Asia-Pacific

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

Asia-Pacific in depth

  • 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

  • Is a China REIT imminent?

Australia & New Zealand

  • Goldman Sachs Alternatives buys last-mile logistics assets in Australia

  • AustralianSuper and Hesta back affordable housing managers’ merger

  • ​PGIM Real Estate’s Australia debt strategy raises initial A$300m

  • Realside Property buys Maddington Central mall from Vicinity Centres

  • ​Arrow Capital acquires A$102m industrial estate from ESR Australia

  • PGIM and Elanor Investors team up for 113,000sqm Melbourne logistics project

  • Qualitas and GURNER take full control of Melbourne’s Jam Factory site

  • Brookfield sells 240 Queen Street office in Brisbane Quintessential for A$250m

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 Hotel Seoul

Brookfield sells Conrad Hotel Seoul to ARA Korea for $415m

Deal strengthens ARA Korea’s presence in the Yeouido area

Icon Yeoksam office building in Seoul

M&G’s Asia-Pacific value-add strategy sells Seoul office building

ICON Yeoksam sold by ‘targeted strategy’ after being bought in late 2020 from CapitaLand

Hines Singapore industrial deal

Hines, Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsui buy Singapore industrial site in leaseback deal

British-American Tobacco sells site in Singapore’s north for S$53.2m

Mapletree Anson

Mapletree Asia Trust sells S$775m office building in Singapore to pay down debt

Unnamed investor snaps up Mapletree Anson office building in the Tanjong Pagar micro-market

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