Emergence of Sabana REIT’s new substantial shareholder signals potential consolidation

SINGAPORE (March 6): CIMB views e-Shang Redwood (ESR)’s recent emergence as a substantial unitholder of Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana REIT) as a “precursor to the potential consolidation of small- to mid-cap industrial REITs”.

(See also: New substantial unitholder appears at Sabana REIT)

“Through its subsidiary e-Shang Infinity Cayman, ESR has emerged as a 5.01% unitholder of Sabana REIT. This development is certainly raising eyebrows on the embattled REIT, which recently appointed Morgan Stanley as its financial advisor for the strategic review of the trust,” say CIMB analysts Yeo Zhi Bin and Lock Mun Yee in a Sunday report.

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