CapitaLand Ascendas REIT proposes to acquire three industrial and logistics properties in Singapore for $565.8 mil
The ideal real properties are completely taken up by 19 tenants with a long weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of about 5.5 years. These renters are openly listed business and international companies in fields such as electronics & semiconductors, transportation & logistics, precision manufacturing along with pharmaceuticals & biology. CLAR additionally anticipates rent development opportunities with rental escalations in most of the leases ranging from 1% to 5% per annum. In-place rents are around 15% below market rents, says the REIT manager in its Oct 7 statement.
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The account, that comprises of a four-storey ramp-up logistics real estate at 2 Pioneer Market 1; Tuas Connection, a light industrial property on Tuas Loop comprising 15 double-storey industrial units; and an eight-storey high-specifications industrial property at 9 Kallang Sector, are going to grow the value of CLAR’s Singapore account to around $12.3 billion. Upon the conclusion of the procurement around 1Q2026, CLAR’s Singapore portfolio will account for 68% of its complete assets under management (AUM).
Need to the acquisitions be finished on Jan 1, 2024, CLAR’s DPU is anticipated to boost by around 0.124 cents or 0.8% for the FY2024 ended Dec 31, 2024 on a pro forma basis.
He includes that the properties’ “sturdy contract account” is a “uncommon and appealing chance” in Singapore’s industrialized real estate market and will “improve the resilience of CLAR’s revenue stream.”
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) is recommending to acquire 3 real estates in Singapore for a full consideration of $565.8 million, that includes the estimated upfront land and enhancement premiums of $33.2 million. The collected market value of the account is individually valued at approximately $589 million.
The proposed procurement is expected to be accretive to CLAR’s distribution per unit (DPU). The anticipated first year net property return is near 6.4% pre-transaction costs and 6.1% post-transaction prices.
CLAR’s trustee has actually also become part of a share sale contract with Supreme REIT and Clay SG Holdings I Pte. Ltd to acquire 100% of the released share capital of Waterbay Investment Pte. Ltd., the listed owner of the property located at 9 Kallang Sector.
According to the acquisitions, CLAR’s trustee has actually become part of conditional put and call alternative arrangements with DBS Trustee Limited for 2 Pioneer Sector 1 and Tuas Connection. DBS Trustee is the trustee of Supreme REIT.
” These accretive procurements establish on our recent acquisitions of a Tier III colocation information centre and a costs business place property which were completed in August,” says William Tay, executive director and chief executive officer of CLAR’s executive.
