BlackRock looks set to sell a 43-storey office tower in central Singapore for S$3.4 billion $2.45 billion after twice being left standing at the altar.
The US investment manager said on Monday that it has agreed to sell the grade A office block in Singapore’s Marina Bay business district, Asia Square Tower 1, to the Qatar Investment Authority QIA.
The deal provides a welcome boost to the sluggish office market in Singapore and is notable for its size as it marks the largest single-tower real estate transaction in Asia Pacific to date and the second largest single-tower transaction globally, according to property...