Will Japan REIT tender offer by activist fund spark market turnaround?

Singapore-based 3D's bid for higher stake harks back to 2019 upswing

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Fifty-five of 57 real estate investment trusts in Japan have price/NAV multiples of less than 1, indicating that they are undervalued. (Photo by Sae Kamae)

HIROKI MASUDA

TOKYO -- A tender offer by Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners for NTT Urban Development REIT Investment carries echoes of 2019, when Japan's deeply undervalued REIT market last turned bullish.

"So, they've made a move," said an executive at a listed REIT asset management company after 3D announced its tender offer on Tuesday. 3D did not notify NTT UD REIT of the tender offer in advance.

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