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

  • ​Cbus Property buys half A$1.8bn Sydney timber hybrid skyscraper

  • Australian manager Wentworth raises A$350m for real estate fund

  • Macquarie creates A$1.7bn Australia land lease communities group

  • CEFC and La Caisse launch A$250m agricultural platform to generate carbon credits for Rio Tinto

  • Investa enters partnership with Japanese investors to develop A$130m Sydney apartment block

  • Macquarie-backed Local Residential to develop A$350m Melbourne tower

  • ​AXA IM Alts adds Melbourne project to Australian build-to-rent strategy

  • ​Mitsubishi Estate buys half Mirvac’s A$2.3bn Australian project

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

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

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

JASON LEONG

Change of the guard at M&G’s $7bn Asia-Pacific core fund

Florence Chong speaks to fund managers Richard Van den Berg and Jason Leong

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Centurion Accommodation REIT seeks to raise S$771m in Singapore IPO

Proposed REIT attracts 16 cornerstone investors

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Singapore property firm UOL sells Kinex Centre for S$375m

Kinex Time Square and Xiaohong Property buy the 19,000sqm asset in Paya Lebar

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