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S-REITs - Week 16 - 2025

Written by REITsavvy Team | Apr 20, 2025 2:00:00 AM

Let's have a quick dive into this week REITs update from Sabana Industrial REIT, Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT, Keppel DC REIT, Far East Hospitality Trust

S-REITs Recap - Week 16

14 - 20 Apr 2025

Sabana Industrial REIT

( YTD: -1.39% | 5D: +2.90%)

 15 Apr - 1Q 2025 Results

  • Gross revenue increased by 4.6% year-on-year (“y-o-y”) to $29.1 million, uplifted by higher occupancy at the majority of our multi-tenanted portfolio, particularly at Sabana@1TA4 and 33, 33A & 35 Penjuru Lane which saw the highest increases, and further boosted by strong rental reversions across the portfolio
  • NPI rose by 22.0% y-o-y to $16.0 million led by higher gross revenue while benefitting from lower overall property expenses
  • Income available for distribution per unit rose by 26.5% y-o-y to 0.86 cents led by the increase in NPI and partially offset by higher finance costs

Capital Management

  • Average all-in financing cost of 4.57%
  • Aggregate leverage at 37.8%
  • Weighted average debt maturity at 2.7 years
  • 72.6% of borrowings on fixed rates with an average term of 2.1 years
  • $75.0 million due for refinancing in March 2026; Manager is holding ongoing discussions with lenders on the potential extension of loan facility

Interest Exposure

  • Interest coverage ratio (“ICR”) of 3.1 times as at 31 March 2025
  • A 10% decrease in EBITDA would result in an ICR of 2.8 times, while a 100-basis point increase in interest rates would lead to an ICR of 2.9 times

Portfolio Occupancy

  • Overall portfolio occupancy at 86.4% as at 31 March 2025, an increase from the 85.0% as at 31 December 2024
  • Occupancy rate of 151 Lorong Chuan (“New Tech Park”) increased to 85.0%, up from 82.3% as at 31 December 2024, of which NTP+ Mall’s occupancy rate was 100.0% as 31 March 2025 following the mall refresh carried out in 2H 2024
  • Occupancy rate of 33, 33A & 35 Penjuru Lane rose to 86.3%, an improvement from 73.7% as at 31 December 2024

1Q 2025 New and Renewed Leases

  • 21 new and renewed leases concluded in 1Q 2025 totaling 348,749 sq ft
  • Achieved high tenant retention rate of 99.7% in 1Q 2025
  • All leases expiring in FY 2025 have been activated for renewal and negotiations
  • Circa 60% of the leases expiring in 2025 have been renewed and/or under lease documentation

Rental Reversion

  • Achieved double-digit rental reversion of 15.3% for 1Q 2025, following four consecutive years of positive double-digit rental reversions in FY 2021, FY 2022, FY 2023 and FY 2024

Weighted Average Lease Expiry (WALE)

  • Portfolio WALE by gross rental income stood at 2.7 years as at 31 March 2025

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 Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT

( YTD: -12.68% | 5D: +0.56%)

17 Apr - 1Q 2025 Key Business and Operational Updates

Income Available for Distribution for 1Q 2025 was down 19.3% year-on- year to US$9.6m mainly due to:

  • Lower adjusted NPI mostly as a result of lower rental income from higher free rents due to timing differences in leases completed for the respective periods.

As of 31st March 2025 Financial Position

  • Total Debt: US$607.2 million
  • Aggregate Leverage: 43.7%
  • Average Cost of Debt: 4.31% p.a.
  • All-in Average Cost of Debt: 4.45%
  • Interest Coverage: 2.5x
  • Weighted Average Term to Maturity: 2.2 years
  • Remarks: 67.0%(2) of the REIT’s loans have been hedged through floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps.

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 Keppel DC REIT

( YTD: -6.88% | 5D: +2.01%)

17 Apr - 1Q 2025 Operational Updates

 Higher net property income mainly due to:

  • acquisitions of Keppel DC Singapore 7 & 8 and Tokyo Data Centre
  • higher contributions from contract renewals and escalations in 2024; and
  • partially offset by divestment of Intellicentre Campus and one-off dispute settlement sum at Keppel DC Singapore 1 received in 2024.

Higher DI & DPU mainly due to contributions from:

  • acquisitions and
  • strong portfolio performance

Guangdong DCs

  • 1Q 2025 income net off via loss allowances3. Impact to 1Q 2025 DPU of 0.249 cents

Higher finance income

  • from Australia Data Centre Note

Lower finance costs mainly due to:

  • interest rates decreasing and interest savings from loan repayments; and
  • partially offset by new loans in 2024 for acquisitions.

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 Far East Hospitality Trust

( YTD: -11.48% | 5D: +3.85%)

16 Apr - Listing Manual For Sustainability-Linked Facility Agreement

That DBS Trustee Limited (in its capacity as trustee of Far East H-REIT) (the “Borrower”) has entered into a JPY 2.4 billion sustainability-linked facility agreement with an institutional bank (the “Facility Agreement”) on 16 April 2025.

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