Alan Dalgleish, chief executive of ANREV, the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles, discusses ANREV’s efforts to bring greater transparency to the Asia Pacific region through the organisation’s index data of Asia Pacific non-listed fund performance, as well as other activities.

Jonathan Schein, senior vice president and managing director of business development for Institutional Real Estate, Inc., introduces himself.

Japan's sought-after Tokyo office market is still a destination of choice for many investors, with recent deals echoing this sentiment.

Asia Pacific investors continue investing capital into Europe. In two separate deals, two Singapore-based firms are under contract to acquire several office properties located in London and Germany.

Institutional capital continues to favour large real estate funds sponsored by proven investment managers. 

With a modest loss for the month of August (–0.9 percent), Asia Pacific real estate stocks broke a streak of six consecutive months of positive returns as the region’s developers underperformed due to macro-economic concerns and a general preference for yield-oriented investments within a perennially low interest rate environment. 

Chip Eng Seng Corp, KSH Holdings and Heeton Holdings have paid S$487.1 million (US$386 million) for Fernvale Road parcels A and B in Sengkang, a Singapore suburb.