UI Boustead REIT - Gateway to Asia Pacific Industrial Real Estate

About UI Boustead REIT

UI Boustead REIT is a real estate investment trust established with the mandate to invest in logistics, industrial, high-specifications (“Hi-Specs”) industrial and business space assets across the Asia Pacific region. Its initial focus is on Singapore and Japan. 

The initial portfolio consists of 23 properties, of which 21 assets in Singapore and 2 assets in Japan. The portfolio is concentrated in Singapore, which accounts for 71.2% of the total portfolio value, with the remaining 28.8% comprising properties located in Japan.

The IPO portfolio has a total gross floor area (GFA) of approximately 5.9 million sq ft and a net lettable area (NLA) of approximately 5.3 million sq ft. As at 30 September 2025, the agreed property value was S$1.9 billion, with a committed occupancy rate of 89.4%, providing a stable recurring rental income. 

A portfolio providing a base of stable income, the portfolio is well-diversified across asset classes, including logistics facilities, business parks, high-specs industrial and general industrial buildings. The tenant profile is unique with 69.2% of the tenants in high-technology and value-add innovative sectors. These industries typically require purpose-built or specialised facilities, which makes tenants more anchored to the properties and results in stronger tenant retention.

Key portfolio highlights, as at 30 September 2025

Focused on high-technology and innovative sectors in Singapore  

UI Boustead REIT is formed through a partnership between Unified Industrial and Boustead Projects Limited. UI Boustead REIT was listed on the Mainboard of SGX on 12 March 2026 at S$0.88 per unit. The Sponsor of the REIT, UIB Holdings, is 80% owned by Unified Industrial and 20% owned by Boustead Projects Limited. 

Unified Industrial is a real estate investment, development, and asset management firm focused on industrial and logistics properties in North Asia. It operates in Japan and China, targeting logistics facilities, warehouses, and industrial parks. 

Boustead Projects Limited is the real estate solutions division of Boustead Singapore Limited (F9D), an infrastructure-related engineering and technology group listed on the Mainboard of SGX with a market capitalisation of S$943.8 million. 

The portfolio has a total net leasable area (NLA) of approximately 5.3 million square feet (sq ft) and a portfolio value of S$1.90 billion as at 30 September 2025. The initial portfolio comprises 23 properties across Singapore and Japan.

• Singapore – 21 leasehold properties strategically located near Changi Airport, one-north, Seletar Aerospace Park, and the Tuas industrial corridor.

• Japan – UIB Konan Phase 2, a large-scale institutional-grade logistics facility in Shiga Prefecture, and Toyo MK Fuso Building, a business space property in Tokyo's Koto Ward.

About 69.2% of the portfolio’s gross rental income is derived from tenants operating in high-technology, value-added, and innovative sectors. These include electronics and IT, automotive, aerospace and avionics, life sciences, precision engineering, and technology, media and telecommunications.

Properties are strategically located near designated hubs

Strategy  

Asset management and asset enhancement initiative (AEI) 

The REIT Manager adopts a proactive asset management approach, focusing on lease management, occupancy uplift, and value-enhancing AEIs. 

Key near-term AEI opportunities include the AUMOVIO Building Phase 3 and the potential redevelopment of Toyo MK Fuso Building

• AUMOVIO Building Phrase 3 will become vacant from 29 May 2026. The REIT has a planned $3.0 million AEI to convert the property from single-tenanted to multi-tenanted. The downtime of 12 months from June 2026 includes the AEI completion and the progress to achieve a stabilised occupancy.

• Toyo MK Fuso Building could be redeveloped into a data centre with up to 20-megawatt capacity, subject to obtaining approvals from Tokyo Electronic Power Company Holdings. 

Acquisitions and Co-Development Pipeline

UI Boustead REIT benefits from rights of first refusal (ROFR) of the sponsor’s stabilised Pan-Asian logistics and industrial assets pipeline of over US$5.9 billion. The sponsor has a sizeable pipeline of approximately 19.6 million sq ft of GFA, including 1.7 million sq ft across four completed projects that are still in the lease-up phase or at an early stage of fund life. The balance of c.17.9 million sq ft comprises projects under development, on secured land, or currently under exclusive negotiation, providing potential visibility for future growth.

The near-term acquisition visibility includes a pre-committed logistics facility at 36 Tuas Road.

