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Ascott boosts pipeline through alliance with Indonesian developer Ciputra

SINGAPORE (Nov 19): The Ascott, CapitaLand’s lodging business unit, has formed a strategic alliance with Ciputra Development Group, one of Indonesia’s top property developers.

Under the alliance, Ascott will manage serviced residences to be developed by Ciputra in Indonesia and China within the next five years.

The alliance was signed on Monday at the opening ceremony of Ascott Sudirman Jakarta, a property which Ascott acquired from Ciputra in 2017.

Since it first partnered Ciputra in 1996 for Somerset Grand Citra Jakarta, which is jointly owned with Ascott Residence Trust, Ascott has also acquired Ascott Kuningan Jakarta from Ciputra in 2014.

In addition to Citadines Sudirman Jakarta, the newly opened Ascott Sudirman Jakarta and Ascott Kuningan are all located within Ciputra World – a mixed-use multiplex development in Jakarta’s thriving Golden Triangle Central Business District.

This strategic alliance with Ciputra follows Ascott’s recent partnership with Tauzia Hotel Management, one of Indonesia’s top five hotel operators.

With these latest developments, Ascott achieved a record nine-fold increase in properties in Indonesia year-on-year, strengthening its position as the country’s largest lodging owner-operator.

Its portfolio now stands at more than 130 serviced residences and business hotels with close to 22,000 units across 39 cities in Indonesia.

Year to date, shares in CapitaLand are down 12.4% at $3.11.