The infiltration of blockchain, the technology that supports cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, into industries around the world is only a matter of time. The historically traditional commercial real estate industry won’t easily escape. In its simplest form, blockchain is a distributed database. By recording and combining transactions into a de-centralized, secure ledger system, it creates a […]
Placemaking is based on a simple principle: if you plan cities for cars and traffic, you will get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you will get people and places: Southeast Asia, not the least Bangkok, is playing catch-up. In a recent report, CBRE says sluggish retail sales and flat rental growth […]
Investors are attracted by strong occupier demand for logistics properties, and higher yields relative to other forms of traditional real estate. In Asia Pacific, drivers of growth for logistics and warehousing space include demand from third-party logistics operators and e-commerce companies. Direct real estate transaction volumes in the industrial sector totaled US$13.8 billion in 2016, […]
With growth in its core real estate business tied to the country’s economic growth, the company is targeting a larger international presence and a bigger lifestyle play to fulfil its ambitions of becoming a global brand. “We looked for partners that can help Sansiri grow further, partners that we could learn from in terms of […]
Property developers across Thailand are experiencing are increasingly attracted by hotel branded residences in order to spur price premium points and buyer demand. Currently there are 29 new hotel residence projects countrywide with nearly 90% of these located in resort areas. New research by consulting group C9 Hotelworks has pinpointed that the top 3 locations […]
In the newly released biannual Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2018 by property consultancy firm JLL, Thailand is ranked 34th, an improvement from the 2016 edition of the Index where the country was ranked 38th. Compared to the other six countries from Southeast Asia covered by the Index, Thailand is ranked the 3rd most transparent real […]
Brand, intellectual property and real estate will be the key stores of wealth in the future. The question for investors is where and what to buy to store wealth for the next 10 years. Rana Foroohar, from the Financial Times, gave that insight in her keynote speech at the ANREV conference late last year, causing a […]
Real estate investment trusts are growing in popularity around the world, as investors seek new ways to access an increasingly institutional market. REITs are listed as private funds which are tax-transparent, so investors are only taxed on their dividends. This puts them on a level playing field with those who hold real estate directly. The […]