REITS

Ascendas India Trust says DPU for 1st quarter stood at 1.66 cents

Ascendas India Trust said its distribution per unit (DPU) for the first quarter stood at 1.66 cents. That's down 19 per cent from the DPU of 2.06 cents achieved in the same period the previous year. Unitholders' distribution in the first quarter also fell 19 per cent on year to S$12.67 million. Ascendas said this was mainly due to realised gains in the first quarter last year of S$4.1 million from the...

Ascott Residence Trust to up distribution per unit to 1.87 cents in Q2

Mainboard-listed Ascott Residence Trust has reported a slight increase in its distribution per unit in the second quarter. Its Q2 DPU came in at 1.87 cents, four per cent higher than the 1.79 cents DPU announced in the year-ago period. Distributable income rose five per cent on-year to S$11.5 million, while revenue was up three per cent on-year to S$44.4 million. Ascott attributes the increased revenue...

Suntec REIT to distribute 2.53 cents per unit in Q2

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on Thursday said it will distribute 2.53 cents per unit in the second quarter. This is down 15 per cent from the DPU of 2.98 cents in the year ago period. Suntec REIT said its distributable income came to S$45.93 million for the quarter. This is a slight dip of about 4 per cent from S$47.77 million a year ago. The trust said its annualised yield stands at 7.7...

CMT exploring possible 4th prong to grow DPU

CapitaMall Trust (CMT) says it wants to participate in greenfield development projects to further grow its distribution per unit (DPU). This will be on top of its existing strategy involving active leasing, assets enhancement and selective acquisition of yield accretive projects. CMT made the comments at its results briefing on Thursday. CMT saw positive growth in the first six months of the year,...

CapitaMall Trust Q2 distribution per unit up 7.5%

CapitaMall Trust says its second quarter distribution per unit rose 7.5 per cent on-year to 2.29 cents. It announced a DPU of 2.13 cents in the year-ago period. Second quarter distributable income also rose 7.5 per cent on-year to S$73 million, while net property income gained 5.3 per cent to S$98.7 million. CMT says the improved performance was driven mainly by higher rental rates for new and renewed...

CapitaCommercial Trust to distribute 1.97 cents in Q2

Office landlord CapitaCommercial Trust said its distribution per unit for the second quarter came in at 1.97 Singapore cents. When adjusted for its rights issue, the DPU is 15.2 percent higher than the 1.71 cents declared for the year-ago period. This brings CCT's first half DPU to 3.9 cents, 17.1 per cent more than the 3.33 cents DPU announced for the same period last year after adjusting for the rights...

K-REIT Asia Q2 distribution per unit jumps 24.2%

K-REIT Asia says its second quarter distribution per unit rose 24.2 per cent to 1.64 Singapore cents compared to a restated DPU of 1.32 cents recorded in the same period last year. Distributable income for the three months ended June, rose 25.5 per cent to about S$22 million due mainly to higher net property income and lower interest expense. For the first half, K-REIT announced a DPU of 2.97 cents, a...

CapitaCommercial Trust sells StarHub Centre to Frasers Centrepoint

CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) is selling the StarHub Centre to Frasers Centrepoint for S$380 million in cash. StarHub Centre is a 10-storey non-Grade A office building with retail space next to FCL's Centrepoint mall. It currently has a committed occupancy of 68.2 per cent and some 280,000 square feet of lettable space. The current lease for the site expires in January 2095. CCT disclosed that it has...

CMMT raised 785.2m ringgit in IPO, trading starts July 16

CapitaMalls Asia's Malaysian unit will begin trading on the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Friday. CapitaMalls Malaysia Trust, CMMT, raised some 785.2 million ringgit or about S$337.5 million in its initial public offering. It is the largest "pure-play" shopping mall reit in Malaysia by market capitalisation and property value. Upon listing, CMMT is expected to have a market capitalisation of...

A-REIT’s net property income grows 8.2% to $87.3m in 1Q

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust says Net Property Income increased by 8.2% year-on-year to $87.3 million while distributable income rose 3.5% to $63.1 million for the quarter ended June 30 (1Q FY2010/11). Ascendas also achieved a DPU of 3.37 cents for the quarter. Net property income increased by a smaller extent of 8.2% due to higher operating expenses, attributed to the enlarged portfolio, higher...