Ascott Residence Trust, the serviced apartment operator partly owned by CapitaLand, said it will buy 28 properties in Europe and Asia from Ascott for $969.6 million. Ascott Residence will also sell its stake in a Beijing serviced residence property for $214 million to Ascott, it said in a statement to the Singapore exchange. The purchase will increase Ascott Residence’s asset size to $2.85 billion, it...