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Allianz Investing $175M in KaiLong Greater China Real Estate Fund
Global insurance giant Allianz is committing an estimated $175 million to a commercial real estate investment fund … Read More>>
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How Cold Chain Innovation Enables China’s $32B Food Delivery Industry
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Breaking News
GIC Buying Paris Office Tower for $539M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore’s lust for European real estate assets opens a new chapter this week with news that the city-state’s sovereign wealth fund has spent more than half of a billion dollars to buy an office building in the City of Love…. Read More>>
HNA Cancels RMB 1.3B Sale of Beijing Office Building to Vanke
Financially-troubled HNA Group on Tuesday announced to the Shanghai Exchange that its shareholders have rejected a RMB 1.3 billion ($190 million) deal to sell a Beijing office tower to China Vanke, which the two companies had agreed to in late… Read More>>
Mainland Developer Hopson Buys a Floor in The Center for HK$1.1B
Hong Kong-listed builder Hopson Development announced last week that it has become the latest mainland buyer of a floor in the Center, a premium office property located in Hong Kong’s Central business district.
The Guangdong-based builder is paying approximately HK$1.1 billion… Read More>>
Hong Kongers Protest Artificial Island Plan and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hong Kong residents may be sick of the city’s ongoing housing crisis but at least a few thousand of them seem to have found the government’s proposed cure to be worse than the illness. Protests over the weekend lead today’s… Read More>>
CapitaLand Said Buying Project in Shanghai’s Hongkou District for $1.85B
Singapore’s CapitaLand is reportedly investing at least RMB 12.79 billion ($1.85 billion) to acquire its most expensive real estate project yet in mainland China, according to accounts in the mainland media.
Southeast Asia’s largest developer would be paying the record… Read More>>
Allianz Investing $175M in KaiLong Greater China Real Estate Fund
Global insurance giant Allianz is committing an estimated $175 million to a commercial real estate investment fund targetting opportunities in China, managed by Warburg Pincus-backed KaiLong Group.
Allianz announced on Monday that it is taking a 35 percent share in… Read More>>
Goldman-Backed Co-Working Startup Atlas Valued at $871M in Latest Funding Round
Goldman Sachs-backed co-working provider Atlas on Friday announced that it has completed a new round of financing which values the Guangzhou-based firm at HK$6.8 billion ($871 million) following completion of the investment.
The flexible workplace provider founded by Chen Sze… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2018-10-15
As industry leader WeWork toys with a potential $40 billion valuation, the benefits of co-working to most investors in the industry remain to be seen, however, the upside in terms of jobs for real estate professionals in the region are… Read More>>
Real Estate Finance
HNA Cancels RMB 1.3B Sale of Beijing Office Building to Vanke
Financially-troubled HNA Group on Tuesday announced to the Shanghai Exchange that its shareholders have rejected a RMB 1.3 billion ($190 million) deal … Read More>>
Mainland Developer Hopson Buys a Floor in The Center for HK$1.1B
Hong Kong-listed builder Hopson Development announced last week that it has become the latest mainland buyer of a floor in the Center, a premium … Read More>>
Allianz Investing $175M in KaiLong Greater China Real Estate Fund
Global insurance giant Allianz is committing an estimated $175 million to a commercial real estate investment fund targetting opportunities in China, … Read More>>
Shanghai
CapitaLand Said Buying Project in Shanghai’s Hongkou District for $1.85B
Singapore’s CapitaLand is reportedly investing at least RMB 12.79 billion ($1.85 billion) to acquire its most expensive … Read More>>
COSCO Subsidiary Buys Back Shanghai Site for $596M
A subsidiary of mainland shipping giant Cosco made Shanghai's biggest land buy of September when it picked up a 145,800 … Read More>>
Former Standard Chartered Banker Marc Bosnyak Joins Core Capital Asia in Shanghai
Veteran banker Marc Bosnyak has joined forces with Mark Suchy at Core Capital Asia (CCA) to bring real estate lending … Read More>>
Singapore
CapitaLand Invests $20M to Bring Co-Working to Prime SG Towers
CapitaLand on Tuesday announced its “office of the future” strategy, which aims to integrate co-working style “flexible … Read More>>
