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ESR REIT Launches S$270M SG Expansion, New Equity Sale Days After IPO Scrubbed
Four days after ESR Cayman backed away from an impending $1.4 billion IPO, the warehouse developer’s Singapore affiliate … 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
Singapore Home Sales Jump 30% in May and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore home sales lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today after deals for new housing took a 30 percent jump, while a Chinese e-commerce giant and a large mainland developer are among the shortlisted bidders… Read More>>
Trumps Sell Beverly Hills Mansion to Indonesian Business Partner in $13.5M Off-Market Deal
A company controlled by the family of the US president Donald Trump has sold a 5,400 square foot Beverly Hills mansion to a corporate entity linked to the scandal-plagued politician’s Indonesian billionaire business partner for $13.5 million, according to accounts… 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 metres of new warehouse space to China by July next year, according to an announcement by the company.
The set of high-spec sheds will… Read More>>
Mainland Home Prices Rise as HK Goes Quiet and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Housing markets lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that home prices grew at their fastest pace in nearly half a year on China’s mainland, at the same time that sales in… 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 which would allow the shared-office operator to consolidate its operations, and its financial results, in preparation for an initial public… Read More>>
ESR REIT Launches S$270M SG Expansion, New Equity Sale Days After IPO Scrubbed
Four days after ESR Cayman backed away from an impending $1.4 billion IPO, the warehouse developer’s Singapore affiliate today unveiled a trio of initiatives aimed at expanding its presence in Southeast Asia’s wealthiest city.
In a set of early morning… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2019-06-17
In this week’s edition of People in the News, a GIC veteran leaves the sovereign wealth fund for a private equity role, while the investment wing of the UK’s biggest property agency adds some talent in Singapore and Dalian Wanda’s… Read More>>
Steak House Carves 80% Off Queen’s Road Lease and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
With anti-extradition law protests rocking the core of Hong Kong, the property market in the world’s least affordable place to live has gone quiet in the past week.
With activity slowing, a US steak house has found a spot in… 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
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>>
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>>
Singapore
ESR REIT Launches S$270M SG Expansion, New Equity Sale Days After IPO Scrubbed
Four days after ESR Cayman backed away from an impending $1.4 billion IPO, the warehouse developer’s Singapore affiliate … Read More>>
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>>
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
Trumps Sell Beverly Hills Mansion to Indonesian Business Partner in $13.5M Off-Market Deal
A company controlled by the family of the US president Donald Trump has sold a 5,400 square foot Beverly Hills mansion to a corporate entity linked to … Read More>>
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>>
Hong Kong
Steak House Carves 80% Off Queen’s Road Lease and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
With anti-extradition law protests rocking the core of Hong Kong, the property market in the world’s least affordable … 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 … 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>>
Co-Working & Flexible Office
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>>
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>>
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>>
