand hotels

2026-03-11T10:57:00+00:00By

NZ Hotel Holdings sells Wellington and Queenstown hotels

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Macquarie consortium to buy ​Australasian logistics group Qube for A$12bn

2026-02-16T09:53:00+00:00By

 Qube’s largest shareholder UniSuper rolls its 15% stake into the buyer group

Hong Kong

Asia-Pacific student housing: East, west, close to home could be best

As Western doors narrow for foreign students, Asia is looking to build its own higher education offering, including housing. Florence Chong reports

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Sembcorp buys Australia’s Alinta Energy for A$6.5bn

Sembcorp announces details of takeover following media speculation

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Korea Investment Real Asset buys Seoul Square office tower for KRW1.3trn

The 23-storey Seoul Square office block was the former Daewoo Group HQ in Seoul

M&G story from FC Jan 26

M&G Real Estate snaps up majority stake in prime South Korea logistics asset

Acquisition of Logisdvalley Ansan stake made in partnership with two Korean institutional investors

Healthcare

First REIT offloads Indonesian hospitals for S$472m

Disposal is part of plan to focus on developed markets, including Singapore, Japan and Australia

tokyo based gpif has awarded its first global real estate mandate

SMBC and Aravest PF secure $165m for APAC real estate credit strategy

The strategy will target private real estate credit opportunities across the APAC region

New Green Power

BlackRock plans Asia Pacific growth via New Green Power acquisition

Latest acquisition underpins the group’s commitment to investing across Asia Pacific

City Focus - Taipei

Taipei: Lacklustre outlook

Real estate in Taiwan’s capital looks destined for a downturn. Tsering Namgyal searches for bright spots in Taipei’s outlook