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Tracking developments across Asia's regional real estate markets

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<ul><li>SC Capital has acquired a hotel in central Tokyo, previously owned by CapitaLand Ascott Trust.</li><li>Frasers has sold its Melbourne warehouses to ESR-REIT for $192 million, exiting the Australian market.</li><li>Kio is launching a 407-unit build-to-rent project in Melbourne, backed by Warburg Pincus investments.</li></ul>

SC Capital has acquired a hotel in central Tokyo, previously owned by CapitaLand Ascott Trust.Frasers has sold its Melbourne warehouses to ESR-REIT for $192 million, exiting the Australian market.Kio is launching a 407-unit build-to-rent project in Melbourne, backed by Warburg Pincus investments.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (09-Jul-2026): SC Capital acquires Tokyo hotel previously sold by Ascott.

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Bursa stocks as of Jul 10th. The aggregated short interest is USD523m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Datasonic, YTL, CIMB, Dagang Nexchange, Sime Darby Property.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Bursa stocks as of Jul 10th. The aggregated short interest is USD523m.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Datasonic, YTL, CIMB, Dagang Nexchange, Sime Darby Property.


Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Jul 10th): Datasonic, YTL, CIMB, Dagang Nexchange, Sime Darby Property

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia), SCCM Asia Research

SCCM Asia Research

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

<h2>Singapore</h2><h3><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ascendas-india-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:935" rel="noopener">Ascendas India Trust (AIT SP)</a> to develop its first Data Centre campus in Navi Mumbai</h3><ul><li>AIT will invest ~INR12bn (~S$216.6m) to develop and operate phase one of its first data centre campus on a prime site in India. It will be one of the largest data centre campuses in Airoli, a growing data centre hub in Navi Mumbai. The 6.6acre greenfield site will be developed in phases into a fully-fitted data centre campus with a total potential built-up area of up to 575,000sqft and 90MW of power to host customers such as global technology giants and cloud service providers, as well as large domestic enterprise clients</li><li>The total costs of the acquisition including purchase consideration will be financed through a combination of debt and internal resources. The acquisition of the site from third-party vendors is expected to be completed by 3Q21. The data centre campus will comprise two buildings. In phase one, the first building, which is scheduled to be ready by 2Q24, will have a built-up area of about 325,000sqft</li><li>The data centre campus site is situated in a prime location along Thane-Belapur Road, easily accessible from Mumbai city via the Eastern Express Highway. Navi Mumbai has emerged as a preferred data centre location since it offers proximity to sea cable landing stations, larger land parcels with clear title, abundant and scalable power, developed infrastructure and seamless vendor neutral network connectivity</li><li>When fully developed, the data centre campus will have an overall capacity to host ~8,500 racks and operate at an efficient power usage effectiveness of ~1.4. Post-acquisition and completion of the phase one, AIT’s portfolio size (including pipeline projects) will increase by 1.2% from ~24.9m sqft to 25.2m sqft.</li></ul>

SingaporeAscendas India Trust (AIT SP) to develop its first Data Centre campus in Navi MumbaiAIT will invest ~INR12bn (~S$216.6m) to develop and operate phase one of its first data centre campus on a prime site in India. It will be one of the largest data centre campuses in Airoli, a growing data centre hub in Navi Mumbai. The 6.6acre greenfield site will be developed in phases into a fully-fitted data centre campus with a total potential built-up area of up to 575,000sqft and 90MW of power to host customers such as global technology giants and cloud service providers, as well as large domestic enterprise clientsThe total costs of the acquisition including purchase consideration will be financed through a combination of debt and internal resources. The acquisition of the site from third-party vendors is expected to be completed by 3Q21. The data centre campus will comprise two buildings. In phase one, the first building, which is scheduled to be ready by 2Q24, will have a built-up area of about 325,000sqftThe data centre campus site is situated in a prime location along Thane-Belapur Road, easily accessible from Mumbai city via the Eastern Express Highway. Navi Mumbai has emerged as a preferred data centre location since it offers proximity to sea cable landing stations, larger land parcels with clear title, abundant and scalable power, developed infrastructure and seamless vendor neutral network connectivityWhen fully developed, the data centre campus will have an overall capacity to host ~8,500 racks and operate at an efficient power usage effectiveness of ~1.4. Post-acquisition and completion of the phase one, AIT’s portfolio size (including pipeline projects) will increase by 1.2% from ~24.9m sqft to 25.2m sqft.

