Everyone loves a good story. In Asia’s real estate industry, there are plenty of themes and trends that attest to the appeal and resilience of the region’s residential and commercial sectors. Whether it is the huge potential for an institutionalised rental housing market in China or the record level of leasing activity in India’s retail property market last year, Asian real estate has a lot going for it.
Yet it has by no means been immune to the pandemic-induced shifts in the way people work, live and shop, not to mention the fallout from the dramatic rise in inflation and interest…