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SAS Asia: Ascott's Brian Tan on Thailand, mixed-use and moving in to the resort market

Brian Tan, country general manager, Thailand, for The Ascott Limited, gives SAN the lowdown on the local market and explains the company's plans for the short-stay and resort market. Filmed at the 2019 Serviced Apartment Summit Asia in Bangkok.

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 05-03-2019

• The prime central London residential market has had a well-documented tough time of it recently - Spring review figures from Knight Frank show that there is still no growth in terms of sales and prices, while sales were down by 15 per cent year-on-year in 2018 and prices down 4.4 per cent.

And while the UK capital's serviced apartment market is continuing to grow and perform well, one can only speculate that the recent £25 million sale of a serviced apartment building in Notting Hill was driven by investors with one eye on a post-Brexit bounce back in the property market.

The Princes Square property, which sold for £665,000 per key - a new record for London serviced apartments, has sui generis planning and can be easily reconfigured - two very attractive factors for the buyers, an undisclosed UK fund. The building is trading profitably as serviced apartments under BridgeStreet's management, but its versatility could well see a change of use if the housing market conditions improve. Knight Frank's Tom Bill says there are "underlying signs that pent-up demand and the conditions for a recovery in the prime London residential market are building". The new owners of this building could well be looking to have their cake and eat it.

• There are still a handful of tickets available for next week's Serviced Apartment Awards, which takes place on march 14th at the Park Plaza Riverside in London. Come and join us as we celebrate the very best people, companies and properties in 18 categories across the sector. It's sure to be a night to remember! Click here to find out more and buy tickets.

George Sell, editor
george@internationalhospitality.media

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