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

  • GIC and Brookfield make A$4bn bid for ASX-listed National Storage

  • ​MA Financial expands retail presence with A$679m Hyperdome complex deal

  • Macquarie launches A$12bn takeover bid for Qube Holdings

  • Kokoda secures Woodbridge funding for $450m-plus Melbourne precinct

  • Lendlease to sell Australian Prime Property Fund Retail assets to meet redemption requests

  • Keyton sells portfolio of retirement villages in Western Australia to BaptistCare

  • Hong Kong-listed Link REIT launches bid for Lendlease retail assets worth A$1.5bn

  • Ho Bee Land buys residential development sites in Australia

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GIC and Brookfield make A$4bn bid for ASX-listed National Storage

2025-11-26T06:50:00+00:00By

Bidders yet to complete satisfactory due diligence

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​MA Financial expands retail presence with A$679m Hyperdome complex deal

2025-11-25T11:12:00+00:00By

QIC Real Estate sells 44ha Hyperdome Town Centre shopping centre complex 

Healthcare

Vital Healthcare Property Trust buys management rights from Northwest REIT

2025-11-10T11:38:00+00:00By

The trust paid Canadian parent NZ$213m for the management right

Student housing

Precinct Properties raising NZ$310m to fund Auckland student housing

2025-10-13T10:50:00+01:00By

Precinct is targeting NZ$4-5bn of capital partnerships over the next 3-5 years

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Brookfield and Māori Capital launch Asia cold storage joint venture

Uni-China to occupy the joint venture’s seed asset

AEW Singapore

Hongkong Land sells Singaporean and Malaysian residential development business MCL Land

Malaysian property conglomerate Sunway Group bought the company for its net asset value of S$739m

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SC Capital sells central Seoul education building for KWR54bn

The 6-storey building was held in the SC Core Fund Plus fund

Apartments

SC Lowy’s managed funds back $250m Seoul luxury apartment financing

SC Lowy funds provide $150m for the completed project in Seoul’s Gangnam district

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Lendlease REIT buys ADIA stake in Paya Lebar Quarter

The 70% interest in the S$885m asset lifts holdings in Singapore to 89%

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Wee Hur enters hospitality sector with S$160m Singapore hotel acquisition

Aravest fund and Wee Hur buy former Hotel Miramar at Robertson Quay

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