When it emerged a few weeks back that Dalian Wanda was considering to buy Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion, it seemed like an odd arrangement. One is a Chinese mall developer founded by a former Army officer while the… Read More>>
School’s in Session: GIC Teams Up to Buy $900M UK Student Housing Portfolio
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, is partnering with Dubai-based Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) to buy a portfolio of UK student housing projects from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management which are expected to be worth £700 million ($900 million) when… Read More>>
China Housing Prices Up For 17th Straight Month – BOC Sounds Bubble Alert
Housing prices in mainland China rose an average 2.83 percent in September compared to the August, as more experts warn of a housing bubble. The Bank of China was the latest to raise concerns over the country’s real estate market,… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2016-10-03
It may be a holiday week, but that hasn’t stopped some of Asia’s real estate professionals from starting new positions. Nanjing’s Sanpower added a cross-border investment specialist, while Xinyuan Real Estate brought onboard a new CFO, and DTZ | Cushman… Read More>>
China’s Richest Man Warns Of Biggest Housing Bubble In History
Dalian Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin believes China’s real estate sector is facing the biggest housing bubble in history and warned China’s leaders could face a similar headache in the property sector to what it had to deal with when the… Read More>>
Evergrande Dumps Money-Losing Consumer Businesses to Refocus on Real Estate
With debt obligations sitting at RMB 381.3 billion ($57 billion) as of the end of June, Evergrande Group has dumped its money-losing agribusiness, dairy and spring water divisions as Xu Jiayin’s dreams of branching out from real estate into consumer… Read More>>
Two Suzhou Land Plots Fetch $753.7M As Second Tier Cities Heat Up
Last week it was Nanjing bringing in a staggering $6 billion in land sales. This week it’s Suzhou’s turn to make some noise after Yanlord Group acquired two land plots in the city for RMB 3.7 billion ($753.7 million) at… Read More>>
UBS Bubble Index Shows Impact of Chinese Investors on Vancouver, Sydney
As housing markets on the mainland have started to look more dicey, Chinese home buyers have flocked to global gateway cities such as Vancouver and Sydney, driving up home prices and stunning local residents.
Analysts have cautioned that mainland capital… Read More>>
Does Wang Jianlin Hope $1B and Dick Clark Will Make Him a Hollywood Star?
They say there’s no business like show business and perhaps that explains why Dalian Wanda’s chief Wang Jianlin has his sights set on taking over Hollywood one deal at a time. The Chinese tycoon is reportedly now in talks to… Read More>>
HSBC Rents 300 Desks At WeWork HK, But Don’t Call Them Cheap
WeWork is known for providing a workspace for startups, freelancers and other smaller entities so the company’s GM for Hong Kong, Australia and Korea Henek Lo might have been a little surprised when banking giant HSBC called up to rent… Read More>>
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