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 and EdgeConneX form Australian data centre partnership

  • Stonepeak invests in Australian retirement property developer Aura

  • Wentworth Capital and Sun Hung Kai acquire Sydney hotels for A$390m

  • Mitsubishi Estate takes stake in A$193m Brisbane residential project

  • OUE REIT buys 20% stake in Sydney’s tallest office building

  • Altus Property secures A$1.5bn Trump tower deal in Australia

  • Charter Hall buys three Australian shopping centres for A$360m

  • Vicinity buys IFM’s Uptown mall stake in Brisbane for A$212m

Data Centre

Stockland and EdgeConneX form Australian data centre partnership

2026-03-03T08:39:00+00:00By

Deal marks EdgeConneX’s entry into the Australian market

Retirement village

Stonepeak invests in Australian retirement property developer Aura

2026-03-02T13:09:00+00:00By

Manager to provide up to A$1bn in total capital, backed by senior domestic lenders

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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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APG buys New Zealand forestry assets from New Forests

2025-12-09T13:11:00+00:00By

APG had also bought a third of Forico, a forestry business in Tasmania

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

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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

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Frasers Property buys Orchard Road's rear retail block for S$392m

Asset is adjacent to its existing Centrepoint shopping centre

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OUE REIT buys 20% stake in Sydney’s tallest office building

Singapore-listed REIT takes stake in the 55-storey office building

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