AXA buys Sapporo site for US$232m hotel, office development

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AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, the property arm of the French insurer, has acquired a development site in Sapporo, Japan to build a hotel and offices worth JPY 25bn (US$231.9m). The 6,691 sq.m. site was acquired on behalf of a client from Japanese conglomerate Yamaha Corporation, according to AXA IM – Real Assets. Sapporo The […]

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Perennial, investors sell Singapore's Chinatown Point Mall for US$383m

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Perennial Real Estate Holdings and a consortium of investors, including Singapore Press Holdings, have agreed to sell their stakes in the Chinatown Point Mall in Singapore in a deal worth S$520m (US$383.2m). The sellers offloaded their interests to a fund managed by Pan Asia Realty Advisors, which is a joint venture between Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate […]

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New Logos JV buys Auckland development site

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Logistics developer and investor Logos has bought a 17.2ha infill development site in Auckland from logistics operator Toll Group, as part of a new joint venture with an unnamed institutional investor. The JV will develop 7.6ha of the site into a new rail-serviced freight forwarding facility, as part of a sale-leaseback deal with Toll, Logos […]

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Asia Pacific real estate investment tumbles 32% in 1H 2020: JLL

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Real estate investment volumes across Asia Pacific fell 32% in the first half of 2020, as the impact of COVID-19 hit markets harder in Q2, according to JLL.  Investment activity in the second quarter of 2020 slipped 39% year-on-year, accelerating from a 26% drop in the first quarter, as economies introduced lockdowns and travel bans. […]

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Alibaba buys half stake in Singapore's AXA Tower

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has bought a half stake in Singapore’s AXA Tower from a consortium led by Singapore-listed Perennial Real Estate Holdings in a deal that values the property at S$1.68bn (US$1.18bn). The AXA Tower is a grade-A office development located in Singapore’s CBD, with 1.05m sq.ft. of gross floor area and building […]

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APAC Real Estate tracks real estate investment trusts (REITs) listed in markets throughout Asia Pacific. We follow REITs in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and other markets. Our coverage includes major share price movements, capital raisings, M&A, debt, property acquisitions, and more.

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CapitaLand offloads Singaporean mall for US$217m

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Singapore-listed CapitaLand has agreed to sell the Star Vista mall in Singapore for S$296m (US$217m), as part of the firm’s asset recycling program. CapitaLand, which has S$131.7bn in assets under management, sold the 15-storey integrated development to Rock Productions, which owns the Star Performing Arts Centre within the same development. The Star Vista (source: CapitaLand) The […]

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Allianz, AXA, Scape form US$1bn Australian student housing fund

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European insurance giants Allianz and AXA have teamed up with student accommodation specialist Scape Australia for an A$1.5bn (US$1.03bn) core student housing joint venture in Australia. The JV is Scape’s first closed-end core program targeting Australian purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), with cornerstone investor Allianz Real Estate providing an initial A$450m commitment. AXA will initially commit […]

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