CapitaLand Ascendas REIT divests local industrial building at 219% premium from 2005 purchase price
The manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) has recently announced their divestment of the Singapore industrial building KA Place for a consideration of $35.38 million. An April 20th filing by the REIT’s trustee, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore), revealed that a sale and purchase agreement had been signed to sell KA Place to KA Place SPV 1.
This figure of $35.38 million represents a 219% premium to the purchase price of $11.1 million in March 2005, and a 55% premium to the property’s market valuation of $22.8 million as at December 31st 2022. The building, located at 159 Kampong Ampat, is a seven-storey high-specification industrial building with a second-story carpark, and a Marina Gardens Condo total gross floor area of 10,163 sq m, with a remaining land lease tenure of 35 years.
The manager of CLAR has stated that this divestment is part of their proactive asset management strategy aimed …