• 36 Tuas Road is a five-storey ramp-up logistics facility with a gross floor area of 640,147 sq ft. Completed in February 2025, the asset features modern logistics specifications including high floor loading, efficient floor plates, direct ramp access, and high ceiling clearance. The property is leased to tenants including a leading global apparel brand and a multinational shipping and logistics solutions provider and was valued at approximately S$220.0 million as at 31 March 2025.

Co-development opportunities, includes, a built-to-suit facility in Singapore for an existing tenant in Singapore, and a two-storey logistics facility in Greater Osaka.

DPU growth not factored into IPO forecast

Portfolio performance metrics

Built-in rental escalations and property expense pass-through

The Singapore Properties are well positioned to deliver healthy organic growth, supported by built-in rental escalations in committed leases. For Forecast period 2026 and Projection Year 2027, 72.3% and 70.3% of leases have built-in rental escalations of 3.3% and 2.3%, respectively. 

In addition, approximately 34.0% of leases (by NLA) include cost pass-through arrangements for property expenses such as property tax, utilities, and land rent. Leases in multi-tenanted buildings typically include service charge review clauses, allowing adjustments in the event of increases in operating costs.

These contractual features provide income visibility and protection for unitholders, supporting stable and predictable cash flows.

Occupancy rates uplift 

Occupancy rates of IPO properties by property type, as at 30 September  2025

As at 30 September 2025, the occupancy rates for the business space, Hi-Specs industrial were 91.8% and 93.8%, respectively. 

The logistics properties are expected to see committed occupancy increase from 81.7% as at 30 September 2025 to 99.6% in Projection Year 2027, driven by the lease-up of the recently completed Japan property, UIB Konan Phase 2. As at 30 September 2025, UIB Konan Phase 2 recorded a committed occupancy rate of 76.7%, which is projected to increase to 99.4% by Projection Year 2027, supported by healthy leasing enquiries and activity.   

However, as the leases are still under negotiation, the vacancies may not be filled as projected. This is particularly relevant in Japan, where the leasing lead time tends to be longer. Based on our research on industrial REITs in Japan, the competitive landscape is also relatively more intense.

Business space will also record  occupancy uplift from 91.8% as at 30 September 2025, to 97% as of FP2026, driven by Toyo MK Fuso Building. Toyo MK Fuso Building’s major tenant recently vacated the property following a corporate restructuring exercise, resulting in the committed occupancy rate declining to 76.5% as at 30 September 2025. Leasing momentum has since improved, with committed occupancy recovering to 100.0% as at 20 February 2026.

The Hi-Specs industrial are expected to see committed occupancy increase from 93.8% as at 30 September 2025 to 99.9% in the Forecast Period 2026, driven by the lease-up of 26 Tai Seng Street. As at 30 September 2025, the property recorded a committed occupancy rate of 81.6%, with a further 14.4% of NLA under various stages of negotiations with prospective tenants.

Overall leasing momentum remains positive with occupancy uplift across the sub-sectors, in the next 12 to 18 months. 

Tenant profile

The REIT has a highly diversified tenant base. The top 10 tenants account for approximately 53.9% of Net Property Income (NPI). Largest tenant accounted for 8.6% of the net property income. 

Nine of the top 10 tenants are owned by Fortune 500, Fortune 500 Europe, or public-listed MNCs, with an average relationship of approximately 11.4 years with the Sponsor. The relationship with a portfolio of high quality tenants strengthens the REIT’s position as a provider of reliable tenant infrastructure. 

Key tenants include a leading aircraft manufacturer (APAC HQ, 8.6% NPI contribution), a global technology company (8.4%), GlaxoSmithKline (Asia Commercial Hub, 7.8%), AUMOVIO (R&D Centre, 6.2%), and Rolls-Royce Solutions Asia (Regional HQ, 4.9%).

Top 10 tenants

65.1% of the portfolio by Gross Rental Income comprises assets serving as strategic tenant infrastructure — properties that serve as tenants' regional headquarters or are critical parts of tenants' broader supply chains, enhancing "tenant stickiness" and income resilience.

Strategic tenant infrastructure in the REIT Manager’s view

Long weighted average lease expiry

To the extent that the portfolio WALE stands at 5.8 years by Gross Rental Income, investors have reasonable visibility on the mid-term income stream.  Furthermore,  61.5% of tenants are holding balance leases of three years or more.

