Commercial Property

CapitaLand Mall Trust NPI rose 4.7% to $125.65m in Q1

CapitaLand Mall Trust NPI rose 4.7% to $125.65m in Q1

High occupancy in IMM, Clarke Quay, and two other properties boosted revenue and income.

Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust buys 21 European properties for $515.4m

It marks the company’s strategic entry into German and Dutch logistics and industrial markets.

Frasers Commercial Trust NPI down 25% to $22.43m in Q2

It blamed lower occupancy in five properties, including China Square Central.

1 in 4 real estate bosses pick Singapore for relocation

They believe Singapore is a secure space that can mitigate rental escalation.

Ascott REIT's Q1 results hit by weak corporate demand in Singapore

Revenue per available unit fell 7%, causing the surprise of some analysts.

Singapore's industrial property market is bottoming out

Overall industrial leasing activity jumped 35% YoY in the first two months of 2018, the strongest since 2013.

Keppel REIT Q1 net property income down 0.6% to $31.22m

Its property income from 275 George Street crashed 26.5% to $3.74m.

Chart of the day: Industrial leasing activity hits a 5-year high

It jumped 35% YoY as the number of firms optimistic on the manufacturing sector stayed on the upside.

Soilbuild Business Space REIT NPI fell 11.6% to $16.m in Q1

It blamed lower contributions from 72 Loyang Way, West Park BizCentral, and Eightrium.

Keppel Infrastructure Trust Q1 profit up 10.9% to $7.5m

This was due to higher contributions from City Gas and lower fees incurred from Basslink's outage.

Manulife US REIT buys Pennsylvania Avenue property for $238.72m

It also bought the Phipps tower in Atlanta for $268.89m.

CapitaLand could have offered JP Morgan discounted rents for CapitaSpring

Analysts think the rents could have hit $12-$14 psf/month for nearly 25% of the property's leasable area.

Law firms' real estate costs per worker hits $39,982

It is the third lowest amongst eight Asian cities Colliers International surveyed.

SPH REIT Q2 NPI down 1.1% to $42.2m

Paragon’s negative rental reversion of 7.1% pulled down revenue.

Chart of the Day: 2 in 3 en bloc site buyers are from Singapore

More developers are positive about the property market.