Takeaways from the APREA Philippines Conference
- Philippine real estate continues to benefit from resilient domestic consumption and economic activity, supporting opportunities across retail, hospitality and logistics, while improving tourism and expanding trade are providing additional demand drivers.
- Growth is increasingly extending beyond Metro Manila, with Northern, Central and Southern Luzon and parts of the Visayas seeing stronger demand for housing, industrial space and integrated communities.
- Industrial, logistics, cold storage and data centres offer additional avenues for investment as the Philippine real estate market broadens beyond traditional sectors. Developing institutional-grade assets can help attract first-time foreign investors and establish a transaction track record that encourages further capital inflows.
- The expansion of REIT-eligible assets beyond traditional property could broaden the Philippine listed real assets market. New rules covering data centres, toll roads, ports and infrastructure vehicles have already generated a pipeline of potential listings and could provide additional capital recycling and exit options.