Keppel REIT Management Names Paul Tham as CEO
Keppel REIT Management Limited on Friday introduced Paul Tham as the new CEO of the manager of Singapore-listed Keppel … Read More>>
Keppel-KBS US REIT Buys Seattle Business Campus for $169M
Keppel-KBS US REIT on Monday announced that has agreed to buy a 21 building business park in Washington state, picking … Read More>>
Projects
CapitaLand Said Buying Project in Shanghai’s Hongkou District for $1.85B
Singapore’s CapitaLand is reportedly investing at least RMB 12.79 billion ($1.85 billion) to acquire its most expensive real estate project yet in … Read More>>
Overseas Chinese Town Buys Pair of Shenzhen Sites for RMB 4.2B
Hong Kong and Shenzhen-listed real estate developer Overseas Chinese Town Holding has purchased a pair of mixed-use sites in the centre of Shenzhen’s … Read More>>
Owners of 126-Year-Old Site on Hong Kong’s Peak Try for Compulsory Sale
Owners of an aging set of luxury condominiums on Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak have applied for a compulsory sale in the hope of redeveloping a property … Read More>>
Retail
Blackstone Said Buying 10 HK Retail Assets From Link REIT for $1.28B
Blackstone is acquiring a set of ten community retail properties in Hong Kong from Link REIT for HK$10 billion ($1.28 billion), according to an … Read More>>
Phoenix Buys Three HK Shopping Centres From Wheelock for HK$3.38B
Blue chip Hong Kong developer Wheelock and Co has sold a trio of retail properties in the city’s Tseung Kwan O area to private equity fund manager … Read More>>
Tencent, Hillhouse Agree to $145M O2O Retail Deal With Miniso
Tencent and Hillhouse Capital have signed a RMB 1 billion ($145.6 million) strategic investment agreement with Japanese-style retailer Miniso, … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
HNA Adds Nine Overseas Properties to Fire Sale
Just days after stories emerged of China’s HNA Group putting some 82 properties on the market, a list of nine overseas properties being offered for … Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Nan Fung Buys Majority Stake in UK’s Endurance Land
Hong Kong's Nan Fung has bought a majority stake in Endurance Land to up its exposure in the United Kingdom, according to a statement released on the … Read More>>
Greenland Sells Off Three Sites in $5B NYC Mega-Project as US Retreat Continues
Shanghai’s Greenland Group has once again downsized its global ambitions by selling down US assets as it sold three development sites at its Pacific … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Mainland Developer Hopson Buys a Floor in The Center for HK$1.1B
Hong Kong-listed builder Hopson Development announced last week that it has become the latest mainland buyer of a floor … Read More>>
Goldman-Backed Co-Working Startup Atlas Valued at $871M in Latest Funding Round
Goldman Sachs-backed co-working provider Atlas on Friday announced that it has completed a new round of financing which … Read More>>
WeWork Opens in Kowloon East With Plans for 18 HK Centres
WeWork is planning to triple its number of locations in Hong Kong to at least 18 within the next two years, Alan Ai, … Read More>>
Co-Working & Flexible Office
WeWork Opens in Kowloon East With Plans for 18 HK Centres
WeWork is planning to triple its number of locations in Hong Kong to at least 18 within the next two years, Alan Ai, … Read More>>
Softbank Said in Talks to Invest Up to $20B for Control of WeWork
Superinvestor Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is in talks with WeWork to invest $15 billion to $20 billion in the co-working … Read More>>
Singapore Flexible Office Leases Jumped 44% in 2017
Flexible office providers grew their footprints in Singapore by 680,000 square feet in 2017, jumping 44 percent from the … Read More>>
Research & Policy
Hong Kong Home Prices Fall for the First Time in 29 Months
Hong Kong’s private home prices marked their first decline in 29 months only days after Hong Kong banks announced hikes in raising their benchmark … Read More>>
China’s Guangdong Province Mulls Ban on Condo Pre-Sales in Latest Blow to Developers
Guangdong province is calling for the cancellation of a decades-long property pre-sale system that has played a primary role in supporting China’s … Read More>>
Bangalore, Singapore and Shenzhen Lead Ranks of Top Tech Locations in Asia
Bangalore, Singapore, and Shenzhen lead a list of top locations for high tech companies to set up shop in Asia, according to a report released this … 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>>
