REITS

Viva Industrial Trust secures anchor tenant for business park’s ‘white’ space

PROPERTY trust Viva Industrial Trust said on Monday that it has secured an anchor tenant for an area at Viva Business Park that was converted from industrial usage. It said the tenant, which will take up 38,000 sq ft of space, is a leading household name with a showroom and retail chain in Singapore. Renovations at the business park to convert up to 15 per cent of space to "white" space for a variety...

Soilbuild Reit raising up to S$59.4m for Bukit Batok Connection acquisition

SOILBUILD Business Space Reit is raising up to S$59.4 million via a preferential offering to partly fund the acquisition of Bukit Batok Connection. The Reit is issuing up to 94.35 million new units at S$0.63 per unit through a pro-rata non-renounceable preferential offering to its existing unitholders. At S$0.63, this is a discount of 8.2 per cent to the volume-weighted average price of S$0.6865 per...

Further boost to S-Reits expected over long-drawn post-Brexit process: Religare

SINGAPORE real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) have risen 4.4 per cent since last Thursday's UK referendum, and Religare Institutional Research expects them to continue to rally over the course of the long drawn-out post-"Brexit" process. This is as federal fund rates are also expected to stay low in 2016. The brokerage lowered its risk-free rates by 40 basis points (bps) on Monday, and upgraded its...

Soilbuild Reit proposes to acquire S$100m Bukit Batok property

SOILBUILD Business Space Real Estate Investment Trust, or Soilbuild Reit, said its manager is proposing to buy an industrial property at 2 Bukit Batok Street 23 for S$100.5 million. At the same time, Soilbuild plans to enter into a master lease arrangement with the seller of the property, SB Westview Investment, which is a subsidiary of sponsor Soilbuild Group Holdings. The lease is for seven years....

Frasers Logistics prices Singapore IPO at top end of range, to raise S$903m

Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust is set to raise about S$903 million ($666 million) after pricing its Singapore initial public offering at the top of its indicative range in the country's biggest new listing in three years. The real estate investment trust (REIT) said in a filing on Friday (Jun 10) that it is selling 521.7 million units - priced at 89 cents apiece - to institutions and retail...

Starhill Reit raises rents under Ngee Ann City’s Toshin master lease

STARHILL Global Reit on Wednesday announced the new base rents for its Toshin master lease, which is 5.5 per cent higher than the existing rate, and is effective for three years starting June 8, 2016. The rate is based on the average of three market rental valuations done by independent licensed valuers. The Toshin master lease accounted for about a fifth of the Reit's portfolio gross rent in March...

CapitaLand Commercial Trust to buy remaining 60% stake in CapitaGreen for S$393m

CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT), Singapore’s largest office real estate investment trust, will acquire the remaining 60 per cent stake it does not own in the CapitaGreen office tower for S$393 million. CCT will buy a 50 per cent share from CapitaLand group and another 10 per cent share from Mitsubishi Estate Asia, the company said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange on Monday (May 23). The...

Frasers Hospitality Trust buys German hotel for 58.4m euros

THE manager of Frasers Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust on Friday said the trust will acquire Germany's Maritim Hotel Dresden for 58.4 million euros (S$90.6 million). This is Frasers Hospitality Trust's first hospitality asset in Germany as well as its first acquisition from a third party. Maritim Hotel Dresden is a freehold, 328-room hotel located in the city centre of Dresden, the capital of...

Manulife revives office Reit IPO plan

CANADIAN financial services group Manulife has started pre-marketing for an initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore of its US office Reit (real estate investment trust), a plan it had shelved for nine months due to market conditions. It is now said to be aiming for a May 20 listing. A report by FinanceAsia on Tuesday, which cited bankers familiar with the situation, said the deal could raise...

OUE Commercial Reit establishes distribution reinvestment plan

OUE Commercial Reit on Wednesday unveiled a distribution reinvestment plan (DRP), through which unitholders of OUE C-Reit may choose to receive distributions in the form of fully-paid new units, instead of cash. This will enable unitholders to increase their unitholdings without incurring brokerage fees, stamp duties or other related costs, said the Reit. The new plan will also enlarge OUE C-Reit's...