Asia Real Estate News Tracker, Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate News Tracker

Tracking developments across Asia's regional real estate markets

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<ul><li>Warburg Pincus invests in Japan living sector by acquiring a 16,000-room portfolio.</li><li>Proprium Capital beats out Ho Bee Land with a $228M bid for an Australian homebuilder.</li><li>Hillhouse's Rava secures majority stake in Dash Living with $150M investment; Ex-Macquarie exec Robson to advise on ESR privatization.</li></ul>

Warburg Pincus invests in Japan living sector by acquiring a 16,000-room portfolio.Proprium Capital beats out Ho Bee Land with a $228M bid for an Australian homebuilder.Hillhouse's Rava secures majority stake in Dash Living with $150M investment; Ex-Macquarie exec Robson to advise on ESR privatization.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (02-Apr-2025): Warburg Pincus buys Japan living sector.

<ul><li>Scape, a living platform, receives a significant investment of $434 million from Korea's NPS, boosting its growth and expansion.</li><li>Ho Bee Land makes a competitive bid of $242 million for an Australian builder, directly challenging Proprium Capital in the real estate market.</li><li>Korea's NPS joins forces with Almanac Realty in a $800 million real estate joint venture, solidifying their presence in the industry.</li></ul>

Scape, a living platform, receives a significant investment of $434 million from Korea's NPS, boosting its growth and expansion.Ho Bee Land makes a competitive bid of $242 million for an Australian builder, directly challenging Proprium Capital in the real estate market.Korea's NPS joins forces with Almanac Realty in a $800 million real estate joint venture, solidifying their presence in the industry.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (16-Jan-2025): Scape secures $434M from Korea's NPS.

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Event-Driven

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avjennings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12578:1" rel="noopener">Avjennings Ltd (AVJ AU)</a> IE considers AVID’s A$0.655 offer fair and reasonable as it is above its A$0.54-0.61 valuation range.</li>
<li>The offer is conditional on shareholder and regulatory approvals (FIRB and OIO). The vote is low-risk, as SC Global (54.02% of outstanding shares) will vote in favour. </li>
<li>The attractive offer represents a 98.5% premium to the undisturbed price. At the last close and for a 14 August payment, the gross/annualised spread is 0.8%/2.8%.  </li>
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The Avjennings Ltd (AVJ AU) IE considers AVID’s A$0.655 offer fair and reasonable as it is above its A$0.54-0.61 valuation range.
The offer is conditional on shareholder and regulatory approvals (FIRB and OIO). The vote is low-risk, as SC Global (54.02% of outstanding shares) will vote in favour. 
The attractive offer represents a 98.5% premium to the undisturbed price. At the last close and for a 14 August payment, the gross/annualised spread is 0.8%/2.8%.  


AVJennings (AVJ AU): Scheme Vote on 11 July

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>For April 2025, 9 new transactions (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$6bn. Not including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-industries-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4500:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Industries (6201 JP)</a>'s potential Offer.</li>
<li>The average premium for the new transactions announced (or first discussed) in April was ~46%, with a year-to-date average of 53%.</li>
<li>The average premiums for transactions in 2024 (129 transactions), (2023 (117), 2022 (106), 2021 (165), 2020 (158), and 2019 (145 ) were 43%, 39%, 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31%.</li>
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For April 2025, 9 new transactions (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$6bn. Not including Toyota Industries (6201 JP)'s potential Offer.
The average premium for the new transactions announced (or first discussed) in April was ~46%, with a year-to-date average of 53%.
The average premiums for transactions in 2024 (129 transactions), (2023 (117), 2022 (106), 2021 (165), 2020 (158), and 2019 (145 ) were 43%, 39%, 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31%.


(Mostly) Asia M&A, Apr 2025 Wrap: Toyota, Abacus Storage, Bright Smart, Fujitsu General, Topcon

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<li>At a zero net debt zero net cash (securities liquidated) Adjusted Price/Earnings Ratio of 11.3x expected Net Income, the multiple offered <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/makino-milling-machine-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5200:1" rel="noopener">Makino Milling Machine (6135 JP)</a> is not a knock-out.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/enn-energy-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:316:1" rel="noopener">ENN Energy (2688 HK)</a> investors hoping for a clean (er) exit, or where the back-end terms were clearly defined, will be disappointed. And minorities are active in this name. Avoid</li>
<li>New Trump Tariffs are not based on any actual tariffs, or non-tariff measures. The simple/explicit assumption is that if you run a trade surplus with the US, you are cheating.</li>
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At a zero net debt zero net cash (securities liquidated) Adjusted Price/Earnings Ratio of 11.3x expected Net Income, the multiple offered Makino Milling Machine (6135 JP) is not a knock-out.

ENN Energy (2688 HK) investors hoping for a clean (er) exit, or where the back-end terms were clearly defined, will be disappointed. And minorities are active in this name. Avoid
New Trump Tariffs are not based on any actual tariffs, or non-tariff measures. The simple/explicit assumption is that if you run a trade surplus with the US, you are cheating.


Last Week in Event SPACE: Makino, ENN Energy, Trump Tariffs, HKBN

Singapore

Ho Bee Land Limited develops and invests in real estate properties in Singapore and United Kingdom.  The Company also operates hotels.

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Ho Bee Land Ltd (HOBEE SP)

Asia Real Estate Tracker (02-Apr-2025): Warburg Pincus buys Japan living sector.

Warburg Pincus acquires 16,000-room portfolio in Japan, Proprium Capital outbids Ho Bee Land for Aussie homebuilder, Hillhouse's Rava invests $150M...

Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate Tracker (16-Jan-2025): Scape secures $434M from Korea's NPS.

Scape receives $434M investment from Korea's NPS, Ho Bee Land offers $242M for Aussie builder, and Korea's NPS partners with Almanac Realty for...

Asia Real Estate Tracker

AVJennings (AVJ AU): Scheme Vote on 11 July

This is a done deal as the largest shareholder is supportive. At the last close and for a 14 August payment, the gross/annualised spread is 0.8%/2.8%.

Arun George

(Mostly) Asia M&A, Apr 2025 Wrap: Toyota, Abacus Storage, Bright Smart, Fujitsu General, Topcon

For the month of April, 9 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall deal size of just ~US$6bn. The average premium for the new deals...

David Blennerhassett

Last Week in Event SPACE: Makino, ENN Energy, Trump Tariffs, HKBN

It’s Sunday! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed during the...

David Blennerhassett

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