Weighted average lease expiry at 5.8 years 

Positive rental reversion from lease renewal 

As the passing rents on leases due for renewal in Forecast Period 2026 and Projection Year 2027 are below current market rents, there is room for potential positive rental reversion. For example, the lease at one Property was renewed in the first half of the financial year ending 31 March 2026 with a 20.0% increase in newly signed rental rates.

In Forecast Period 2026 and Projection Year 2027, rents of expiring leases at business space are 15.8% and 8.2% below current market rents, respectively. In Forecast Period 2026 and Projection Year 2027, passing rents of expiring leases at Hi-Specs industrial properties are 1.5% and 13.2% lower than current market rents, respectively.

We expect the renewal to be set at a rent near to the passing rent, bringing positive rental reversion to the portfolio. 

Positive rental reversion opportunities  

Industry outlook 

Singapore industrial and logistics market

Singapore's industrial and logistics market is underpinned by robust structural demand drivers. The government has designated several sectors — electronics, precision engineering, energy and chemicals, aerospace, and logistics — as strategic growth areas under its Industry Transformation Maps, targeting a 50% increase in manufacturing value-add between 2020 and 2030.

Supply remains constrained across Singapore's industrial sub-sectors. For business space in the Central region, there are no new projects in the pipeline between 3Q 2025 and 2028. For logistics in the East region, limited new supply is expected over the next two years, while Hi-Specs industrial supply is expected to remain tight through 2028. This supply scarcity should continue to support occupancy and rental growth across the portfolio.

Japan Logistics Market

Japan's logistics sector is undergoing structural change driven by the "2024 issue" — a regulation capping truck driver overtime hours to 960 hours annually and driving time to four hours between rest periods — which is reshaping logistics footprints and driving demand for strategically-located, modern distribution facilities.

UIB Konan Phase 2, located in Shiga Prefecture in the Kansai region, is well-positioned to benefit. The asset is the only double-rampway facility in Shiga Prefecture, which provides access to approximately 30% of Japan's population and has 20 prefectures and cities within a four-hour driving radius. The Greater Osaka logistics rental market has grown approximately 1.8 times between 2020 and 3Q 2025, exhibiting stronger rental growth compared to Greater Tokyo.

Competitors

There are six REITs listed on the SGX that have industrial and logistics properties within their portfolio. They include developer-backed or non-developer backed industrial/logistics REITs. 

The REIT sits mid-pack among the S-REIT peers. It is roughly twice the size of Alpha Integrated REIT and about one-fifth that of Mapletree Industrial Trust. We think the REIT is not at optimal scale.

Competitor’s assets under management by country 

The weighted average lease to expiry (WALE) for UI Boustead REIT􀲬s portfolio was 5.8 years, the longest among its competitors (2.7 to 4.6 years) as at 30 September 2025.

Competitors’ WALE by GRI

The Sponsor

The Sponsor is a fully vertically integrated Pan-Asian logistics and industrial real estate platform with end-to-end capabilities and experience across markets it operates in. It is ability to source and access real estate opportunities in its key focus markets of Singapore and Japan. 

This is particularly  important when the REIT embarks on co-development projects. The REIT will be able to benefit from a higher yield on costs from these projects. 

Sponsor operates a fully vertically integrated platform

The Sponsor has granted UI Boustead REIT a voluntary right of first refusal over its stabilised income-producing logistics, industrial, Hi-Specs industrial, and business space assets across the Asia Pacific region. The UIB ROFR gives the REIT potential access to a pipeline of over US$5.9 billion in relevant assets, supporting responsible, value-enhancing growth. The properties in the acquisition pipeline are mostly located in Japan. Of the US$5.9 billion in relevant assets, US$4.99 billion or 84% are properties located in Japan while the remaining are located in Singapore. 

Separately, BPL has granted a ROFR to UI Boustead REIT (the “BPL ROFR”), providing potential additional access to relevant assets.

Following the listing, the Sponsor and BPL will hold 19% in combined stake in UI Boustead REIT.  While this reflects the alignment of interest with unitholders, we prefer that the Sponsor and BPL own a higher stake in UI Boustead REIT. 

