Chinese co-working startup Ucommune announced this week that it has raised RMB 300 million ($43.5 million) in its latest … Read More>>
Featured Stories
Trump Said Forcing HNA to Sell $463M NYC Office Tower
HNA has already sold more than $17 billion in assets in 2018, but even that hypersonic rate of disposals may not be fast … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
Hong Kong Retail Picks Up After Four Year Slump
After years of slowing sales, Hong Kong’s retail market has started to pick up, signalling good news for occupiers and … Read More>>
Kardan Land Helps Put Dalian on the Map
When Kardan NV first ventured into the Chinese market more than a decade ago, the European developer focussed on riding … Read More>>
Breaking News
Hongkong Land Pays $652M to Add Nanjing Residential Project
Hongkong Land, known for being the biggest landlord in Hong Kong’s Central district, on August 10th bought a new residential site in Nanjing’s Jiangbei District for RMB 4.49 billion ($652 million), as the Hong Kong developer continues to take on… Read More>>
Chinese Co-Working Unicorn Ucommune Raises $43.5M at $1.8B Valuation
Chinese co-working startup Ucommune announced this week that it has raised RMB 300 million ($43.5 million) in its latest blow in the battle for Asia co-working hegemony.
This new round of funding gives Ucommune a valuation of $1.8 billion and… Read More>>
Logos Continues on Melbourne Tear with $86M Kmart Warehouse Buy
In its third Melbourne deal in as many months, pan-Asian logistics developer Logos Property has acquired a Kmart distribution centre in the city’s Truganina suburb for A$119 million ($86 million).
Logos, which is headed by logistics veterans Trent Iliffe and… Read More>>
Mainland Housing Boom Brings New Govt Worries and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Chinese leaders have been easing credit this past month and the results may be appearing quickly in rebounding home prices and property investment in smaller cities. But this positive market sentiment could still be bad news for a mainland government… Read More>>
Heitman Appoints Former Anbang Exec Brad Fu as Director of APAC Acquisitions
Private equity real estate firm Heitman has appointed former Anbang Insurance executive Brad Fu as Senior Vice President and Director of Asia-Pacific Acquisitions, based in the firm’s Hong Kong office, according to a statement by the company last week.
Fu… Read More>>
Blackstone Nears $286M India IT Park Sale in Run-Up to $1B REIT IPO
Blackstone is close to selling a pair of business parks in Pune, India to Indian private equity firm Xander Group for 20 billion Indian rupees ($286 million), according to a report in the Business Standard.
The US private equity giant’s… Read More>>
Vanke Buys Swire Cold Chain Logistics Unit for RMB 2B
Top three mainland developer China Vanke had a busy month in July, spending more than RMB 25.4 billion to add 33 new real estate projects around the country as it pushed to expand its land bank via project acquisitions in… Read More>>
CIC, Hillhouse Plot $13B Buyout of Yum China and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
It’s bring your billions to the table week in Asia as an investment consortium led by Zhang Lei’s Hillhouse Capital assembles capital intensive dream team to buy China’s collection of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell stores, at the same… Read More>>
Real Estate Finance
Blackstone Nears $286M India IT Park Sale in Run-Up to $1B REIT IPO
Blackstone is close to selling a pair of business parks in Pune, India to Indian private equity firm Xander Group for 20 billion Indian rupees ($286 … Read More>>
First Mortgage Rate Hike in 12 Years Ends Cheap Borrowing Era in Hong Kong
After 12 years of enjoying rock-bottom interest rates, mortgage-holders in the world’s most expensive city in which to buy a home saw their days of … Read More>>
HNA Agrees to Sell Radisson Hotel Group to Jin Jiang for Reported $2B
Two years after acquiring the Minnesota-based hotel group now known as Radisson Hospitality, Hainan-based conglomerate HNA has agreed to sell off its … Read More>>
Shanghai
China Vanke Adds Shanghai Site to Bring 3-Week Land Buy Total in City to Nearly $1.9B
In less than three weeks time, China’s third biggest real estate developer in terms of sales made three land purchases … Read More>>
Hines Lands Chinese Financial Giant at One Museum Place in Shanghai
One Museum Place, a 60-storey skyscraper in the heart of Shanghai's Jing'an district has landed one of China’s largest … Read More>>
Chongbang Buys Commercial Site on Shanghai’s Sichuan Road for RMB 7.1B
Henry Cheng’s Chongbang Group has purchased a commercial site in Shanghai’s Hongkou district for RMB 7.1 billion ($1.05 … Read More>>
Singapore
CLSA Puts Robinson 77 Office Tower on the Market for S$725M in Singapore
Robinson 77 is on the market for S$725 million ($530 million), less than two years after a CLSA fund bought the property … Read More>>
