Link Real Estate Investment Trust, managed by Link Asset Management Limited, is the largest REIT in Asia, and a leading real estate investor and asset manager in the world. Listed in 2005 as the first REIT in Hong Kong, Link has been 100% held by public and institutional investors, and has no controlling unitholder.
We invest and manage a diversified portfolio comprising retail facilities, car parks, offices and logistics centres. With our home in Hong Kong, our properties located in China’s Beijing, Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen), and Yangtze River Delta centred around Shanghai, the UK’s London and Australia’s Sydney and Melbourne. We seek to extend our portfolio growth trajectory and grasp expansion opportunities in different markets in pursuit of being a world class real estate investor and manager.
Asset management, portfolio management and capital management are three pillars of our management. We are committed to integrating Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into our strategy and daily operations.
Making great communities out of the ordinary
We serve local communities by fashioning dynamic urban destinations that enhance our tenants' businesses, engage shoppers and visitors with delightful experiences, and promote a shared sense of community. We support local economies while enhancing value for Unitholders of Link REIT. This is driven by our Vision, Mission and Values, which determine how we conduct our business and ourselves with our stakeholders.
We are the largest REIT in Asia, a world leader in terms of market capitalisation.
We are a constituent stock of the Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng Index, the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index, and leading international indices Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index and FTSE4Good.
Our Sustainable Business Model
We invest and manage sustainable, income-producing properties in Hong Kong, tier-one cities in Mainland China, Australia and the UK. We seek to extend its portfolio growth trajectory and grasp expansion opportunities in different markets in pursuit of sustainable growth.
What we manage
Office
Retail
Car parks
Logistics
How we manage
We adopt six strategic drivers to grow our business, namely: Asset Enhancement, Management, Acquisition, Disposal, Development and Re-development.
These six drivers complement each other by adding different capabilities at different points in time, and together they accelerate growth at various stages of Link REIT's development, thereby building a more productive and higher quality portfolio.
By focusing on stakeholder expectations, Link REIT helps tenants and communities grow while delighting shoppers and visitors with vibrant centres of work, play and daily services. These in turn provide Unitholders with a prudently growing business and steadily increasing total return.
1. Asset enhancement of properties with further income growth potential
2. Asset management of the entire portfolio
3. Acquisition of quality assets with both income and capital growth potential
4. Capital recycling through disposal of non-core assets
5. Property development to design, build and hold
6. Re-development of existing properties for long-term sustainable growth
Corporate Structure
Notes
(i) No fee is charged on acquisition, disposal, or as a percentage of assets under management or
performance-based.
(ii) Special purpose vehicle holds directly and indirectly all the properties of Link REIT
Link REIT is a unit trust authorised by the Securities and Futures Commission (the 'SFC') under section 104 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance ('SFO') and regulated by the provisions of the Code on Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Link Asset Management Limited (the 'Manager') which is licensed by SFC to conduct the regulated activity of asset management manages Link REIT's portfolio of owned properties. Under the internal management structure adopted, the Manager is a part of Link REIT.