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (5Jul21) - AIT Builds Its First DC in Navi Mumbai

<h2>Singapore</h2><h3><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/low-keng-huat-singapore-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1928" rel="noopener">Low Keng Huat Singapore (LKH SP)</a> to sell Westgate Tower 40% stake; Buy 45% of Paya Lebar Square in a shift move to retail from office</h3><ul><li>LKH has entered agreements to sell its interests in Westgate Tower for S$97.1m, while buying the remaining 45% of Paya Lebar Square that it does not already own for S$90.5m. LKH hopes to focus on retail instead of commercial office developments as it has more experience in managing the former. The buyer of the Westgate Tower stake and seller of the Paya Lebar Square shares are Sun Venture Homes (SVH) and Sun Venture Realty (SVR), respectively. They are the joint venture partners of LKH in both properties.  LKH's interests in Westgate Tower to be sold comprise a 40% stake in each of Westgate Tower (WTPL) and Westgate Commercial (WCPL). Both entities collectively own 295 office units in Westgate Tower, a commercial office development at 1 Gateway Drive</li><li>The sale price for the Westgate Tower interests represents an excess of S$14.33m over the net book value of the relevant sale shares. It also includes shareholders' loans of an aggregate amount of S$80.5m owing to LKH. For FY21, the net loss attributable to WTPL and WCPL were S$2.6m and S$3.2m, respectively. LKH said that there is a S$8.11m gain on disposal with WTPL and a S$6.23m gain on disposal with WCPL. In the other transaction, LKH will acquire shares of Paya Lebar Square (PLSPL), which owns the Paya Lebar Square commercial office and retail development at 60 Paya Lebar Road, with 159 retail units and one office unit. LKH already owns 55% of PLSPL. The S$90.5m purchase price for the PLSPL stake includes a shareholder's loan of S$47.6m owing to SVR.</li></ul>

SingaporeLow Keng Huat Singapore (LKH SP) to sell Westgate Tower 40% stake; Buy 45% of Paya Lebar Square in a shift move to retail from officeLKH has entered agreements to sell its interests in Westgate Tower for S$97.1m, while buying the remaining 45% of Paya Lebar Square that it does not already own for S$90.5m. LKH hopes to focus on retail instead of commercial office developments as it has more experience in managing the former. The buyer of the Westgate Tower stake and seller of the Paya Lebar Square shares are Sun Venture Homes (SVH) and Sun Venture Realty (SVR), respectively. They are the joint venture partners of LKH in both properties.  LKH's interests in Westgate Tower to be sold comprise a 40% stake in each of Westgate Tower (WTPL) and Westgate Commercial (WCPL). Both entities collectively own 295 office units in Westgate Tower, a commercial office development at 1 Gateway DriveThe sale price for the Westgate Tower interests represents an excess of S$14.33m over the net book value of the relevant sale shares. It also includes shareholders' loans of an aggregate amount of S$80.5m owing to LKH. For FY21, the net loss attributable to WTPL and WCPL were S$2.6m and S$3.2m, respectively. LKH said that there is a S$8.11m gain on disposal with WTPL and a S$6.23m gain on disposal with WCPL. In the other transaction, LKH will acquire shares of Paya Lebar Square (PLSPL), which owns the Paya Lebar Square commercial office and retail development at 60 Paya Lebar Road, with 159 retail units and one office unit. LKH already owns 55% of PLSPL. The S$90.5m purchase price for the PLSPL stake includes a shareholder's loan of S$47.6m owing to SVR.

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (14Jun21) - LKH Sells Westgate Tower Stake