Logos Agrees to Buy Site for S$270M Singapore Warehouse
Logos Property has agreed to purchase an industrial site near Singapore's West Coast Highway as the regional logistics … Read More>>
Wheelock Makes S$2.5B Buyout Offer for Singapore Subsidiary
An index of property shares on the Singapore stock market rose by around 16 percent in the first half of 2018, but even … Read More>>
Projects
Hongkong Land Pays $652M to Add Nanjing Residential Project
Hongkong Land, known for being the biggest landlord in Hong Kong’s Central district, on August 10th bought a new residential site in Nanjing’s … Read More>>
HK Industrial Project Sells for $98M on Way to Becoming Data Centre
The redevelopment trend in Hong Kong’s largest logistics hub continues to heat up as an unnamed investor bought a 53,000 square metre industrial … Read More>>
CK Asset Wins Tender for HK$38B MTR Project in HK’s Wong Chuk Hang
Victor Li’s CK Asset Holdings has won the tender for a 1.5 million square foot (139,000 square metre) project in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang area, … Read More>>
Retail
Keppel Launches A$1B Aussie Shopping Centre Fund with Vicinity
Keppel Corporation has signed an agreement with ASX-listed Vicinity Centres to launch a A$1 billion ($743 million) retail property fund. The new … Read More>>
Shop in Suburban Hong Kong Mall Sells for Over US$28K Per Square Foot
As property prices in Hong Kong continue to surge, even 20 square metre shops 17 kilometres from downtown are trading at record prices as the … Read More>>
Nike Gets 25% Rent Cut to Take Over Former Esprit Flagship in Causeway Bay
Athletic apparel brand Nike has stepped in where Hong Kong’s own Esprit faltered, leasing a 7,000 square foot (650 square metre) shop in Causeway … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Trump Said Forcing HNA to Sell $463M NYC Office Tower
HNA has already sold more than $17 billion in assets in 2018, but even that hypersonic rate of disposals may not be fast enough for the US government, … Read More>>
SG’s Rockworth Capital Buys Brisbane Building for Over A$60M
Singapore’s Rockworth Capital has added to its portfolio of Australian real estate assets with the purchase of 100 Edward Street, a grade B office … Read More>>
Gaw Capital JV Buys 50% Stake in Spanish Hotel Chain for €125M
Gaw Capital Partners announced on Wednesday its €125-million ($146 million) acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Spain’s Hospes Hotel Group through a … Read More>>
Hong Kong
HK Industrial Project Sells for $98M on Way to Becoming Data Centre
The redevelopment trend in Hong Kong’s largest logistics hub continues to heat up as an unnamed investor bought a 53,000 … Read More>>
Hong Kong Retail Picks Up After Four Year Slump
After years of slowing sales, Hong Kong’s retail market has started to pick up, signalling good news for occupiers and … Read More>>
CK Asset Wins Tender for HK$38B MTR Project in HK’s Wong Chuk Hang
Victor Li’s CK Asset Holdings has won the tender for a 1.5 million square foot (139,000 square metre) project in Hong … Read More>>
Co-Working & Flexible Office
Chinese Co-Working Unicorn Ucommune Raises $43.5M at $1.8B Valuation
Chinese co-working startup Ucommune announced this week that it has raised RMB 300 million ($43.5 million) in its latest … Read More>>
Hillhouse, General Atlantic Lead $120M in Funding for WeWork China Challenger
WeWork challenger MyDreamPlus has raised $120 million in a Series C funding exercise involving six investors, including … Read More>>
HK’s Three Garden Road Gets New TEC Location as Shared Office Market Grows
As co-working startups stumble over each other for Hong Kong office space, locally-based serviced office operator The … Read More>>
Research & Policy
$47B in India Residential Projects Still Stalled Despite Market Rebound
An estimated $47 billion worth of housing projects in India are experiencing delays of from two to eight years, according to a report published … Read More>>
Mainland Investors Dominate as Big Ticket HK Office Deals Jump by 136% in One Year
While restrictions on outward flows of capital have been blamed for drop-offs in Chinese investment in the US, UK and Australia, the impact of … Read More>>
Shanghai Cancels Four Land Sales Worth RMB 5.41B as Clampdown Deepens
Shanghai has cancelled four planned land sales worth a total of more than RMB 5.41 billion ($796.4 million) in less than a month, as restrictions on … Read More>>
Design & Construction
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>>
Benoy to Design COFCO’s 300,000 SQM Suzhou Complex
Architecture firm Benoy has won an international competition to design a 300,000 square metre, mixed-use project in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou … Read More>>
KPF-Led Group Wins Bid to Design Changi Airport Terminal Five in SG
Global architecture firms Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and Heatherwick Studio have won a bid to design the next major extension for Singapore's … Read More>>
