- CEO
- Suppasit Sitthasate
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Real estate investment trusts
- Address
- 1121 Moo.3 Theparak Road Bang Phli SP Thailand 10270
- IPO Date
- Dec 18, 2014
- Business
- WHA Premium Growth Freehold and Leasehold Real Estate Investment Trust (WHART.BK) is a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring, owning, developing, and leasing premium industrial and logistics properties in Thailand. The Trust invests primarily in high-quality freehold and leasehold assets, including warehouses, distribution centers, and industrial estates located in strategic zones such as Bangna-Trad (60% of portfolio), Eastern Economic Corridor (19%), Ayudhya-Saraburi (21%), and Samut Sakhon (1%); these properties, totaling approximately 1.89 million square meters of leasable area across 34 projects, are predominantly leased to blue-chip tenants in sectors like third-party logistics (30%), fast-moving consumer goods (39%), e-commerce (13%), automotive (7%), and manufacturing. Approximately 50% of the portfolio consists of freehold assets, with the remainder under long-term leasehold rights (30+30 years), generating stable rental income through built-to-suit (56%) and general-purpose facilities (44%).
Established on December 8, 2014, pursuant to Thailand's Trust for Transactions in Capital Market Act and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on December 18, 2014, the Trust is externally managed by WHA Real Estate Management Company Limited, with asset management by WHA Corporation Public Company Limited and trusteeship by Kasikorn Asset Management Company Limited; it is headquartered at 777 WHA Tower, 22nd Floor, Moo 13, Debaratna Road (Bangna-Trad) KM.7, Bangkaew, Bang Phli, Samut Prakarn 10540, Thailand.
In recent developments, the Trust completed its eighth additional investment of up to THB 4,050.86 million to expand its portfolio, maintains high occupancy rates rising from 82.8% in 4Q23 to 85.6% in 1Q25, and in November 2025 plans to refinance a THB 1.385 billion loan maturing with SCB by securing a new long-term facility from Kasikornbank to replace internal cash flows used for repayment; additionally, it adjusted its par value from 8.96 baht to 8.9426 baht effective September 11, 2025.