Sneak peek at Saudi Arabia's emerging REIT market

10/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

In November 2016, Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) authorized the listing and trading of real estate investment traded funds (REITs) on local stock market. Since then, eight funds were listed and started trading, and seven initiated listing procedure, but have not started trading yet.

 

Al Rajhi REIT topped listed funds by assets under management (AUM) at SAR 1.62 billion, followed by Jadwa REIT Saudi with an asset worth of SAR 1.58 billion.

 

The following table lists all 15 REITs by asset size and listing status:

 

REITs arranged by Asset Size

Order

REIT

Listing date

Fund Size (SAR mln)

1

Al Rajhi REIT

Open for subscription

1621.9

2

Jadwa REIT Saudi

Open for subscription

1580.0

3

Al Ahli REIT (1)

Jan. 8,  2018

1375.0

4

Derayah REIT

Subscription Closed

1172.0

5

Wasatah REIT

Not listed yet

1080.0

6

Musharaka REIT

Oct. 2,  2017

880.0

7

AlNefaie – Umm Alqura REIT Fund

Not listed yet

692.0

8

Mulkia REIT

Nov. 5,  2017

677.0*

9

Jadwa REIT AlHaramain

April 30,  2017

660.0

10

SEDCO Capital REIT

Not listed yet

650.0

11

AlMa'athar REIT

Aug. 22,  2017

613.7

12

Al Masha’ar REIT

Not listed yet

572.4

13

Riyadh REIT

Nov. 13,  2016

500.0

14

Taleem REIT

May 30, 2017

285.0

15

AlJazira Mawten REIT

Feb. 15, 2017

118.0

*Acquired a property on Jan. 8 thereby increasing fund size to SAR 677 million from SAR 600 million.

N.B: Swicorp Wabel REIT was not included for lack of information.

 

Constituent assets of the 15 REITs announced and listed, span 81 fully-developed properties, two usufructs, and three real estate projects under development. The following table lists REITs by property segment and number of assets held by each:

 

REIT by number of properties held

Order

REIT

Property Segment

Number of Assets

1

Al Rajhi REIT

Commercial, offices, educational,, warehouses

13 fully developed and owned properties

2

Derayah REIT

Residential, offices, stores, warehouses and hospitality

12 fully developed and owned
2 usufructs
1 under development

3

AlMa'athar REIT

Office, warehouses, residential, stores

11 fully developed and owned
1 under development

4

SEDCO Capital REIT

Hotels, commercial, offices, residential

7 fully developed and owned

5

Riyadh REIT

Offices, hospitality and hotels, stores

6 fully developed and owned

1 under development

6

Mulkia REIT

Residential, industrial, offices,stores

4 fully developed and owned

1 fully developed, 76% owned *

7

Musharaka REIT

Residential, warehouses, hospitality and hotels

5 fully developed and owned

8

Jadwa REIT Saudi

Residential, commercial, warehpuses, educational

5 fully developed and owned

9

AlNefaie – Umm Alqura REIT Fund

Hotels, commercial

4 fully developed and owned

10

Al Masha’ar REIT

Hospitality and hotels, stores

3 fully developed and owned

11

Wasatah REIT

Hotels

2 fully developed and owned

12

Jadwa Reit AlHaramain Fund

Hospitality and hotels, stores

4 fully developed and owned ***

13

Al-Ahli REIT (1)

Hospitality and hotels, stores

2 fully developed and owned

14

AlJazira Mawten REIT

Warehouses

1 fully developed and owned (Contains 6 warehouses)

15

Taleem REIT

Educational

1 fully developed and owned

* Acquired 76% of a property in Riyadh post listing.                                               

** Acquired a property in Riyadh post listing.

*** acquired two properties in Makkah post listing.

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