The REIT sector is an attractive place for income investors to look for consistent dividends.
REITs are mandated to pay out at least 90% of their earnings as distributions to enjoy tax benefits.
Instead of just receiving regular dividends, investors should also assess whether these distributions are growing in line with inflation.
To do so, REITs need to carry out acquisitions to bolster their portfolio of properties.
Here are four attractive Singapore REITs with sponsors that can inject a ready pipeline of assets into them.
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (SGX: C38U)
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, or CICT, is a retail and commercial REIT with a portfolio of 26 properties spread across Singapore (21), Germany (2), and Australia (3).
The portfolio had assets under management (AUM) of S$25.9 billion as of 31 December 2024.
CICT has a strong sponsor in blue-chip real estate investment manager CapitaLand Investment Limited (SGX: 9CI), or CLI.
As of 31 March 2025, CLI had S$117 billion of funds under management across a diversified real estate slate comprising retail, office, lodging, logistics, and industrial assets.
As the investment arm of the CapitaLand Group, CLI has access to a pipeline of development properties parked under CapitaLand Development.
In turn, CICT also has access to a ready pipeline of properties that could potentially be injected into the REIT.
For the first half of 2025 (1H 2025), CICT reported gross revenue of S$787.6 million, down 0.5% year on year.
Net property income (NPI) dipped by 0.4% year on year to S$579.9 million.
Distribution per unit (DPU) inched up 3.5% year on year to S$0.0562.
In early August, the REIT acquired the remaining 55% interest in CapitaSpring’s premium Grade A office tower for S$1.05 billion.
The purchase agreement was signed with CapitaLand Development, a unit of the CapitaLand group.
This acquisition is projected to deliver a DPU accretion of 1.1%, in which CICT’s pro-forma 1H 2025 DPU will rise to S$0.0568.
Frasers Centrepoint Trust (SGX: J69U)
Frasers Centrepoint Trust, or FCT, is a Singaporean retail REIT with a portfolio of nine suburban malls and an office building.
The total AUM of FCT was around S$7.1 billion as of 30 June 2025.
FCT has a strong sponsor in real estate development and investment group Frasers Property Limited (SGX: TQ5), or FPL.
FPL has a diversified property portfolio comprising retail, commercial and business parks, hospitality, and residential, with a total AUM of approximately S$39.6 billion as of 30 September 2024.
Hence, FPL will have a ready pipeline of assets to divest to the retail REIT, and this was demonstrated recently by the acquisition of Northpoint City South Wing by FCT for S$1.17 billion.
This purchase was funded by a private placement and preferential offer of units and is expected to raise fiscal 2024 (FY2024) DPU by 2% to S$0.1228 from S$0.12042.
For the first half of fiscal 2025 ending 31 March 2025, FCT saw its DPU inch up 0.5% year on year to S$0.06054 on the back of a 7.1% year-on-year increase in gross revenue to S$184.4 million.
Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U)
Mapletree Logistics Trust, or MLT, is an industrial REIT with a portfolio of 178 properties across eight countries.
The REIT’s total AUM stood at S$13 billion as of 30 June 2025.
MLT’s sponsor is Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd or MIPL, an investment firm with S$80.3 billion of AUM as of 31 March 2025.
This AUM comprises logistics, office, data centre, student accommodation, and other properties.
The logistics REIT reported a downbeat set of earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (1Q FY2026) ending 30 June 2025.
Gross revenue dipped by 2.4% year on year to S$177.4 million, while NPI fell 2.1% year on year to S$153.4 million.
DPU declined 12.4% year on year to S$0.01812.
MLT is involved in active capital recycling to rid its portfolio of assets with older specifications and limited redevelopment potential.
During 1Q FY2026, a total of two properties were sold, with another two divested after the quarter’s end.
The REIT also redeveloped 5A Joo Koon Circle into a six-storey modern Grade A ramp-up logistics facility, increasing its gross floor area from 391,000 square feet to 887,000 square feet.
Digital Core REIT (SGX: DCRU)
Digital Core REIT, or DCR, is a data centre REIT with a portfolio of 11 data centres across the US, Canada, Japan, and Germany.
The REIT’s AUM stood at US$1.7 billion and enjoyed a high portfolio occupancy rate of 98% as of 30 June 2025.
DCR has a well-known sponsor in Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), which has a US$15 billion pipeline of data centres.
DCR has a global right-of-first-refusal for around 300+ data centres with a minimum occupancy of at least 90%.
For 1H 2025, gross revenue shot up 84.2% year on year to US$88.9 million.
NPI surged 52.2% year on year to US$46.3 million.
However, DPU came in flat year on year at US$0.018, impacted by higher finance costs.
The data centre REIT’s aggregate leverage stood at 38.3%, giving it sufficient debt headroom to conduct more yield-accretive acquisitions.
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Disclosure: Royston owns shares of Digital Core REIT.
