As 5G mobile technology is rolled out across Australia, landlords holding commercial buildings already suffering from poor mobile coverage will need to act fast to keep their tenants happy. “Any building that is experiencing mobile coverage issues, it’s only going to get worse as soon as 5G becomes more prevalent and some of the older […]
You could say there are at least 5,320 reasons for institution investors to enter the luxury apartment market in Ho Chi Minh City. That’s because high-end apartments in the Vietnamese city reached a new average price high of US$5,320 per sq.m. in Q3 2019, an increase of 64.9% year-on-year, according to JLL. Large overseas investors […]
Australian industrial and logistics real estate yields are set to compress further, with an ever-growing crowd of investors fuelling competition for assets, says Centuria Industrial REIT’s Ross Lees. “We’re seeing so much more demand for these assets and the pricing getting to levels we haven’t seen before,” Lees, fund manager of the A$1.2bn (US$850m) warehouse […]
In the not too distant future, getting a pizza delivered might mean a drone flies it to you. This would have been unthinkable even a decade ago, but aviation regulators have approved commercial drone trials in places like Japan and Australia. After getting the green light in April this year, Google’s parent company Alphabet launched […]
After more than 20 years in the data centre space, Australian property group Lendlease has embarked on a US$1bn joint venture to develop a new wave of data centres across Asia Pacific. First announced in June, Lendlease and an unnamed institutional investor have set out to assemble a parcel of data facilities across Australia, China, […]
Singapore-based SC Capital Partners’ SCORE+ fund is doubling down on real estate linked to education, urbanisation and technology across Asia Pacific, as it prepares to reopen for subscriptions later this year. Jyoti Ramchandani (image: SC Capital Partners) “For us, the strategy is based on the key themes of education, urbanisation and the maturity of cities, […]
Greater China was home to the majority of Asia Pacific’s biggest real estate deals during the first half of 2019, with Hong Kong and Beijing scooping up the top positions. Here are the top 10 property deals from across Asia Pacific that closed in H1 2019, as compiled by Real Capital Analytics. 10. Centralwalk shopping […]
Singapore real estate investment trusts (REITs) have flourished since the early 2000s, however players in the crowded market are now looking to consolidation to stand out from the pack. “Singapore’s success as a hub for REIT listings has been double-edged,” Shern Ling Koh, portfolio manager for Principal Global Investors in Singapore, told APAC Real Estate. […]
US real estate firm Hines is seeking out opportunities to wield its value-add capabilities in Hong Kong, as it maps out its Asia Pacific expansion plans from the financial capital. The US$120.6bn privately owned business opened its first Hong Kong office earlier this year, appointing former Hines Investment Management COO Claire Thielke to lead the […]
Alpha Investment Partners, the private fund management arm of Keppel Capital, is scouting out real estate assets in Seoul after acquiring a trio of offices in the South Korean capital earlier this year. The Singapore-based firm is not new to the city, having managed in excess of US$4bn worth of office, retail, logistics and hotel […]