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December 18, 2019
Weaker dollar signals Korean investor comeback to US real estate

The weakening US dollar against South Korea’s currency over recent days has signaled more Korean money inflow into US commercial real estate, a real estate analyst said Dec. 18. The recent move -- with the US Federal Reserve’s monetary expansionary policy coupled with the recent truce in the US-...
November 22, 2019
S. Korean institutional investors brace for risks in global real estate investment

It has been less than a decade since South Korea’s institutional investors began to heighten exposure to overseas real estate assets. State-led deregulatory measures in overseas investment effective since the late 2000s, coupled with the recovery from the global financial crisis, have prompted Ko...
November 01, 2019
LaSalle closes acquisition of Logiport West Anseong

LaSalle Investment Management said Nov. 1 that it has completed the acquisition of cold storage facility Logiport West Anseong in South Korea, with the value of the deal undisclosed. LaSalle added the facility, located some 70 kilometers from Seoul in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, is fully leased fo...
October 29, 2019
Analysts upbeat despite 22% fall in Seoul’s commercial realty deals

The transaction volume of office buildings in Seoul in the first three quarters of 2019 came to 8 trillion won ($6.9 billion), down 21.6 percent on-year, data showed Oct. 29. This came as Seoul logged 37 transactions of real estate assets valued at a combined 2.1 trillion won in the third quarter,...
September 09, 2019
Korean investors largest source of Asian cross-border property investments

Korean investors were the largest source of Asian outbound flows in commercial real estate investment in the first half of 2019, offsetting Chinese investors’ portfolio rebalancing, data showed on Sept. 9. Their overseas transactions came to $6.8 billion in the first half, according to real estat...
August 21, 2019
[INTERVIEW] When EU real estate gold rush ends, will S. Korean investors return home?

Korea’s investors have spearheaded what could be seen as a “gold rush” in the European commercial real estate market in a move to hedge risks from equity investment. The volume of cross-border office building investment from Korea into Europe came to 7.2 trillion won ($6 billion) solely in the ...
August 08, 2019
Nuveen Real Estate acquires last-mile logistics facility in Korea

US properties investment management firm Nuveen Real Estate has bought the entire stake in a brand-new logistics facility in South Korea designed to meet the rising demand for same-day, last-mile delivery in Seoul metropolitan area, it said on Aug. 8. The acquisition marks Nuveen’s first deal in ...
August 06, 2019
JustCo’s 4th location in Korea to lease entire building

Singapore-based premium coworking space provider JustCo on Aug. 6 announced plans to open its fourth location in South Korea in the affluent Gangnam district, Seoul, by November 2019. The 16-story building with 13,000 square-meter floor space, dubbed JustCo Tower, is the first location where it is...
July 24, 2019
Yeouido to emerge as property investment hot spot

Yeouido business district in Seoul is fast emerging as the most promising spot for commercial real estate transactions among other regions in Seoul, buoyed by higher demand from both buyers and sellers, according to market experts on July 24. This comes despite the recent surge in the price of Yeo...
July 03, 2019
S. Korean investors join $150m investment in Prague office building

DTZ Investors said on July 3 it has bought the entire stake in Main Point Pankrac commercial property in Prague, Czech Republic, for 130 million euros ($146.7 million). The deal represents a net initial yield of 4.5 percent. South Korean institutional investors Koramco Asset Management and Hana Fi...
June 13, 2019
EU realty market continues to be bullish: Schroder

Schroder Real Estate Investment Management officials downplayed skepticism about the upswing in the commercial property market in the United Kingdom and across Europe in a press conference in Seoul on June 12. “There is a lot of discussion in Europe about how close we are to the top of the cycle,...
June 09, 2019
Big buyer NHIS signals real estate market trend shift

The real estate market for office buildings, which involves multibillion-won units even for average transactions, tends to be defined by lump-sum landmark deals. Investor attention is usually fixed on the most expensive item on the market, the tallest building in the city or country, or the most co...
May 30, 2019
CBRE Global Investors buys Logis Valley Ansan

CBRE Global Investors announced on May 30 that it has purchased an undisclosed amount of stake in Logis Valley Ansan, a logistics center under construction in South Korea, from its builder Sunkyung E&C. The stake is reportedly valued at 420 billion won ($353.1 million), but the firm did not disclo...
May 29, 2019
Korean investors in Seattle’s Safeco Plaza face disciplinary action

Meritz Secutiries, one of South Korean investors of US commercial building Safeco Plaza, is facing penalties by Seoul’s financial watchdog, according to officials on May 29. This came after another Korean investor involved -- Vestas Investment Management -- was slapped disciplinary measures on Ma...
April 29, 2019
Hyundai Asset exits from Marks & Spencer HQ building with W33b gain amid Brexit woes

Seoul-based Hyundai Asset Management has exited from Waterside House building in London, known as the headquarters of UK retail giant Marks & Spencer, obtaining some 33 billion won ($28.5 million) gains, the company said on April 29. Hyundai Asset has worked with Hong Kong-based private equity Gaw...

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