OUE Real Estate Investment Trust announced on Oct, 07 2025 that its core distribution per unit for the six months ended Jun, 30 2025 rose 11.4 % year-on-year to 0.98 Singapore cents, excluding the prior year’s capital distribution.
Total assets under management stood at about 5.8 billion Singapore dollars, backed by a Singapore-centric portfolio comprising 1.8 million square feet of net lettable area and 1,655 hotel rooms. Aggregate leverage was 40.3 % while 71.1 % of borrowings were on fixed rates; the average cost of debt declined to 4.2 % per annum.
In Aug, 2025 the trust completed a 600 million Singapore-dollar green loan to refinance OUE Bayfront, lowering the pro-forma weighted average cost of debt to 4.1 % and extending weighted average debt maturity to 2.9 years. In Sep, 2025 it also priced 150 million Singapore-dollars of seven-year green notes at 2.75 % due 2032.
Operationally, the Singapore office portfolio was 95.5 % occupied as at Jun, 30 2025 and achieved average passing rents of 10.86 Singapore dollars per square foot per month. The hospitality segment reported a revenue per available room of 233 Singapore dollars, with Crowne Plaza Changi Airport up 4.8 % year-on-year to 239 Singapore dollars.
The trust reiterated that minimum rent components under master leases for Hilton Singapore Orchard and Crowne Plaza Changi Airport provide a combined downside protection of 67.5 million Singapore dollars per annum.
Management said it will continue to maintain a prudent capital strategy, seek yield-accretive opportunities in Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, and target raising the hospitality segment’s revenue contribution to 40 % of the portfolio.
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