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RSQUARE’s Investment Advisory Division recorded a 2.3 times year-on-year increase in assets under advisory in 2025
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Advisory capabilities extend beyond financial investor matching to identifying corporate owner occupiers and developing value add strategies for alternative assets
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Proprietary database of more than 400,000 buildings supports a global client base including GIC, DWS, PAG and Blackstone
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Korea’s commercial real estate market is entering a period of greater asset differentiation following a prolonged cycle of high interest rates and tighter liquidity. As a result, institutional investors are shifting their criteria for selecting advisors away from brand recognition toward access to real asset data and the ability to develop tailored strategies for individual properties.
Against this backdrop, RSQUARE is expanding its presence in the market with a proprietary database covering more than 400,000 buildings across Korea and end-to-end capabilities spanning leasing, transactions and property management. These strengths have attracted major Korean institutions, including the National Pension Service, Woori Bank and Samsung Securities, as well as global investors such as GIC, DWS, PAG and Blackstone.
One of the division’s representative transactions was the sale advisory mandate for Centerpoint Gwanghwamun, a prime office asset in Seoul’s Jongno district within the Central Business District.
The property, previously owned by Koramco REITs Management and Trust, was sold in October 2025 for KRW 432 billion, equivalent to KRW 36.7 million per py. RSQUARE formed a consortium with Deloitte Anjin and participated throughout the entire advisory process, including the identification of prospective buyers, transaction structuring and coordination among key stakeholders.
In the KRW 280 billion sale of Humax Village, a landmark property in the Bundang Business District completed in March 2026, RSQUARE identified and connected the seller with a strategic investor seeking to acquire the asset for use as its corporate headquarters, rather than relying solely on conventional financial investors.
The transaction was supported by RSQUARE’s ability to combine its extensive offline leasing network with proprietary corporate demand data, enabling the firm to target businesses with genuine owner occupier requirements.
RSQUARE has also demonstrated its capabilities in developing proactive value add strategies for alternative investment assets. In advising on the KRW 31.5 billion sale of Sejong Telecom’s Bundang IDC in July 2025, RSQUARE focused on the asset’s scarcity as a small to mid-sized data center within the Seoul Metropolitan Area.
