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

  • CPP Investments backs Nuveen’s Australian real estate debt strategy

  • Realterm closes Australia logistics fund with A$220m anchor commitment

  • CBRE buys Australian commercial property agency Burgess Rawson

  • ​PEP bids for listed A$719m Australian property services firm Johns Lyng

  • Odakyu buys part of Mitsubishi Estate Asia’s Salesforce Tower stake

  • Madigan secures A$625m for Sydney logistics project with CapitaLand backing

  • Australian manager Centuria sells two retail properties for A$71m

  • Australian Unity sells A$240m Unity Property Fund to Newmark Capital

Health Translation Hub in the Randwick

Life-science real estate in Asia-Pacific: Competition begets opportunity

Life sciences in Asia-Pacific are expected to slow, but government ambitions across the region could lead to investment opportunities

Hong Kong

Hong Kong removes property restrictions to bolster stagnant market

Government also plans a series of measures to boost infrastructure development

Conrad Seoul Hotel (1)

​M&G acquires 25% stake in Conrad Seoul Hotel for $37.5m

Manager makes investment on behalf of value-add separate account

Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek JV asset

Warburg Pincus and Wide Creek buy Seoul site for warehouse

Pair to develop 100,000sqm dry warehouse in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province

5-Science-Park-Drive-Hero credit ​CapitaLand Ascendas REIT

​CapitaLand Ascendas REIT invests S$700m in Singapore assets

CLAR buys data centre and a business building

The Synergy business park

Brookfield buys Singapore business parks from Mapletree for S$535m

Deal marks Brookfield’s first investment in the city-state

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