Just ten months after launching its latest value-add fund, Alpha Investment Partners has raised $295 million, including … Read More>>
Featured Stories
Savills IM Reaches $200M First Close on Japan Residential Fund
Savills Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to bet on Japan’s multi-family sector this year with … Read More>>
Ontario Teachers Leads $360M Investment in Data Centre Developer Princeton Digital
Asia’s data centres continued to win over investors this week as one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers agreed to … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
Asia Pacific Logistics Sector: Increasingly Varied Sector Requires Multiple Approaches
Colliers International (NASDAQ: CIGI; TSX: CIGI), a global leader in commercial real estate services, today released the … Read More>>
Hines’ One Museum Place Celebrates One Year of a New Shanghai Landmark
One Museum Place, a premium grade A office tower in Shanghai’s Jing’An district, celebrated its first anniversary just … Read More>>
COVID-19 Uncertainty Creates New Priorities for Real Estate Investors
Markets avoid uncertainty and that aversion has been evident in Greater China this year as never before as the COVID-19 … Read More>>
Breaking News
Fitch Downgrades WeWork, Warns of Default and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Over a year after its failed IPO, WeWork continues to make news with its financial struggles, as US credit rating giant Fitch warns that “default is a real possibility.”
Also in today’s real estate headlines, analysts have… Read More>>
Hong Kong Site Sale Cancelled After Lowball Bids and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The continuing slide of Hong Kong’s commercial property market leads today’s news from around the region, as a government auction of a commercial site near the city’s airport was cancelled after attracting just three bids — all of which fell… Read More>>
Alpha Investment Partners Reaches $295M First Close on Latest Asia Fund
Just ten months after launching its latest value-add fund, Alpha Investment Partners has raised $295 million, including co-investment, for the Asia Pacific real estate vehicle, according to a statement this week.
The financing has allowed the private fund management division… Read More>>
Savills IM Reaches $200M First Close on Japan Residential Fund
Savills Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to bet on Japan’s multi-family sector this year with the announcement of a $200 million financing round today.
The investment management affiliate of London-based Savills raised the cash to reach a… Read More>>
CDL Hotel Trust Sells Brisbane Hotel for A$63.5M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The coronavirus continued to show its ability to move markets this week as a Singaporean hotel trust sold off one of its Australian assets at a discount and China’s property investment continued to rise in September despite slowing growth in… Read More>>
Ontario Teachers Leads $360M Investment in Data Centre Developer Princeton Digital
Asia’s data centres continued to win over investors this week as one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers agreed to lead a $360 million financing round for Princeton Digital Group.
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is joining Warburg Pincus, which… Read More>>
Brookfield Buying $2B in India Commercial Assets and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India continues to make headlines this week as Brookfield strikes a deal to buy $2 billion in commercial assets from a Bengaluru-based developer, just days after Blackstone inked its own $1.6 billion deal.
Singapore’s Mapletree also unveiled… Read More>>
Alibaba Buying Out China’s Sun Art Retail for $3.6B
E-commerce giant Alibaba continued to expand its offline retail empire today with a deal to take control of China’s largest hypermarket operator for HK$28 billion ($3.6 billion).
The Hangzhou-based company said in an announcement to the Hong Kong stock exchange… Read More>>
Real Estate Finance
Alpha Investment Partners Reaches $295M First Close on Latest Asia Fund
Just ten months after launching its latest value-add fund, Alpha Investment Partners has raised $295 million, including co-investment, for the Asia … Read More>>
Savills IM Reaches $200M First Close on Japan Residential Fund
Savills Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to bet on Japan’s multi-family sector this year with the announcement of a $200 … Read More>>
Ontario Teachers Leads $360M Investment in Data Centre Developer Princeton Digital
Asia’s data centres continued to win over investors this week as one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers agreed to lead a $360 million financing … Read More>>
Shanghai
Hines’ One Museum Place Celebrates One Year of a New Shanghai Landmark
One Museum Place, a premium grade A office tower in Shanghai’s Jing’An district, celebrated its first anniversary just … Read More>>
Hongkong Land Breaks Ground on Shanghai Project and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
One of Hong Kong's best known developers leads our news roundup today as the division of Jardine Matheson moves forward … Read More>>
Slice of Shanghai’s Tomorrow Square Now Available on Taobao for $378M
You can now buy a second-hand Shanghai skyscraper that once belonged to a disgraced tycoon. But only if you act now, and … Read More>>
Singapore
