TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 9, 2025--
WEAVE LIVING, Asia-Pacific’s pre-eminent living sector specialist, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the signing of definitive agreements to acquire six properties in prime Tokyo locations. The move builds on the continued momentum of the Weave Living Japan Residential Venture I (“WLJRV I”) strategic partnership between WEAVE LIVING and KKR. With the latest acquisitions, the strategic partnership has grown its portfolio to 17 properties within the first six months of its establishment.
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Three of these new acquisitions are located in Tokyo’s upscale Minato ward neighbourhoods of Roppongi, Minami Azabu and Shirokane. WEAVE LIVING will also introduce its premium WEAVE RESIDENCES brand as part of its Roppongi and Minami Azabu offerings, featuring luxurious, metropolitan living in spacious, fully furnished family-friendly homes, complete with modern decor, and thoughtful design finishes. These homes will help meet growing demand by discerning executives seeking an elevated living experience in the supply-constrained Minato area.
The remaining locations will expand the WEAVE PLACE brand, offering beautifully designed private apartments with various furnished options catering to the respective needs of a diverse tenant base including local professionals, expatriates and corporates. Under these plans, more than 240 fully-furnished luxury rental properties are expected to be ready starting from fall 2025.
“As part of our steady growth in the Japan market and across Asia-Pacific, we are thrilled to expand our collaboration with KKR and our Japan-based offering to six new locations that are extremely desirable even by Tokyo standards,” said Sachin Doshi, Founder and Group CEO of WEAVE LIVING. “Also factoring in the planned Japan debut of our WEAVE RESIDENCES brand, this is a further demonstration of our commitment to offering an ever-wider selection of living options to renters at various life stages, with an emphasis on the distinctive attractiveness of each of the fantastic locations that make up our expanded portfolio in Tokyo.”
Kensuke Kudo, Managing Director, Real Estate, KKR, said, “We are proud of the strong momentum that our strategic partnership with WEAVE LIVING has achieved in a short span of time. This expansion underscores our conviction in the long-term fundamentals of Japan’s residential sector and ability to deliver high-quality, differentiated offerings to meet the evolving residential needs of corporates and executives in Japan. We look forward to continued collaboration with Sachin to scale this promising platform.”
KKR is making its investment from its Asia real estate strategy. The transaction adds to KKR’s continued activity and momentum in Japan’s real estate sector across different real estate investment strategies, including KJR Management, a leading Japanese real estate manager that oversees two J-REITs; hospitality and office assets across Japan; and a portfolio of multifamily properties in Tokyo.
A full overview of WEAVE LIVING’s existing Tokyo locations can be found on the recently revamped WEAVE LIVING website, along with details on a unique rental offering that includes flexible lease periods; transparent payment plans inclusive of all Wi-Fi and utilities; a fully digital-first leasing experience; tenant support via the proprietary WEAVE LIVING mobile app; and a welcome respite from prohibitive up-front charges typical in the Japanese multi-family rental market.
Leasing enquiries
Tel: (+81) 03-6262-5628
Email: live.jp@weave-living.com
Existing locations: Weave Place – Shinkamata, Weave Place – Kanda East, Weave Place – Asakusa South, Weave Place – Asakusa Kaminarimon, Weave Place – Ueno South, Weave Place – Waseda Park, Weave Place – Higashi-Koenji, Weave Place – Monzennakacho, Weave Place – Morishita, Weave Place – Ryogoku, Weave Place – Kunitachi
For full details of property lineup and available units, and to request viewings, please visit https://www.weave-living.com/en/jp/
About WEAVE LIVING
Weave Living is a leading provider of urban rental accommodation in key gateway cities throughout Asia Pacific. Since its founding in 2017 by Sachin Doshi, Weave has reimagined renting a home in big cities so more people can live their best life, wherever they are on their adventure. Weave currently offers four unique living options that cater to a diverse range of modern lifestyles: luxurious Weave Residences; fully serviced Weave Suites; self-contained Weave Place; and social co-living Weave Studios. Each class-leading home combines modern aesthetics, superior finishes, and a fully tech-enabled experience together with superior comfort and flexibility in the best urban locations. At present, Weave owns and manages residential properties in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, with more on the way.
Weave Living
Website: https://www.weave-living.com/en/jp
Instagram: @liveatweave
Facebook: @liveatweave
About KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com. For additional information about Global Atlantic Financial Group, please visit Global Atlantic Financial Group’s website at www.globalatlantic.com.
WEAVE LIVING and KKR Build on Strategic Partnership with Acquisition of Portfolio of Residential Properties in Prime Central Tokyo
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — Fire crews and planes wrestled Monday to bring a monster wildfire under control in southwest France before a forecast jump in temperatures complicates the massive firefighting effort against a blaze that has burned an area four times the size of Paris.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the fire had stopped growing, a first glimmer of hope since the inferno forced a staggering 220,000 people to flee in the region around the city of Bordeaux.
