REITs · 8 stories
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) listed on Bursa Malaysia are increasingly buying industrial assets — factories, warehouses and logistics facilities — alongside their traditional retail and office portfolios. Because REITs must disclose purchase prices, valuations and lease terms to the market, their acquisitions are a rare public window into industrial capitalisation rates.
KIP REIT plans mall upgrades, values six factories at RM162m
KIP REIT will upgrade three malls, including a RM160 million AEON extension at Kinta City, and is days from completing its RM435 million Setapak Central buy. Its six sale-and-lease…
IOI Properties completes S$2.47b Asia Square Tower 2 deal
IOI Properties paid S$2.47 billion (RM7.95 billion) on 17 September 2026 for the 46-storey Marina Bay office tower, about S$3,200 per sq ft of lettable area. It bought MVKimi (BVI)…
AmFIRST REIT sells Menara AmBank for RM331mil, hunting for industrial and healthcare assets - its best performer is a hypermall in Bukit Mertajam
The AmBank-sponsored trust is selling its Kuala Lumpur headquarters tower at a 3.7% yield, cutting gearing from 46.6% to 33.9%, and says the first acquisition in a decade will be a…
IOI Properties halves the debt paydown from its RM7.58bil REIT and doubles the money for new property
IOIPG Malaysia REIT was constituted on 11 September and its nine sale agreements and six hotel master leases are signed. The 14 September filing cuts debt repayment from RM3.04 bil…
CapitaLand’s REIT bought a Sungai Jawi warehouse estate for RM80mil - diversification journey
CapitaLand Malaysia Trust paid RM80 million for 12.6 freehold acres and about 344,000 sq ft of warehousing at Kawasan Perusahaan Valdor, completing in December 2022. It was the REI…
CapitaLand’s REIT has built a Johor factory portfolio — RM99mil bought, RM220.8mil more contracted at i-TechValley
CapitaLand Malaysia Trust completed two Johor industrial acquisitions in 2025 — three properties at Senai Airport City for RM72 million and three at Nusajaya Tech Park for RM27 mil…
Axis-REIT buys three Pulau Indah warehouses for RM61mil at a 6.2% yield, leases them straight back
Axis-REIT is buying three Klang warehouse parcels from logistics operator Megalift for RM61 million and leasing them straight back at a gross yield of about 6.2% — a clean, dated c…
Hektar REIT Closes RM30mil Bayan Lepas Factory Buy at a 7.5% Triple-Net Yield
Sixteen months after announcing it, Hektar REIT has completed the RM30mil purchase of a Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone factory from MQ Technology unit Microlead Precision — a sal…
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