China’s rental housing market continues to attract venture capital investment with one of the industry's largest players … Read More>>
Featured Stories
Warehouse Giant ESR Postpones $1.24B Hong Kong IPO as City Boils Over
With protests over an extradition bill bringing an estimated one million people into the streets over the weekend, and … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
Hong Kong Developers Look to Redevelop Old Buildings as Land Crunch Continues
Real estate developers in Hong Kong are turning their attention to the city’s old buildings as new land for development … Read More>>
JustCo Expands into Seoul, Sydney and Melbourne on Way by Mid-Year
As Asia’s shared office industry moves into a new phase in 2019, Singapore-based JustCo has added centres in three Asian … Read More>>
Breaking News
Mainland Home Rental Platform Ziroom Raises $500M From General Atlantic, Tencent, Sequoia
China’s rental housing market continues to attract venture capital investment with one of the industry’s largest players said to have raised $500 million in new financing.
Ziroom, the country’s first rental housing unicorn, is reported to be completing a $500… Read More>>
Landlords Accuse CITIC-Backed Proptech Platform of Not Paying Rent
China’s property innovators are hitting the headlines again this month as a property marketing and management platform tied to one of the country’s biggest investment conglomerates is reported to have defaulted on its financial commitments.
A long-term rental housing business operated… Read More>>
Yanlord Buys Residential Site in Shanghai’s Jing’An District for RMB 3.4B
Singapore-listed Yanlord Land Group has shouldered aside bids from a trio of mainland rivals to win a residential parcel in Shanghai’s Jing’an district for RMB 3.4 billion ($490 million) according to a notice from the Shanghai Land Bureau.
The developer… Read More>>
$1.7B Land Auction Postponed By Hong Kong Protests and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A dumped $1.7 billion land auction leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today with the Hong Kong government having postponed the sale of a residential site in Kowloon amid street protests against the now delayed… Read More>>
Warehouse Giant ESR Postpones $1.24B Hong Kong IPO as City Boils Over
With protests over an extradition bill bringing an estimated one million people into the streets over the weekend, and police firing over 150 rounds of tear gas at demonstrators in a single day, logistics real estate platform ESR Cayman has… Read More>>
Barings Raises $943M for First Combined Private Equity and Real Assets Fund
Barings, the latest incarnation of the British merchant bank that was sold to ING for £1 in 1995, has reached a final close of $943 million on its first private equity and real assets commingled fund, according to a company… Read More>>
Lenders to Sell Warehouse Unit of HNA’s CWT Intl and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Logistics lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today as lenders plan to sell off the warehousing and metals trading units of a company controlled by cash-strapped conglomerate HNA, while shed projects in the Middle East are… Read More>>
Eastdil Splits from Wells Fargo in Temasek-Backed Management Buyout
Real estate investment bank and brokerage Eastdil Secured, which handled $243.5 billion of transactions last year, is poised to expand into Asia Pacific and Europe after securing a management buyout, according to a company announcement.
The New York-headquartered firm said… Read More>>
Real Estate Finance
Mainland Home Rental Platform Ziroom Raises $500M From General Atlantic, Tencent, Sequoia
China’s rental housing market continues to attract venture capital investment with one of the industry's largest players said to have raised $500 … Read More>>
Landlords Accuse CITIC-Backed Proptech Platform of Not Paying Rent
China's property innovators are hitting the headlines again this month as a property marketing and management platform tied to one of the country's … Read More>>
Barings Raises $943M for First Combined Private Equity and Real Assets Fund
Barings, the latest incarnation of the British merchant bank that was sold to ING for £1 in 1995, has reached a final close of $943 million on its … Read More>>
Shanghai
Yanlord Buys Residential Site in Shanghai’s Jing’An District for RMB 3.4B
Singapore-listed Yanlord Land Group has shouldered aside bids from a trio of mainland rivals to win a residential parcel … Read More>>
China Drives Record $45B in APAC Commercial Real Estate Investment
Commercial real estate investment in Asia Pacific reached $45 billion during the first three months of the year, setting … Read More>>
CapitaLand Sells RMB 4.5B of SH Office Assets to Value-Add Fund
Just one month after reaching a $391 million first-close on its maiden discretionary equity investment fund, Singapore’s … Read More>>
Singapore
Anbang Launches Sales of Waldorf Astoria Condos and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A scandal-ridden mainland insurance company leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today … Read More>>
CDL Makes £776M Buyout Offer for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
