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Featured Stories
WeWork Leases HSBC Building in Singapore From CapitaLand Commercial Trust
Shared office giant WeWork is taking over Singapore’s HSBC building after the bank moves out early next year, according … Read More>>
Court Set to Auction Fugitive Billionaire’s RMB 5.1B Beijing Office Tower on Taobao
A Beijing court has announced plans to auction off an office tower formerly owned by fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
$754M Deal Shows Ongoing Investor Demand for Singapore Office Assets
Singapore’s CBD is seeing decade-high capital values, driven by strong demand for quality office space in the Island … Read More>>
Benoy Designs a Twin for Tashkent — A 2,000-Year-Old Silk Road Capital
Global design firm Benoy has unveiled a vision for a new metropolis along Asia’s silk road, creating a masterplan for a … Read More>>
How Technology Supercharges Co-Working
The coworking and flexible space trend has taken off in recent years but will need to evolve with new technology to … Read More>>
Breaking News
Blackstone Buys Tokyo Warehouse Portfolio from Mapletree for $920M
Blackstone has snapped up a portfolio of Japanese warehouses that includes online shopping giant Amazon’s Greater Tokyo distribution centre for around JPY 100 billion ($920 million), as the US investment manager zeroes in on Japanese e-commerce.
Blackstone confirmed that a… Read More>>
WeWork Leases HSBC Building in Singapore From CapitaLand Commercial Trust
Shared office giant WeWork is taking over Singapore’s HSBC building after the bank moves out early next year, according to an announcement by the office tower’s landlord today.
WeWork is set to gain occupancy of the 200,470 square foot (18,624… Read More>>
CapitaLand Selling German Office to REIT for €133M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A German office building leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a major Singapore developer is selling an asset in a city famous for sausages to its primary commercial REIT for… Read More>>
Court Set to Auction Fugitive Billionaire’s RMB 5.1B Beijing Office Tower on Taobao
A Beijing court has announced plans to auction off an office tower formerly owned by fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui on a bad asset website operated by Taobao according to a listing on the site belonging to Alibaba Group.
Pangu… Read More>>
Blackstone Sells HK Self-Storage Business to Hanison for HK$735M
A pair of funds managed by Blackstone are selling a Hong Kong-based self-storage company to a developer controlled by one of the city’s wealthiest families, according to a stock exchange announcement today.
Hanison Construction, which is majority owned by the… Read More>>
Bain Pumps $300M into Warburg Pincus-backed China Biz Park Developer
Boston-based Bain Capital Credit has committed $300 million to D&J China in a bid to accelerate the developer and fund manager’s next phase of growth, according to a joint announcement by the companies.
Set up five years ago by Warburg… Read More>>
China Home Price Growth Slows as Cities Re-Tighten Regulatory Grip
Growth in China’s housing prices slowed in June with fewer cities reporting increases in home as local governments tightened property curbs to prevent the housing market from overheating.
Among 70 cities tracked by the National Bureau of Statistics, 63 of… Read More>>
ARA REIT Buys Adelaide’s Allianz Centre and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A Singapore REIT leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that the real estate investment trust has targeted Australia’s fifth largest city with a $104 million office buy.
