Properties
The Group’s property arm has significant interests in over 475,000 square metres ("sqm") of prime retail and office investment properties in gateway cities in China, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu, as well as in Singapore, London and Australia; six purpose-built student accommodation (“PBSA”) properties in the UK with 902 beds; and over 249,000 sqm of residential and mixed-use development properties predominantly held for sale. The Group also owns 20.5% of Top Spring International Holdings Limited (“Top Spring”), a Hong Kong-listed China property developer, and invests 23.7% and 4.9% in BentallGreenOak China Real Estate Fund II (A), L.P. (“BentallGreenOak Fund II”) and BentallGreenOak Fund III respectively, both private equity real estate opportunity funds; 7.2% in Mapletree Global Student Accommodation (“MGSA”) Private Trust, a private trust in Singapore; and approximately 7.4% in Daiwa House Logistics Trust, a Singapore real estate investment trust (“REIT”) listed on SGX-ST.