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

  • Stockland partners Morgan Stanley on A$250m Australian convenience retail venture

  • GPT Group acquires A$1.2bn shopping centres from Lendlease fund

  • JY buys 50% of South Australia’s largest mall from Cuscaden for A$670m

  • A closed loop? How pre-emptive rights dominate strategic Australian real assets

  • ESR partners with Mitsubishi EA to build A$700m Sydney logistics estate

  • Barings, Aware Super and Rest to land Moorabbin Airport for A$1.5bn

  • Hillhouse takes majority stake in Australian manager Barwon

  • Pro-invest targets A$500m for Australian urban living platform

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Stockland partners Morgan Stanley on A$250m Australian convenience retail venture

2026-06-15T12:00:00+01:00By

Morgan Stanley fund to own majority stake in the Stockland Convenience Retail Partnership

Shopping centre

GPT Group acquires A$1.2bn shopping centres from Lendlease fund

2026-06-15T11:59:00+01:00By

Deal advances wind-up of Lendlease’s A$2.9bn retail fund

Sofitel Queenstown - Exterior - Cropped_Credit Brookfield

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

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Link REIT sells interests in Singapore retail asset for S$250m

The buyers are local investors Jack Investment and Pangjwee Development

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

Seoul, South Korea

APG, Bouwinvest commit $300m to Tishman Speyer’s Korean residential venture

Venture targets $400m in equity for an $800m leveraged investment capacity

Seoul, South Korea

CPP Investments teams up with BlueCove to invest in Korean hospitality

Canadian pension fund to own 95% partnership to invest in hotel assets in Seoul

The Robertson House by The Crest Collection_Cedit CapitaLand

CapitaLand sells Robertson House hotel in Singapore for S$360m

The Robertson House by The Crest Collection sells at 4% above book value

Land site

Wing Tai, Metro secure S$533m Singapore development site at Bukit Timah

Site at Dunearn Road will be converted into a mixed-use development

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