CapitaLand Ascendas REIT divests local industrial building at 219% premium from 2005 purchase price
The manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) has announced the divestment of Singapore industrial building KA Luminar Grand Place for a consideration of $35.38 million. Following an April 20 filing, the REIT’s trustee, HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore), has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to sell KA Place to KA Place SPV 1.
The consideration sum represents an impressive 219% premium to CLAR’s 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 Dec 31, 2022. KA Place at 159 Kampong Ampat is a seven-storey high-specification industrial building with a carpark on the second storey and a total gross floor area of 10,163 sq m. It also has a remaining land lease tenure of about 35 years.
According to CLAR’s manager, the proposed divestment is in line with their proactive asset management strategy to improve the …