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

  • Blackstone to acquire Australia’s Hamilton Island resort from Oatley family

  • ​Australian Retirement Trust takes 20% stake in Westfield Sydney for A$864m

  • QIC adds Sydney asset to A$526m Australian convenience retail portfolio

  • ​Australian Retirement Trust invests in Mirvac’s build-to-rent platform

  • Barings adds 32,000sqm industrial asset to Australian real estate fund

  • Corval snaps up 545 Queen Street in Brisbane for A$87m

  • Sembcorp buys Australia’s Alinta Energy for A$6.5bn

  • Dexus acquires further 25% stake in Queensland shopping mall from Scentre Group

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Blackstone to acquire Australia’s Hamilton Island resort from Oatley family

2025-12-23T11:27:00+00:00By

Blackstone secures the Great Barrier Reef asset in a reported A$1.2bn deal

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​Australian Retirement Trust takes 20% stake in Westfield Sydney for A$864m

2025-12-23T10:23:00+00:00By

ASX-listed Scentre Group sells stake in retail centre

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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

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

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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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Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust sells Festival Walk Tower for HK$2bn

Office component of the mixed-use Festival Walk complex in the Kowloon Tong district sold

Seoul, South Korea

Hillhouse named preferred bidder for South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management

Hillhouse beats CapitaLand and Korean insurers to become preferred bidder for IGIS

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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

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Singapore’s CDL sells Quayside Isle retail asset for S$97m

Asset was sold at a premium of around 47% over its book value

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ESR REIT sells S$338m logistics portfolio in Singapore to Brookfield

The leasehold land for the facilities has an average remaining term of 22.4 years

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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