Acquisition pipeline

Financial performance

Robust Distribution Profile

UI Boustead REIT offers an annualised distribution yield of 7.4% for the Forecast Period 2026 (FP2026, two months from 1 February 2026 to 31 March 2026) and 7.8% for PY2027, with approximately 98.1% and 87.0% of Gross Rental Income derived from in-place contracted leases in FP2026 and PY2027, respectively. 

Organic DPU growth of 4.8% from annualised FP2026 to PY2027 is driven by built-in rental escalations (2.8%), occupancy uplift (1.7%), and positive rental reversions (0.3%).

Financial performance to underpin unitholder returns

Disciplined capital management 

As at IPO, the REIT's aggregate leverage stands at 37.9%, well within the MAS regulatory limit of 50%.  This leaves a debt headroom of about S$230 million. 

The weighted average debt maturity is 4.2 years (excluding Consumption Tax Debt Facilities), with a weighted average cost of debt of 2.4% and interest coverage ratio of 4.7x in FY2027. 

Approximately 80% of borrowings are on fixed rates, limiting near-term interest rate sensitivity.

Debt maturity profile

Initiate at Neutral

We initiate coverage on UI Boustead REIT with a Neutral rating and a target price of S$0.91 per unit.  UI Boustead REIT is relatively attractive compared to other industrial REITs, in our view. 

The REIT has developed a network of high-quality tenants to support a visible income stream with modest positive rental reversion.  In the near term, there are organic growth from built-in positive rental reversion and asset enhancement initiatives.  In the medium term, the REIT is looking at new asset acquisition and property development projects for inorganic expansion.

Target price of S$0.91  

Currently, UI Boustead REIT is trading at S$0.81, implying FY2026E annualised distribution yield of 8.0% and FY2027E distribution yield of 8.4%. This is higher than the peers’ average FY2026E distribution yield of 7.0% and FY2027E distribution yield of 7.2%.  Our target price at S$0.91 is based on the dividend discount model. At S$0.91, UI Boustead REIT is trading at FY2027E distribution yield of 7.5%. While the dividend yield appears high, this is offset by the shorter lease tenures; sponsor’s relatively low stake, the longer lead time needed to fill vacant space in Japan, and the REIT’s smaller scale compared to peers.

Projected dividend yield at IPO price

Peer comparison

Key risks 

Key risks include concentrated two-market exposure, foreign exchange risk, lease expiry and tenant concentration risk, and regulatory exposure.

Concentrated asset type and geographic exposure

UI Boustead REIT's portfolio is exclusively comprised of industrial, logistics and business space assets in Singapore and Japan. While both are developed markets which offer attractive fundamentals, the REIT's financial performance is exposed to risks specific to these two markets and sectors. 

Limited duration of lease tenures

The lease tenures of industrial land of Singapore are typically limited to 30 years, relatively short compared to other commercial land use. For UI Boustead REIT, 13 of the 21 Singapore Properties have lease tenure of less than 30 years. A significant portion of operating profits is generated from these properties of limited duration.  The 13 properties account for 61.4% of the portfolio’s operating profits in FY2025.   Besides the loss of income, the decay in lease terms will also adversely affect the valuation of the portfolio.   

Lease expiry and tenant concentration risk

While the portfolio has a healthy WALE of 5.8 years, approximately 38.5% of tenants by Gross Rental Income have balance leases of less than three years. Any failure to renew leases at favourable terms or the early departure of a major tenant — such as AUMOVIO, which has already issued a notice of termination of its lease at AUMOVIO Building Phase 3 — could adversely affect the REIT's distributable income.

Foreign exchange risk

28.8% of the IPO Portfolio by Agreed Property Value is in Japan. Distributions from the Japan Properties will be impacted by fluctuations in the SGD/JPY exchange rate. The REIT may employ hedging strategies to mitigate this risk, though there is no assurance that these will fully offset currency movements.

Interest rate risk

While approximately 80% of borrowings are on fixed rates, rising interest rates could increase refinancing costs upon debt maturity, reduce distribution coverage, and compress the yield spread relative to risk-free rates, affecting unit price performance.

Regulatory and planning risk

Industrial and logistics properties in Singapore are subject to JTC land lease conditions, URA zoning requirements, and evolving environmental regulations. In Japan, ongoing regulatory changes affecting logistics operations may affect the operating environment

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