Mapletree Industrial Trust: Turning Positive On Portfolio Restructuring Initiatives (Rating Upgrade)

  • I'm changing my rating on Mapletree Industrial Trust from Hold to Buy, taking into account efforts to enhance overall asset quality. The sale of selected Singapore assets improves portfolio-level occupancy, strengthens the balance sheet, and creates leverage headroom for future M&A. MAPIF has plans to upgrade some of its North American data centers to address the issue of power capacity constraints.