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

  • Abacus Storage rejects Public Storage and Ki Corporation’s A$2bn bid

  • Australia property manager ISPT acquires Northshore Marketplace mall

  • CBRE IM backs Scape Australia’s core student accommodation fund

  • BlackRock buys majority stake in Australian self-storage platform

  • Iris Capital sets record with A$450m Sydney mall purchase

  • Dexus, Thirdi partner on A$300m Sydney residential project

  • Pembroke enters Australian residential market with Melbourne site purchase

  • Frasers Property, Morgan Stanley form A$600m Australian partnership

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

Hong Kong

Hong Kong removes property restrictions to bolster stagnant market

Government also plans a series of measures to boost infrastructure development

Conrad Seoul Hotel (1)

​M&G acquires 25% stake in Conrad Seoul Hotel for $37.5m

Manager makes investment on behalf of value-add separate account

Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek JV asset

Warburg Pincus and Wide Creek buy Seoul site for warehouse

Pair to develop 100,000sqm dry warehouse in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province

Sunview Logistics & Container Hub

Japanese investors and Tokyu Land back ESR’s Singapore logistics hub

Sunview Hub is expected to be fully operational in 2027

LOH CHIN HUA

Connecting continents: Keppel’s deep dive into subsea cables

Florence Chong speaks to the CEO of the Singapore fund manager that invests in subsea cables alongside data centres

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