Mapletree Investments

HOCK LOCK SIEW

A fitting swansong for long-serving chief Hiew: Help list Mapletree or merge it with CapitaLand

Lay the foundations for Mapletree’s next chapter and let retail investors own equity in it 

One of the aspects of a business combination that will have to be ironed out is the different ways that each entity approaches ESG.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Potential CapitaLand-Mapletree merger must be examined through an ESG lens

If a deal were to happen, it could create one of Asia’s largest real estate companies

CapitaLand Investment emits about four times as much carbon dioxide as Mapletree Investments.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 170: Potential CapitaLand, Mapletree merger’s ESG challenge; COP30 confronts US pullback

This week in ESG: Temasek-linked real estate companies explore union; report finds US gains at expense of others in climate withdrawal

CapitaLand Investment and Mapletree Investments are considering a potential business combination.

CapitaLand Investment and Mapletree Investments mull merger: report

The process is part of recent moves by Temasek-owned entities to evaluate options to reshape portfolio companies into stronger global entities, according to the report

Artist's impressions of the 123,000 sq m project, which will feature a 13,000 sq m elevated park.

HarbourFront Centre to close in second half of 2026 for makeover into 33-storey mixed-use building

[SINGAPORE] HarbourFront Centre is set to close in the second half of 2026 for a makeover that will see it redeveloped into a mixed-use building with an elevated park.

The freehold office building in Melbourne's St Kilda Road has been sold to retail billionaire Solomon Lew.

Mapletree Investments offloads Melbourne office building for over A$90 million, at steep discount

The price tag is almost 38% lower than its original purchase price of A$145 million in 2017

Neither CapitaLand nor Mapletree have hinted at a possible merger, but Temasek’s recently announced organisational revamp suggests it will take a more active approach to managing its Singapore-based portfolio companies
MARK TO MARKET

What would a CapitaLand-Mapletree merger mean for S-Reits in their respective stables?

Combining Clar and MIT could excite the market, but a merger of CICT and MPACT could be trickier to pull off

Kwan Yi Rui (left), a third-year student from the NUS Faculty of Science, and Ng Zhi Ying (right), a third-year student from NUS Business School, recently completed a course where they befriended socially vulnerable seniors.
TAKING HEART

Mapletree donates S$3 million to NUS for service-learning courses to uplift 60,000 beneficiaries

The contribution will sustain and expand programmes that focus on seniors and vulnerable families

The 32-storey building is expected to offer rooms of different sizes, from single-bedders to five-bedder units.

Mapletree enters Australia student housing market with Perth acquisition

The student accommodation market in the country remains significantly undersupplied

Mapletree Investments is eyeing expansion in data centres, logistics and student accommodation, while it is more cautious on the outlook for the office sector.

Temasek’s Mapletree Investments eyes expansion in data centres, logistics and student housing

Group CEO says data centre remains ‘fast-growing and resilient’ asset class, underpinned by growth in cloud computing, e-commerce and artificial intelligence