Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Japan Post Bank is adding more real estate to its portfolio this year as the company continues to diversify its JPY 226.3 trillion ($1.5 trillion) in assets beyond its traditional reliance on government bonds.
According to a statement issued this… Read More>>
SC Zeus Data Centers has acquired an Osaka site to develop a 50MW data centre project, marking its entry into the Japanese market.
According to the Japanese-language press release on Tuesday, the 13,223 square metre (142,331 square feet) site in… Read More>>
Two years after investing in logistics developer Unified Industrial through one of its managed funds, Macquarie Asset Management is working with its partners to ramp up the Asia Pacific logistics platform, and Japan is currently central to that push.
Macquarie… Read More>>
Asia Pacific industrial giant ESR is set to develop a 306,000 square metre (3.3 million square foot) logistics project in Greater Tokyo after raising fresh capital for its JPY 150 billion ($1.35 billion) ESR Japan Logistics Fund III (RJLF3), according… Read More>>
A joint venture between Asian serviced rental housing provider Dash Living and British investment manager Schroders has acquired the Palms Ryogoku, a 49-key multi-family residential asset in Tokyo, for an undisclosed sum as its first investment.
The acquisition marks London-based… Read More>>
AXA IM Alts, the global alternative investment arm of French insurer AXA, has purchased two senior housing properties in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido from an affiliate of Goldman Sachs for €34 million ($36 million) on the back of… Read More>>
Average rents in Japan’s multi-family residential sector grew less than 1 percent between 2020 and 2022 despite rising occupancy rates and ongoing urbanisation, however, international investors continue to favour opportunities in Asia’s largest rental housing market, according to a report… Read More>>
DWS continues to add to its Asia Pacific leadership team with the investment management unit of Deutsche Bank announcing on Tuesday that it has promoted Koichiro Obu to head of real estate for Japan.
Obu is taking on the top… Read More>>
CBRE’s Japan division has selected new leadership, promoting one-time Mitsubishi executive Takashi Tsuji to president and chief operating officer.
Tsuji, who has been with the property consultancy since 2019, takes over the president role from Eiji Sakaguchi, who has been… Read More>>
City Developments Ltd (CDL) has acquired a portfolio of 25 Tokyo apartment buildings from North American fund manager BentallGreenOak for JPY 35 billion ($230 million), marking the largest purchase to date by the Singapore property heavyweight in Asia’s most mature… Read More>>