But with woodlands still smoldering, the minister cautioned that the battle isn't yet won.
“It hasn’t progressed during the night,” Nunez said. “We have to remain very concentrated, very determined, to go at any moment.”
He spoke after French President Emmanuel Macron held a crisis meeting Monday focused on the blaze in the Gironde region and wildfires that crews continue to tackle elsewhere.
The Gironde prefecture said the situation overnight remained “globally stable” — a change from previous days when officials said flames had crept to within 15 kilometers (10 miles) of the outskirts of Bordeaux, a historic city of 268,000 people, and generated self-feeding firestorms with lightning bolts that ignited more blazes.
No new evacuations were announced Monday. But with France about to enter its peak August tourist season, Gironde authorities worked to keep vacationers away, banning holiday camps for children and for people with disabilities. Nunez also urged people to avoid the region, popular for its Atlantic beaches and some of France's largest woodlands.
In the adjacent southwestern Landes region, where hundreds of firefighters have been making progress against another virulent but smaller fire, the prefecture said some rain fell overnight and described the conditions as “favorable” for firefighting but also cautioned that they could change.
With thousands of firefighters on the ground and rotations of water- and retardant-dropping aircraft, it became a race against time before an expected heat wave that could make fighting flames more difficult. The national weather service forecast temperatures above 35 C (95 F) in the southwest on Tuesday and likely higher on Wednesday.
“We know temperatures are going to climb again, that we'll enter a phase of intense heat and so we really have to remain very cautious,” Nunez said. “As long as the fire isn't contained, the situation remains unfavorable.”
Crews using earth movers tore up strips of forest and scrubland to create barren spaces, intended to stop fires from spreading. Farmers were keeping fire crews supplied with water, transporting it to them in tanks.
Around a dozen countries have provided planes, helicopters, firefighters and other assistance to both France and Spain, which is also fighting unprecedented blazes. All told, fires in the two countries have forced more than 330,000 people to flee.
Macron didn't immediately comment after the government crisis meeting he presided over. In a weekend post on X, he pledged long-term support for fire-hit communities, saying: “We will rebuild, we will repair and we will be present for as long as necessary.”
In Spain, wildfires have burned out of control around Madrid and in the Valencia region. Authorities evacuated 79,000 people and confined 30,000 others to their homes.
In both Spain and France, the exceptional scale of the fires — fueled by heat waves that hit especially hard and early this year, making forests and scrubland tinder-dry — are driving calls for stronger action against climate change.
“What we are experiencing is not a series of isolated incidents. It is the consequence of a climate emergency that is making wildfires even more violent, heat waves more frequent,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.
A fire raging in hilly, rural terrain in Ávila, west of Madrid, has become Spain’s largest on record, scorching 500 square kilometers (193 square miles), the government said. That's five times the size of Barcelona.
“Look at how the valley is burned. Look at the houses, the people," said David Gonzalez, a 48-year-old gardener who used his van to run supplies to firefighters in Ávila.
"We are feeling lot of anger and helplessness. It’s something inhuman,” he said.
Fires have burned 1,530 square kilometers (590 square miles) this year in Spain — six times the area scorched by blazes in the first half of 2025, said Sara Aagesen, the ecology minister.
The minister said that another heat wave forecast from Tuesday — which would be Spain’s fourth so far this year — could ratchet up the fire danger. Spain’s weather agency forecast temperatures above 40 C (104 F).
A wildfire driven by strong winds broke out on Sunday afternoon near Peschici, in Italy’s southern Puglia region, burning pine forest and scrub and forcing the evacuation of about 300 tourists from beaches and campgrounds, authorities said.
The Coast Guard evacuated tourists by sea to nearby Vieste, where authorities opened temporary shelters.
Three Canadair water-bombing planes and fire crews on the ground continued Monday to battle the blaze, which revived memories of devastating wildfires that hit the same coastal area in 2007.
Leicester reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Iain Sullivan in El Tiemblo, Spain, and Giada Zampano in Rome contributed.
Firefighters suppress a blaze in a forest as wildfires rage near Le Las, outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
Firefighters tackle a blaze as wildfires rage near Le Las, outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8 operated by the French civil defense agency drops fire retardant as wildfires rage near Marcheprime, outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
Firefighters battle a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
A firefighter gestures next to burning trees as a wildfire rages near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
Firefighters battle a wildfire near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
Firefighters battle a wildfire near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
A woman caresses her pet dog at an emergency shelter set up in the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre in Bordeaux, France, for those that had to leave their homes outside town due to the raging wildfires, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)
A fire engine drives through smoke of a wildfire raging near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
