There are quite a number of REITs mergers in recent years, first the ESR-REIT + Viva Industrial Trust; secondly Ascott Residence Trust + Ascendas Hospitality Trust and thirdly Fraser Logistics & Industrial Trust + Frasers Commercial Trust. The merger spree did not stop at 3, it is followed by OUE Commercial + OUE Hospitality Trust and then CapitaLand Mall Trust + CapitaLand Commercial Trust. Subsequently, there is a proposed merger of ESR-REIT + Sabana Industrial REIT, however, it did not go through in the end though.
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The 2 recently proposed mergers are ESR-REIT + ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust and Mapletree Commercial Trust + Mapletre North Asia Commercial Trust. Many bloggers and YouTubers have posted about the pros, cons as well as future prospects of these mergers, so I would not go through that again. Instead, I would share the theoretical pegged price table which no one has shared to date....