The magazine’s year-end issue reviews the defining story of 2020: the pandemic and its larger-than-life omnipresence in Asian property markets, plus its toll on co-working spaces. The issue also touches on the mainstreaming of tokenisation in real estate and catches up with JLL’s Wilma Gerber about the synergies between property and tech. Exciting stories from Southeast Asia abound, ranging from changes to foreign ownership laws in Laos to the renovation of a historical Myanmar edifice. The portfolio of Vietnamese design practice Transform Architects gets showcased in Design Focus while Neighbourhood Watch centres on progressive Singapore enclave Toa Payoh. The issue also reports on the UK’s promising Build to Rent (BTR) sector, which is commanding the attention of Asian investors.
