Wharf Real Estate Investment Company
Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited is a listed real estate portfolio company. It is a subsidiary of private company Wheelock & Co., as well as a sister company of fellow listed company The Wharf (Holdings).
Wharf REIC owned a few shopping centres and commercial buildings in Hong Kong and in Singapore, namely: Harbour City complex, Times Square, Wheelock House, Crawford House, The Murray, Plaza Hollywood, Wheelock Place, Scotts Square etc.
History
Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited was formed as a spin-off of The Wharf (Holdings) in 2017. Before the spin off, in 2016, The Wharf also acquired Wheelock House from the parent company Wheelock & Co. and the chairman Peter Woo, which the assets were later injected into the REIC.In February 2018, Wharf REIC replaced The Wharf as the component of the blue chip index Hang Seng Index.
In December 2019, Wharf REIC acquired Wheelock Place and Scotts Square and the company Wheelock Properties (Singapore) from Wheelock & Co.