Investors should keep track of corporate announcements and business developments that affect the stocks within their portfolio.

These positive developments can help to grow the business and lift revenue, earnings, and even dividends.

As the company grows, it will become more valuable, translating into a higher share price over time and attractive capital gains for the investor.

Here are three Singapore stocks that announced interesting business developments you should keep your eyes on.

CapitaLand Investment Limited

CapitaLand Investment Limited, or CLI, is a leading global real estate manager with S$136 billion of assets under management (AUM) and S$117 billion of funds under management (FUM) as of 31 December 2024.

Just last week, CLI’s lodging arm, The Ascott Limited (“Ascott”), announced the acceleration of its flagship brand, Ascott, under a newly unveiled multi-typology strategy.

2024 saw eight new property signings, doubling 2023’s full-year total.

The first four months of 2025 already saw three additional signings, bringing the Ascott’s brand portfolio to more than 80 properties featuring over 17,400 units across 43 cities.

Ascott’s global portfolio now comprises 14 brands with over 990 properties with more than 170,000 units across 230 cities.

The lodging division added three new properties, namely Ascott Ortigas Manila in the Philippines, Ascott Shenton Way in Singapore, and its first Ascott property in Wenzhou, China.

Meanwhile, the Ascott brand is also diversifying its offerings by adopting new typologies, including hotels with MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) facilities and branded residences.

By doing so, Ascott can offer a comprehensive suite of high-quality living solutions for C-suite executives.

CEO of Ascott, Kevin Goh, believes that this multi-typology strategy will provide the brand with a unique competitive edge as it enables Ascott to respond dynamically to shifts in not just the length of stay but also guest profile.

Ascott’s first branded residence, Ascott Residences Batu Ferringhi Penang, is set to launch for sale this year and will feature 99 residential apartments.

This development is scheduled for completion in 2028 and will offer a mix of units ranging from 2,000 to 4,000 square feet.

Elsewhere, Ascott will open its first all-villa hotel, Ascott Villas Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia in July 2025.

Armed with MICE facilities, the hotel will integrate business functionality with luxury living.

Ascott is also targeting to open Ascott Tay Ho Hanoi, a 618-room MICE-equipped hotel in Vietnam, by 2026.

Stoneweg European REIT

Stoneweg European REIT, or SERT, is a REIT with a portfolio of more than 100 predominantly freehold properties located in countries such as Italy, France, Germany, Finland, and the UK.

SERT’s portfolio had an AUM of around €2.2 billion.

Earlier this month, the European REIT announced the successful renewal of 27,000 square metres of office leases across two office properties in the Netherlands and Poland.

These renewals involved two of SERT’s top 10 tenants – Coolblue NV and Motorola Solutions.

These renewals help to extend the REIT’s weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of its office portfolio by nearly six months to 5.3 years.

A few days later, SERT signed a 20-year lease renewal with its largest tenant, NN Group NV, for 28,500 square metres of space in the Hague, Netherlands.

This lease renewal will take place from December 2027, and the manager of SERT also signed a cooperation agreement with the tenant for asset enhancement works to be carried out.

The improvements include the addition of two atria, an event space, and additional green spaces.

CapitaLand China Trust

CapitaLand China Trust, or CLCT, is a China-focused REIT with a portfolio of nine shopping malls, five business park properties, and four logistics park properties.

The REIT plans to divest its CapitaMall Yuhuating into a new REIT that CLI plans to list in China, and also subscribe for a strategic stake in this new REIT.

As background, CLI has applied to register and list its first REIT in China, named CapitaLand Commercial C-REIT (CLCR).

By doing so, CLI will increase its FUM under its listed funds platform.

CLCR will invest in operating retail assets in China and will be seeded by two initial assets – CapitaMall SKY+ in Guangzhou, along with CapitaMall Yuhuating, contributed by CLCT.

CapitaMall SKY+ is currently jointly owned by CLI and CapitaLand Development (CLD).

Once CLCR is spun off and listed, CLI, CLD and CLCT will collectively hold at least a 20% stake in the China REIT.

CLCT will have the opportunity to participate as a key stakeholder in a REIT with upside potential.

This transaction will also help CLCT to unlock the value of a mature retail asset, thereby improving financial flexibility to pursue other portfolio reconstitution initiatives.