City Developments Limited has launched a £776 million ($989 million) takeover bid for London-listed Millennium and … Read More>>
Gaw Capital, Allianz Close in on S$1.5B Purchase of Singapore’s Duo Project
Gaw Capital Partners is leading an investor consortium that has entered into advanced negotiations for the acquisition … Read More>>
Projects
Yanlord Buys Residential Site in Shanghai’s Jing’An District for RMB 3.4B
Singapore-listed Yanlord Land Group has shouldered aside bids from a trio of mainland rivals to win a residential parcel in Shanghai’s Jing’an … Read More>>
Goldin Forfeits HK$25M Deposit to Walk Away From Record Kai Tak Land Purchase
Goldin Financial is abandoning its HK$11.1 billion ($1.41 billion) purchase of a commercial site on the former runway of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport, … Read More>>
Henderson Land Applies for Compulsory Sale of HK$963M Site in Hong Kong’s Central
Henderson Land Development has applied for a compulsory sale of four aging buildings in Hong Kong’s Mid-levels, according to a filing at the city's … Read More>>
Retail
CapitaLand Sells 3 China Shopping Malls to REIT for $430M
CapitaLand has entered into an agreement to offload three mainland community malls to CapitaLand Retail China Trust (CRCT) for RMB 2.96 billion ($430 … Read More>>
HK-listed Toy Retailer Brings NYC’s FAO Schwarz to China
One of the world’s oldest toy companies, FAO Schwarz, has opened its first store in China, bringing the Manhattan icon to a country better known for … Read More>>
ARA Teams Up with CICC Capital to Buy Chengdu Mall From Tishman Speyer Fund
After selling a pair of mainland commercial properties late last year for a combined RMB 5.56 billion, Singapore’s ARA Asset Management this month … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Mapletree Said Closing in on €240M Purchase of Dublin Office From M&G JV
Singapore’s Mapletree Investments is close to signing a deal to buy an office building in Dublin’s Docklands for €240 million ($269 million), … Read More>>
Singapore’s SPH Spends £133.7M on 4th Purchase of UK Student Housing in 8 Months
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), has acquired £133.7 million ($175.3 million) worth of student housing assets in the UK, allowing the publisher turned … Read More>>
GIC Takes 25% Stake in €2B European Hotel Group CitizenM
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC announced last week that it had secured a 25 percent stake in the €2 billion ($2.25 billion) European hotel … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Warehouse Giant ESR Postpones $1.24B Hong Kong IPO as City Boils Over
With protests over an extradition bill bringing an estimated one million people into the streets over the weekend, and … Read More>>
Goldin Forfeits HK$25M Deposit to Walk Away From Record Kai Tak Land Purchase
Goldin Financial is abandoning its HK$11.1 billion ($1.41 billion) purchase of a commercial site on the former runway of … Read More>>
NYC Hedge Fund Takes HK$170 Per Square Foot Lease in Central’s IFC
Hundreds of thousands of people may be marching in Hong Kong's streets and the famously expensive housing market has … Read More>>
Co-Working & Flexible Office
Indonesian Co-Working Player CEO Suite Takes Kowloon Office Forfeited by Kr Space
Jakarta-based co-working provider CEO Suite is opening a 27,000 square foot (2,508 square metre) office location in New … Read More>>
SG Proptech Start-Up Raises Seed Funding From Mitsubishi Estate
GorillaSpace has raised seed investment led by Tokyo-listed real estate developer Mitsubishi Estate Company (MEC), … Read More>>
Kr Space Rises From China’s Co-Working Dead with RMB 1B IDG-Led Funding Round
Financially troubled co-working space provider Kr Space announced on Wednesday that it has completed a RMB 1 billion … Read More>>
Research & Policy
HK Housing Sales Jumped 50% in May, But Analysts Warn of Coming 10% Price Slide
Despite growing uncertainty over the US-China trade war and protests of a proposed extradition law, the value of homes sold in Hong Kong reached … Read More>>
China Drives Record $45B in APAC Commercial Real Estate Investment
Commercial real estate investment in Asia Pacific reached $45 billion during the first three months of the year, setting a new first quarter high, … Read More>>
Govt Cracks Down on Illegal Villas and More China Real Estate Policy News
The latest regulatory wave in China involves the central government’s hard line on illegal villa developments, as Mingtiandi’s round-up of China … Read More>>
Design & Construction
Shimao Picks AS+GG as Architects for China’s Tallest Building
Developer Shimao Property Holdings has chosen a designer for its planned 700 metre (2,296 foot) tall tower in Shenzhen’s Longgang district, with … Read More>>
KPF’s Lotte World Tower in Seoul Wins Super Skyscraper Title
The cloud-breaching Lotte World Tower in Seoul has been recognized as the best new skyscraper in the world, beating out Zaha Hadid Architects' … Read More>>
Guizhou Gets on China’s Design Map With World’s Tallest Waterfall Building
A Chinese developer has decided to fit a waterfall outside a new skyscraper in the country’s southwestern province of Guizhou to the amusement of … Read More>>
