HONG KONG: The accelerating march of international retailers into Hong Kong is sparking strong demand for warehousing space, pushing occupancy rates at logistics centres to record levels, and rents almost back to the peaks of 2008.

HONG KONG: Internet service providers are on the prowl for space in which to house data centres, as demand among their customers for data storage rises.

HONG KONG: Leasing and sales of retail properties have slowed in the past two months as market turmoil and steep rises in rents and prices bite, agents say.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian real estate investment trusts (REITs) have proven to be resilient in times of economic and financial uncertainty, said Axis REIT Managers Bhd CEO Stewart LaBrooy.

Speaking after the launch of the Malaysian chapter of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (Aprea), LaBrooy said in times of market turbulence, REITs have proven their resilience.

KUALA LUMPUR: In the midst of being the target of a takeover, property developer S P Setia Bhd has announced the proposed acquisition of a piece of land measuring 673.2 acres (272.4ha) in Semenyih, Ulu Langat, Selangor for RM381.25 million cash.

KUALA LUMPUR: VTI Vintage Bhd has been appointed project manager, turnkey contractor and marketing agent for 30 units of low-rise high-end apartments to be built in Taman U-Thant here.

It said on Tuesday, Oct 4, its unit Vintage Roofing & Construction Sdn Bhd had accepted a letter of award from Gou Yaoming of Shenzen, China to administer the project.

SHAH ALAM: Changing the status of a piece of land in Sungai Buloh for the Klang Valley MRT project and another piece for a cemetery in Section U4 here is among the content of the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) Local Draft Plan 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) has raised its stake in S P Setia Bhd with the acquisition of 20.77 million shares on Monday, Oct 3.

A filing with Bursa Malaysia on Tuesday, Oct 4 showed PNB had acquired 10.95 million shares from the open market at RM3.8928 a share. It also acquired 9.824 million shares in an off-market deal at RM3.89 each.

KUALA LUMPUR: ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd has raised its shareholding in property developer Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) to 6.62% after the recent acquisition of two million shares on Sept 29-30.

A filing with Bursa Malaysia showed that ECM Libra's shareholding increased to 59.19 million shares.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) flash estimate of the private residential property index for the third quarter (3Q) of 2011 shows that the rate of increase in private residential property prices has continued to moderate for the sixth consecutive quarter since 4Q 2009.