Fitch Downgrades WeWork, Warns of Default and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Over a year after its failed IPO, WeWork continues to make news with its financial struggles, as US credit rating giant … Read More>>
Brookfield Buying $2B in India Commercial Assets and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India continues to make headlines this week as Brookfield strikes a deal to buy $2 billion in commercial assets from a … Read More>>
Tencent to Open First SG Office in OCBC Centre East and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore continues to attract tech giants from both east and west, with China's Tencent now reported to be opening its … Read More>>
Projects
Hong Kong Relaunches Pricey Land Plot on the Peak
The impending sale of a waterfront site on Central’s waterfront may be grabbing the attention of Hong Kong real estate watchers, but the government … Read More>>
Hong Kong Aims to Sell HK$40B Central Waterfront Site By Year-End
Despite a tepid investment market, political and economic uncertainty and an ongoing public health crisis, the Hong Kong government is moving forward … Read More>>
Actis Expands Asia Data Centre Deals with $315M Seoul JV
UK fund manager Actis continues to bet on data centres with the announcement today of a joint venture with Korean conglomerate GS Group. The deal … Read More>>
Retail
Alibaba Buying Out China’s Sun Art Retail for $3.6B
E-commerce giant Alibaba continued to expand its offline retail empire today with a deal to take control of China’s largest hypermarket operator for … Read More>>
Wanda Commercial Revenue Halves in H1, Stays on Course to Open 50 Malls Yearly
Dalian Wanda Group last week said that it is sticking to its plan to open 40 to 50 new plazas each year despite steep declines in revenue and profit … Read More>>
Singapore’s GIC, Charter Hall Investing A$682M for Aussie Convenience Store Stake
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund has partnered with Australian property group Charter Hall to buy a 49 percent stake in a portfolio of convenience … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Wanda’s AMC Entertainment Says Cash Could Run Dry This Year
Beijing-based Dalian Wanda Group is discovering yet again that Hollywood is a tough town, as its last remaining overseas trophy warned US financial … Read More>>
ARA’s Suntec REIT Buys Half-Stake in UK Offices From CPPIB for $560M
Suntec REIT last week became the latest Singaporean investor to buy into a UK commercial property this year, with the ARA Asset Management-driven … Read More>>
Shenzhen Developer Agrees to Pay $1M Fine in California Bribery Scandal
China’s surge of overseas real estate acquisitions of the past decade continues to reap negative returns for the country’s developers with the merely … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Brookfield Buying $2B in India Commercial Assets and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India continues to make headlines this week as Brookfield strikes a deal to buy $2 billion in commercial assets from a … Read More>>
AmCham Sells Hong Kong Office at Discount After Cutting Headcount by Half
US presence in Hong Kong took another hit earlier this month when the American Chamber of Commerce in the city sold its … Read More>>
Goldin Names Purported Buyer of Kowloon HQ as Bankruptcy Looms
Goldin Financial Holdings released a flurry of announcements late Friday, including the terms of a provisional agreement … Read More>>
MTD TV
Blackstone to Lead MTD TV Data Centre Panel on 27 October
The second session in Mingtiandi’s Asia Data Centre Forum is set to air on Tuesday 27 October, featuring some of the … Read More>>
Mingtiandi MTD TV Series Reached 5,700 Viewers, 62% Director-Level or Above
Mingtiandi concluded its APAC logistics series one week ago, with the inaugural MTD TV video series pulling in more than … Read More>>
MTD TV Panel: Vietnam Logistics Real Estate Gains Favour With Investors in 2020
Warehouse properties in Vietnam have gained fresh appeal with investors across emerging markets in Asia, benefiting … Read More>>
Research & Policy
Hong Kong Rents Could Fall 21% By Year-End as Tenants Surrender Offices
Hong Kong office rents dropped for a sixth consecutive quarter in the three months ending 30 September, falling by 4.7 percent from June with analysts … Read More>>
Hong Kong Office Vacancy Rises for 13th Straight Month, Central Now 6% Empty
Hong Kong’s beleaguered Grade A office market continued to face rising vacancies and falling rents in August, although the emptying out of Central and … Read More>>
Quickening Home Sales Drove China Property Investment to 16-Month High in August
After a gruesome start to the year, home sales in China continued to climb in August, and the country’s developers are responding by pouring more … Read More>>
Design & Construction
Sun Hung Kai Asks to Redesign West Kowloon Project as Two Taller Towers
Sun Hung Kai Properties is asking to change the design for Hong Kong’s largest commercial site ever with the blue-chip developer hoping to develop two … Read More>>
Swire, CDL and New World Take Home Prizes at ULI APAC Awards
Hong Kong’s Shui On Land, New World Development and Swire Properties, along with Singapore’s City Developments Limited, all came up winners at a real … Read More>>
Korea’s NPS Links Up with SL Green, Hines and KPF on $2.3B NYC Project
Korea’s National Pension Service and US developer Hines have teamed up to buy a 49.5 percent stake in a $2.3 billion New York redevelopment that lead … Read More>>
