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Mapletree bets more than £500m on UK business park

The property in Reading is the group's largest buy outside Asia; acquisition is in line with Mapletree's plan to seize new growth opportunities

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Published Wed, May 18, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    IN what is one of the biggest offshore property deals by a Singapore company in recent years, Mapletree Investments is paying more than £500 million (S$1 billion) for a 79-ha, freehold business park in the UK from Oxford Properties Group.

    This also marks Mapletree's largest acquisition outside Asia.

    Mapletree InvestmentsTemasek

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