Hong Kong-based Arch Capital Property Advisors has spread its investment wings into Taiwan’s commercial sphere, acquiring the Taimall Shopping Center in Taoyuan for about NT$13.8 billion ($450 million) on behalf of an unidentified institutional investor, who partnered with Taiwanese investment trust… Read More>>
Vanke Wins Approval for China’s First REIT
Vanke lost its title of China’s largest developer last year to Shanghai’s Greenland Group, but the Shenzhen-based home builder won a different prize this week by securing the right to launch China’s first real estate investment trust (REIT).
The REIT… Read More>>
China’s Kailong Exploring $757M Singapore REIT
Shanghai-based real estate private equity firm Kailong plans to turn its portfolio of Shanghai business parks into a S$1 billion ($757 million) real estate investment trust (REIT), according to recent reports in the international press.
Funds managed by Kailong Real… Read More>>
Fitch Ratings Says China Real Estate Yields Too Low for REITs
China’s government says the country is ready for real estate investment trusts (REITs), but according to analysts at Fitch Ratings, even if the legal codes are in place, rental yields need to rise before REITs become a reality on the… Read More>>
China’s First “REIT” Starts Trading on Shenzhen Exchange
Qihang Specific Asset Management Plan doesn’t trade like REIT, and it’s not taxed like a REIT, but investors eager for an alternative investment vehicle in China’s stunted finance market are willing to call it a REIT, and it technically began… Read More>>
Developer Glorious Property Gets HK$4.57 Bil Buyout Bid – Today’s China Real Estate Links | November 26, 2013
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
Glorious Property stock soared by a record yesterday in Hong Kong… Read More>>
Singapore’s Mapletree Raises US$1.4 bil for China Real Estate Fund
Singapore’s Mapletree Investments added US$1.4 billion to the private equity funds competing for China real estate assets last week when it announced the closing of its Mapletree China Opportunity Fund II.
The Mapletree fund is one of the largest China-centred… Read More>>
China less likely to release property tightening measures – and more of Today’s China Real Estate Links | June 21, 2013
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
The government is not likely to release new tightening policies in the short-term… Read More>>
Lack of Chinese REITs Means Mainland Investors are Missing Out
One of the unintended results of changes in China’s real estate policies in the last few years, is that it may now be easier for foreign investors to profit from China’s property market than it is for local residents.
The… Read More>>
Inside Mapletree’s $1.5 Billion China Real Estate Asset IPO
Singaporean real estate developer, Mapletree Investments Pte. Ltd, is said to be planning a US$1.5 billion initial public offering of China real estate assets early in 2013.
Last week, an unidentified source said to have knowledge of the IPO indicated… Read More>>