REITS

Buy the businesses that hold the real-estate assets rather than the ones that sell them. That's the message from a growing number of analysts in Singapore who say real estate investment trusts (Reits) are a better bet than developers in light of the island's recent cooling measures. For much of 2017 and the first half of this year, Singapore developer stocks had a great run. Rising home prices and...

ESR-REIT requested a lift of its trading halt on Monday morning before trading hours began, days after unitholders approved a merger with Viva Industrial Trust (VIT) that bringsthe sending the real estate investment trust (Reit) closer towards becoming Singapore’s fourth-largest industrial property trust. Viva Industrial Trust also requested a lift of its trading halt on Monday morning. At the...

Sabana Reit announced it had issued a notice of termination on Aug 31 to Adviva Distribution, the tenant at 10 Changi South Street 2, due to the tenant's "failure to pay rent and other sums payable" under the lease agreement. In a late Friday filing, Sabana Reit said that the tenant owes S$2.14 million in rental arrears. "Sabana Reit intends to set off the outstanding rental arrears and damages owed...

Ascendas Reit has entered into a share purchase agreement with two third-party vendors, Oxenwood Catalina Midco Limited and Oxenwood Catalina II Midco, to acquire 10 companies for £207.27 million (S$373.15 million). The companies own the 12 logistics properties which have a total land area of about 549,201 square metres and are sited on freehold and 999-year leasehold land. A valuation report by...

Suntec Reit distribution per unit (DPU) edged down to 2.474 Singapore cents for the second quarter ended June 30, 0.8 per cent lower than the 2.493 Singapore cents DPU for the year-ago period. Gross revenue rose 3.7 per cent year-on-year to S$90.5 million, while net property income rose 2.2 per cent to S$60.7 million, both due mainly to higher contribution from Suntec Singapore and Suntec City Mall...

Ascott Residence Trust's distribution per unit (DPU) stayed flat at 1.84 cents for the second quarter ended June 30. If year-ago results were restated to account for a rights issue, through which 481.7 million units were issued on April 11 last year, DPU would have slipped 16 per cent from 2.18 cents. Unitholders' distribution fell 15 per cent to $39.8 million. Gross revenue for Q2 rose 6 per cent to...

Frasers Centrepoint Trust's (FCT) distribution per unit (DPU) edged up 1.8 per cent year-on-year to 3.053 Singapore cents, from three cents previously, for the third quarter ended June 30. Gross revenue rose 10.9 per cent year-on-year to S$48.32 million on the back of higher contributions from three of its larger malls. Meanwhile, net property income was 13.7 per cent higher at S$35 million as revenue...

The manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) has announced an available distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.957 cents for the 1Q19 ended June, up 3.7% from its 1Q18 DPU of 1.887 cents a year ago. Gross revenue for 1Q19 grew 10.1% on-year to $105.4 million from $95.8 million previously, maily due to higher contributions from existing properties and acquisitions in Hong Kong completed in...

The manager of Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) has announced a distribution per unit of 3 cents for the 1Q ended June, 2.7% higher than its 1Q18 DPU of 2.92 cents a year ago. Net property income for the quarter rose 1.9 per cent to S$69.5 million from a year ago. In a media statement, it said the wider economy and business sentiments of small and medium enterprises in Singapore "remain...

Distribution per unit (DPU) at CapitaLand Mall Trust was up for the second quarter on a rise in net property income, the manager reported yesterday. Unitholders can look forward to a DPU of 2.81 cents for the three months to June 30, a rise of 2.2 per cent on the same period a year earlier, while distributable income advanced 2.9 per cent to $100 million. The retail Reit (real estate investment...