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Retail Asia03/02/2016

The consortium comprising Lendlease and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) that last year bagged a plum site in Paya Lebar Central, has obtained provisional permission from Singapore’s planning authority to build a project that will comprise offices, retail space as well as 429 apartments. Going by market talk, the apartments are expected to be launched […]

Retail Asia28/01/2016

Singapore-based investors purchased a record US$26.31 billion (S$37.83 billion) in overseas real estate in 2015, up 49 per cent from US$17.63 billion in 2014, going by preliminary data compiled by real-estate data and analytics firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA) as at Jan 12. The increase reflects Singapore investors’ strategy of targeting the world’s most liquid […]

Retail Asia12/01/2016

In the backstreets of Seoul, hipster culture is flourishing, and specialist cafés and eateries are jostling with big brand names to gain exposure in so-called “hot” neighborhoods. And as the crowds grow, so too do the retail rents. Just 10 years ago, Seoul wouldn’t have been the first city that came to mind as hip. […]

Retail Asia08/12/2015

Food and beverage has overtaken fashion as the primary driver of demand for retail real estate in Singapore. In its Third Quarter Retail Index covering Asia-Pacific, property company Jones Lang LaSalle says that despite declining retail sales and consumer spending, the prime retail sector remained in good shape during the third quarter. “Notwithstanding the overall […]

Retail Asia07/12/2015

Restaurant operators have regained their presence in Hong Kong’s retail market where an increasing number of top-end retailers have surrendered their spaces in the wake of weakening spending on luxury items and a decline in tourist arrivals. JLL said that in 2013 food and beverage operators accounted for only 29 per cent of the leasing […]

Retail Asia30/10/2015

Singapore’s retail market has been experiencing a drop in sales values. Tourism arrivals and the ongoing labour shortage against the backdrop of an additional reduction in the foreign dependency ratio effective July 2013 are considered some of the key drivers behind this, along with weaker economic sentiment. However, the outlook is not all doom and gloom. […]

Retail Asia14/09/2015

The warning bell signalling the end of Hong Kong’s 12-year property rally is ringing louder with more experts predicting that the stock market rout and economic uncertainties at home and abroad will accelerate a price correction. Analysts widely expect home prices could fall as much as 10 per cent this year. Hong Kong home prices […]

Retail Asia18/08/2015

The yuan devaluation could force Hong Kong’s retail landlords to cut rents as it threatens to erode shopping in the city by tourists from China, say analysts. A weaker yuan means these tourists will now be spending in a more expensive Hong Kong dollar, denting the city’s retail sales even further. “Shopping in Hong Kong […]

Retail Asia18/07/2015

International brands of non-luxury products are keen to enter the Hong Kong market despite the city suffering from a decline in retail sales. Foreign retailers catering to Hong Kong’s mass retail market are eager to secure shops in Hong Kong, which they consider as a mature market, said Maureen Fung Sau-yim, a director of Sun […]

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Lendlease-ADIA to include 429 apartments in Paya Lebar project

Singapore investors buy record US$26.3b of overseas properties in 2015

Seoul retail rents fuelled by food frenzy

F&B underpinning demand for Singapore retail space

Restaurant operators regain a presence in Hong Kong

Bright spots on the retail property horizon

Warning bell for the end of Hong Kong’s 12-year property rally is ringing louder

Hong Kong retail sector to suffer most from yuan devaluation

International retailers show great interest in Hong Kong market