<h2>Singapore</h2><h3><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lendlease-global-commercial-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28292" rel="noopener">Lendlease Global Commercial REIT (LREIT SP)</a> to increase stake in JEM mall; DPU accretive to be funded by debt and perps</h3><ul><li>LREIT has entered into sale and purchase agreements to increase its stake in Jem. Upon completion of the proposed acquisition, LREIT will hold an effective indirect interest of up to 31.8% interest in JEM. The proposed acquisition includes 1) an acquisition of a 53.0% interest in Lendlease Jem Partners Fund Limited (LLJP) from third party vendors for S$159.1m; and 2) an acquisition of a 5.0% interest in Lendlease Asian Retail Investment Fund 3 Limited (ARIF3) from Lendlease International Pty Limited for S$45.0m. LREIT may also acquire up to 19.8% interest in ARIF3 from other third-party investors for S$178.2m. LLJP/ARIF3 holds a 25%/75% indirect interest, respectively, in JEM mall</li><li>As of 31Mar21, JEM was independently valued at S$2,085m and S$2,061m by JLL and CBRE, respectively. It sits on a 99yr lease land site with total NLA of 892,148sqft and 99.7% occupied. The proposed transaction values JEM at S$2,077m (S$2,238psf on NLA – 4.5% retail cap rate, 3.5% office cap rate) – NPI yield of 3.9%</li><li>Following the acquisition, the enlarged portfolio size of S$1.8bn will have a diversified asset base and an increased exposure to more resilient suburban retail and decentralised office segments. The single largest asset by aggregate value of the enlarged portfolio would also decrease from 67.6% to 55.1% (WALE of 6.5 years by GRI)</li><li>On a 1H21 pro-forma basis, the acquisitions are expected to be DPU accretive to unitholders, with an accretive change of +3.0% (assuming 19.8% of ARIF3 is acquired) and +1.3% if only 5% of ARIF3 is acquired. On the other hand, NAV per unit (31Dec20 pro-forma) will slightly decline to S$0.84 and gearing will improve to 34.1% after the acquisition of 19.8% stake in ARIF3. NAV per unit will remain flat at S$0.85 if only 5% of ARIF3 is acquired and gearing will improve to 32.4%</li><li>LREIT will leverage its strong balance sheet to fund this acquisition through debt or a combination of debt and proceeds from the issuance of perpetual securities. The acquisition, which is conditional upon LREIT unitholders’ approval, is expected to complete by 30Sep21. <section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/211/591/original/image003.png?1623030785" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="211591"></figure></section></li></ul>

SingaporeLendlease Global Commercial REIT (LREIT SP) to increase stake in JEM mall; DPU accretive to be funded by debt and perpsLREIT has entered into sale and purchase agreements to increase its stake in Jem. Upon completion of the proposed acquisition, LREIT will hold an effective indirect interest of up to 31.8% interest in JEM. The proposed acquisition includes 1) an acquisition of a 53.0% interest in Lendlease Jem Partners Fund Limited (LLJP) from third party vendors for S$159.1m; and 2) an acquisition of a 5.0% interest in Lendlease Asian Retail Investment Fund 3 Limited (ARIF3) from Lendlease International Pty Limited for S$45.0m. LREIT may also acquire up to 19.8% interest in ARIF3 from other third-party investors for S$178.2m. LLJP/ARIF3 holds a 25%/75% indirect interest, respectively, in JEM mallAs of 31Mar21, JEM was independently valued at S$2,085m and S$2,061m by JLL and CBRE, respectively. It sits on a 99yr lease land site with total NLA of 892,148sqft and 99.7% occupied. The proposed transaction values JEM at S$2,077m (S$2,238psf on NLA – 4.5% retail cap rate, 3.5% office cap rate) – NPI yield of 3.9%Following the acquisition, the enlarged portfolio size of S$1.8bn will have a diversified asset base and an increased exposure to more resilient suburban retail and decentralised office segments. The single largest asset by aggregate value of the enlarged portfolio would also decrease from 67.6% to 55.1% (WALE of 6.5 years by GRI)On a 1H21 pro-forma basis, the acquisitions are expected to be DPU accretive to unitholders, with an accretive change of +3.0% (assuming 19.8% of ARIF3 is acquired) and +1.3% if only 5% of ARIF3 is acquired. On the other hand, NAV per unit (31Dec20 pro-forma) will slightly decline to S$0.84 and gearing will improve to 34.1% after the acquisition of 19.8% stake in ARIF3. NAV per unit will remain flat at S$0.85 if only 5% of ARIF3 is acquired and gearing will improve to 32.4%LREIT will leverage its strong balance sheet to fund this acquisition through debt or a combination of debt and proceeds from the issuance of perpetual securities. The acquisition, which is conditional upon LREIT unitholders’ approval, is expected to complete by 30Sep21. 

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (7Jun21) - LREIT Increases Stake in JEM Mall

Malaysia

UEM Sunrise Bhd is a real estate investment and development company. The Company's activities include property development and land sales. The Company develops a range of projects including industrial, commercial, residential, healthcare and mixed used properties, government offices, universities, and others.

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