Ascott Residence Trust (ART) has acquired four rental housing properties and its first student accommodation property in Japan for about JPY10.4bn (鈧79m).

The listed serviced apartment management company, part of CapitaLand group, has been broadening its business base, and, since the beginning of 2021, has invested about S$905m (鈧607.6m) in longer-stay.

Three of the rental housing properties are located in Central Osaka while one rental housing property is located in Fukuoka. The student accommodation property in Osaka serves the main campus of Kindai University.

Beh Siew Kim, CEO of Ascott Residence Trust Management and Ascott Business Trust Management, said: 鈥淥ur first student accommodation property in Japan adds to our quality portfolio of eight student accommodation properties in the USA.

鈥淎RT continues to build up our longer-stay portfolio to boost income stability. Acquisition of the five freehold rental housing and student accommodation properties will increase ART鈥檚 longer-stay properties to 17% of its total portfolio value.鈥

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