16 January 2022

• S-Reits: Bigger and bolder over the years
  FOR S-Reits, listing on the exchange is the beginning of a journey. Twenty-four S-Reits had announced asset acquisitions valued at over S$15.3 billion and exceeding S$12.7 billion in total purchase consideration in 2021.
• Private residential market to start slow in 2022, fewer upcoming launches: analysts
  THE private residential market is likely to start the year on a quiet note as developers wait until after Chinese New Year (Feb 1 and 2) to market their properties, analysts say.
• Tokyo residential, Sydney logistics properties are institutional investors' favourites for 2022
  INSTITUTIONAL investors that are planning to allocate more capital to real estate continue to find the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region the most attractive, with Tokyo residential assets among their top picks, according to poll findings published on Friday (Jan 14).
• Fragrance's James Koh bags Lornie Road GCB for S$981 psf
  PROPERTY tycoon James Koh is buying an old bungalow along Lornie Road for S$24.8 million or S$981 per square foot on the freehold land area of 25,271 sq ft.
• No plans to merge MLT and MIT: MLT manager
  THERE are no plans by the manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust M44U (MLT) to merge the logistics real estate investment trust (Reit) with Mapletree Industrial Trust ME8U (MIT), even as two other Reits from their sponsor have proposed a merger.
• SingHaiyi gets approval from bourse operator SGX to delist
  SINGHAIYI will delist after obtaining regulatory approval on Wednesday (Jan 12), as its free float has dropped to under 10 per cent, with the date to exit the mainboard to be announced.
• Metro forms strategic tie-up with Daiwa House Industry for investments
  METRO Holdings M01 has formed a strategic tie-up with Japanese real estate player Daiwa House Industry to deepen investment collaboration in various asset classes, following the Singapore-listed group's S$41.3 million investment in Daiwa House Logistics Trust for a 7.65 per cent stake.