In other news across… Read More>>
Real Estate Finance
Blackstone Buys Tokyo Warehouse Portfolio from Mapletree for $920M
Blackstone has snapped up a portfolio of Japanese warehouses that includes online shopping giant Amazon’s Greater Tokyo distribution centre for around … Read More>>
Court Set to Auction Fugitive Billionaire’s RMB 5.1B Beijing Office Tower on Taobao
A Beijing court has announced plans to auction off an office tower formerly owned by fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui on a bad asset website … Read More>>
Bain Pumps $300M into Warburg Pincus-backed China Biz Park Developer
Boston-based Bain Capital Credit has committed $300 million to D&J China in a bid to accelerate the developer and fund manager’s next phase of … Read More>>
Shanghai
Ping An-Landsea Green Fund Acquiring Office Assets in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park
A joint venture between Ping An Real Estate and Landsea Green Group, the listed platform of Nanjing-based Landsea Group, … Read More>>
LaSalle Set to Open Five New China Logistics Facilities in 2020
LaSalle Investment Management has broken ground on five new logistics developments that will deliver 359,000 square … 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 … Read More>>
Singapore
WeWork Leases HSBC Building in Singapore From CapitaLand Commercial Trust
Shared office giant WeWork is taking over Singapore’s HSBC building after the bank moves out early next year, according … Read More>>
CapitaLand Selling German Office to REIT for €133M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A German office building leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a … Read More>>
Dyson Pays S$74M for Singapore’s Priciest Penthouse Ever
Britain’s pioneer of bagless vacuum cleaners and bladeless fans, James Dyson, has already broken new ground in his … Read More>>
Projects
New World’s K11 Atelier King’s Road Project Now Half-Leased in Eastern Hong Kong
New World Development’s K11 division has won an occupancy permit for its latest Hong Kong office project, kicking off formal leasing activity for K11 … Read More>>
K&K Property Buys Kowloon Project From CSI for HK$1.8B
Hong Kong's K&K Property has acquired three 1960s-era buildings in Tsim Sha Tsui for redevelopment, according to Knight Frank, which brokered the … Read More>>
China Resources Land, Poly Developments Win Kai Tak Site for HK$12.9B
Hong Kong’s Lands Department announced on Wednesday that a joint venture between China Resources Land and Poly Developments won a tender for the … Read More>>
Retail
Tencent-Backed Vipshop Buys Five China Outlet Malls for RMB 2.9B
China's online retail giants continued their invasion of the physical shopping world this past week as a fashion ecommerce player backed by Tencent … Read More>>
Suning Buys Carrefour’s China Operation Off the Discount Shelf at RMB 4.8B
Chinese retailer Suning.com has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Carrefour Group’s China unit for RMB 4.8 billion ($699 million) in cash, … Read More>>
Shui On’s SOCAM Ready to Flip Kowloon East Ginza Building for HK$386M
Vincent Lo’s SOCAM Development Limited is ready to sell off a commercial building in Hong Kong at a nearly 12 percent mark-up over what it paid to … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Wing Tai JV Said Buying London Office Building for £225M
A Hong Kong joint venture fronted by a privately-held affiliate of Wing Tai Group has agreed to buy an office building in London for around £225 … Read More>>
ARA Takes Aim at European Assets with Launch of UK Joint Venture
Warburg Pincus-backed ARA Asset Management has set up its first ever direct fund management platform in Europe, according to a company announcement … Read More>>
Korea’s Mirae Buys Paris Tower for KRW 1.08T
South Korea investment brokerage Mirae Asset Daewoo, together with French asset manager Amundi Real Estate has completed its acquisition of the … Read More>>
Hong Kong
New World’s K11 Atelier King’s Road Project Now Half-Leased in Eastern Hong Kong
New World Development’s K11 division has won an occupancy permit for its latest Hong Kong office project, kicking off … Read More>>
Hong Kong Hotel Designer Andre Fu Buys Floor in Central for HK$82M
Hong Kong hotel designer and Macau casino heir Andre Fu, has purchased a floor in a commercial building in Hong Kong’s … Read More>>
China Resources Land, Poly Developments Win Kai Tak Site for HK$12.9B
Hong Kong’s Lands Department announced on Wednesday that a joint venture between China Resources Land and Poly … Read More>>
Co-Working & Flexible Office
WeWork Leases HSBC Building in Singapore From CapitaLand Commercial Trust
Shared office giant WeWork is taking over Singapore’s HSBC building after the bank moves out early next year, according … Read More>>
Mainland Co-Working Contender Ucommune Said Aiming for $200M US IPO
Ucommune, WeWork’s biggest rival in mainland China, is reportedly planning to raise as much as $200 million in a US IPO … Read More>>
WeWork Said Planning to Buy Back India Business for $1.9B
US co-working unicorn WeWork is planning to take majority control of its India affiliate in a deal worth $1.9 billion … Read More>>
Research & Policy
China Home Price Growth Slows as Cities Re-Tighten Regulatory Grip
Growth in China’s housing prices slowed in June with fewer cities reporting increases in home as local governments tightened property curbs to prevent … Read More>>
Country Garden Sales Drop 6% – Still Lead China’s Top 10 Builders
Country Garden has retained its crown as China’s top developer, measured by contracted sales, despite being one of only two of the nation’s top ten … Read More>>
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>>
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>>
