News about commercial

SINGAPORE (Sept 9): Maybank Kim Eng has upgraded two Singapore office REITs, CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT) and Keppel REIT, to “buy” from “hold”, even as office rents are expected to continue to slide in the near term.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 12): A 33-storey office block has been proposed for the open car park site in Desa Sri Hartamas (pictured) located at Jalan 19/70A.

WITH widespread expectation that global interest rates will stay low for a long time, real estate investment trusts in Singapore have performed well since the beginning of this year, despite a chorus of warnings about the deteriorating fundamentals of the commercial property sector.

SINGAPORE (July 14): Daiwa Capital Markets is keeping its “positive” rating on Singapore Real Estate Investment Trusts (S-REITs), but has “low expectations” ahead of announcement of 2Q16 results by the 14 S-REITs under its coverage starting Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd has obtained funding for its massive project with the setting up of a fund backed by leading Chinese and Malaysian banks, with an asset base exceeding US$13 trillion.

PROPERTY market cycles come and go, but with prolonged weakness, the current slowdown could point to a much larger economic issue.

PETALING JAYA (May 31): Oakland Commercial Centre II phase 4F in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan has received encouraging response with 40% of its 182 shop units and offices taken up during a launch on May 15, 2016.

SINGAPORE (May 23): CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT) has proposed to acquire the remainder 60% interest in Grade A office tower CapitaGreen for S$393 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Although Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has restricted approvals to develop new hotels, luxury apartments and office developments, the authorities will still allow applications for selected mixed commercial developments, said Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

KUALA LUMPUR (MARCH 18): Specialist commercial real estate sector has become an established favourite of ultra-high net wealth individual (UHNWI) investors over the past decade, according to international property consultancy Knight Frank.