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Florence Chong

Asia Pacific Correspondent at IPE Real Assets

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  • Far East Orchard raises £96m for inaugural UK student housing fund

    1 week ago | realassets.ipe.com | Florence Chong

    Singapore-listed Far East Orchard has raised £96m (€112m) for its inaugural UK private student accommodation development fund. Far East Orchard said 63.5% of FE UK Student Accommodation Development Fund’s (FESAD) capital commitments were from institutional investors, with the group retaining the remaining 36.5% stake. FESAD focuses on purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development opportunities in university cities across the UK.

  • Blackstone snaps up prime shopping centre in the Indian city of Kolkata

    1 week ago | realassets.ipe.com | Florence Chong

    Blackstone has acquired a prime shopping centre in the Indian city of Kolkata for INR3,250 crore (€357.5m) – setting a new record for the price of a retail asset in the city. The shopping mall, South City Mall, is largely regarded as a crown jewel on East India’s retail landscape, according to the sole advisor on the deal, ANAROCK.

  • GemLife IPO raises A$750m for senior living sites in Australia

    1 week ago | realassets.ipe.com | Florence Chong

    GemLife Communities Group, an Australian developer and operator of land lease communities for the over-55s, has raised more than A$750m (€424m) in its initial public offering (IPO). It will begin trading on the Australian Stock Exchange on July 3. GemLife will use part of the proceeds to buy a portfolio of sites from the Aliria Group for A$270m. The acquisition will make GemLife the fourth largest land-lease company in the country.

  • ​Pro-invest and Kajima form Australian residential development venture

    1 week ago | realassets.ipe.com | Florence Chong

    Pro-invest has teamed up with Japanese construction group Kajima to launch an Australian build-to-rent (BTR) venture, which could eventually manage assets worth up to A$1.5bn (€843m). The firms have initially committed A$500m, with plans to increase their investment over time and raise additional capital from third parties to co-invest in the BTR platform.

  • Solar Energy Corporation of India awards Sembcorp 50MW power project

    2 weeks ago | realassets.ipe.com | Florence Chong

    Temasek-backed Sembcorp Industries, through its renewables subsidiary, Sembcorp Green Infra, has been awarded a 50MW power project by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). This build-own-operate project is part of SECI’s 1.2GW tender for round-the-clock (RTC) power from Inter State Transmission System-connected renewable energy projects.

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