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Wang Jianlin’s Movie Studio Dreams Turn to Dust and More Asia Real Estate Headlines

China’s cross-border giants continue to dominate the headlines today as news breaks of Wang Jianlin selling off his dreams of Hollywood by the East China Sea. Not to be pushed from the spotlight, HNA also grabs reader attention with the… Read More>>

SoftBank, Hony Lead $500M Investment in WeWork China Expansion

The battle for China’s co-working market has kicked into high gear, with New York-based shared office giant WeWork announcing it has raised $500 million for a new China unit.

Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Hony Capital are leading the investment in… Read More>>

Nearly $2 Bil in HNA Deals in Doubt as Partners Question Debts, Shareholding

HNA Group, the aggressive outbound investor that has recently run afoul of regulators both in China and abroad, now risks seeing some $2 billion in acquisitions fall apart in the US, Singapore and Malaysia.

The transactions are at risk as… Read More>>

M&G Asia Fund Buys Aussie Office Tower for A$119M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines

China’s debt threat is competing for investor attention with booming markets in Singapore and Australia today as a UK investor’s Asia fund picks up an office block in Brisbane and HNA’s partners around the world wait to see if their… Read More>>

CIC Reveals $188M Stake in Newly-Listed TPG REIT

China Investment Corporation (CIC), the world’s third-largest sovereign wealth fund, is boosting its exposure to US commercial property by backing a listed real estate lender created by private equity behemoth TPG.

The Beijing-based fund has revealed that it holds a… Read More>>

Sino Land Grabs Waterfront Hong Kong Home Site for HK$1.38 Bil

Hong Kong developer Sino Land has outbid dozens of rivals to win a residential land site in the New Territories for HK$1.38 billion ($176.7 million), setting a new price record for Hong Kong’s Ma On Shan area in Sha Tin.

Developer Evergrande Says Half-Year Profit May Triple and More Asia Real Estate Headlines

China’s biggest developer by home sales leads the news today with a prediction of a 300 percent increase in profit during the first half of 2017. Also in the headlines, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority may be getting uneasy about… Read More>>

After $30B in Cross-Border Deals, China’s HNA Says It’s All About Charity

HNA Group, the mainland conglomerate that has racked up more than $30 billion in outbound deals since last year, has moved to address concerns about its ownership structure by revealing that it’s now controlled by a pair of obscure charity… Read More>>

SoftBank, Hony Lead $500M Investment in WeWork China Expansion

The battle for China's co-working market has kicked into high gear, with New York-based shared office giant WeWork announcing it has raised $500 … Read More>>

Blackstone Said Planning $3B Asia Buyout Fund

US private equity giant Blackstone is reportedly planning to ramp up its presence in Asia by raising up to $3 billion for its first buyout fund … Read More>>

R&F Buys 77 Wanda Hotels for $2.9B in Game of China’s Biggest Debtors

China's biggest-ever property deal has taken another twist, with Guangzhou's R&F Properties suddenly stepping in to acquire 77 hotels from Dalian … Read More>>

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Understanding China’s Crackdown on Commercial-Titled Housing

Faced with skyrocketing housing prices in 2016, during the first half of this year, China implemented a fresh round of … Read More>>

AEW Reveals $226M Deal for CapitaLand’s Shanghai Office Tower

AEW Capital Management has been revealed as the buyer behind a recent $226 million (RMB 1.5 billion) deal for Shanghai's … Read More>>

Keppel and Alpha Lead $525M Purchase of SOHO Hongkou in Shanghai

SOHO China is selling a mixed-use project in Shanghai to a joint venture led by Singapore's Keppel Land China and Alpha … Read More>>

Sino Land Grabs Waterfront Hong Kong Home Site for HK$1.38 Bil

Hong Kong developer Sino Land has outbid dozens of rivals to win a residential land site in the New Territories for HK$1.38 billion ($176.7 million), … Read More>>

WeWork Leads Hipster Takeover of Lan Kwai Fong – Adds HK Hotel to Co-Working Empire

Pub owners have blamed an invasion of hipsters swilling cheap beer at the local 7-Eleven for killing off some of Lan Kwai Fong's best bars and clubs. … Read More>>

Naked Hub Unveils First Hong Kong Co-Working Centre in Sheung Wan

naked Hub, the Shanghai-based co-working startup, has just landed in Hong Kong, unveiling its first centre outside the mainland in the city's Sheung … Read More>>

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Parkson Down to Last Beijing Location as Department Stores Disappear

Malaysia-based Parkson was a pioneer foreign investor in China's retail scene, opening its first mainland department store in 1994. Now that location, … Read More>>

Blackstone Goes Shopping in Singapore for $651M Japanese Retail REIT

The world's largest alternative investment firm headed to Singapore's stock exchange this week and on its shopping list was a portfolio of 11 Japanese … Read More>>

Coming Out Party for Shenzhen Mall is Latest Step in Vanke Retail Expansion

China Vanke may have lost its founder and CEO last week, but the country's second-largest developer by sales is also flexing its muscles in the retail … Read More>>

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Nearly $2 Bil in HNA Deals in Doubt as Partners Question Debts, Shareholding

HNA Group, the aggressive outbound investor that has recently run afoul of regulators both in China and abroad, now risks seeing some $2 billion in … Read More>>

CIC Reveals $188M Stake in Newly-Listed TPG REIT

China Investment Corporation (CIC), the world's third-largest sovereign wealth fund, is boosting its exposure to US commercial property by backing a … Read More>>

After $30B in Cross-Border Deals, China’s HNA Says It’s All About Charity

HNA Group, the mainland conglomerate that has racked up more than $30 billion in outbound deals since last year, has moved to address concerns about … Read More>>

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Sino Land Grabs Waterfront Hong Kong Home Site for HK$1.38 Bil

Hong Kong developer Sino Land has outbid dozens of rivals to win a residential land site in the New Territories for … Read More>>

Naked Hub Unveils First Hong Kong Co-Working Centre in Sheung Wan

naked Hub, the Shanghai-based co-working startup, has just landed in Hong Kong, unveiling its first centre outside the … Read More>>

Champion REIT Looks to Sell Langham Place Office Tower as HK Market Surges

Champion REIT, a listed trust sponsored by Hong Kong developer Great Eagle, is testing buyer interest in the HK$8.5 … Read More>>

Sunac is Latest Govt Target After $9.3B Wanda Deal

Sunac China has become the latest deal-hungry conglomerate to draw scrutiny from China's regulators, with domestic banks reviewing the Tianjin-based … Read More>>

Understanding China’s Crackdown on Commercial-Titled Housing

Faced with skyrocketing housing prices in 2016, during the first half of this year, China implemented a fresh round of measures aimed at suppressing … Read More>>

Shanghai Home Sales Cut in Half in 2017 as Govt Seeks Good News on Affordability

After home prices jumped by as much as 76 percent in China's first tier cities from the beginning of 2015 through the end of last year, the country's … Read More>>

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Benoy’s Parc Central in Guangzhou Wins Gold at ICSC China Awards

Hong Kong Developer Sun Hung Kai only opened its Parc Central shopping centre in Guangzhou last year, but the 83,000 square metre (900,000 square … Read More>>

Ping An Finance Center Now China’s Second Tallest

Ping An Finance Center, a 599-metre (1965-foot) skyscraper in Shenzhen is now officially China’s second tallest building. The Kohn Pedersen … Read More>>

Google and NASA Team Up to Bring You 30 Years of Chinese Development in 30 Seconds

China’s development over the past 30 years has been one of the world’s biggest success stories, but has also been a series of changes that have been … Read More>>

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