Commercial real estate REITs project applications are accelerating rapidly, with shopping centers and other consumer facilities accounting for more than half of the underlying assets.

WealthCoffee · 2026-03-04T12:37:50+00:00

Commercial real estate REITs have been unleashed, with public REITs expanding their underlying assets to include office buildings, hotels, and retail properties. By 2026, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has already received multiple project applications, including two REITs: Harvest First Open and GF New City Wuyue.

WealthCoffee

2026-03-04 12:37:50

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[Caixin] After the opening of commercial real estate REITs, the scope of underlying assets for public REITs has officially expanded to include office buildings, hotels, retail properties, and other fully market-operated commercial real estate. In the first two months of 2026, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have received over a dozen project applications.

Recently, two more commercial real estate REIT projects have been reported to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, namely the Harvest First Open-ended Commercial Real Estate Securities Investment Fund (hereinafter referred to as “Harvest First Open Commercial Real Estate REIT”) and the GF New City Wuyue Closed-end Commercial Real Estate Securities Investment Fund (hereinafter referred to as “GF New City Wuyue Commercial Real Estate REIT”). The project status for the former shows it has been accepted.

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