Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
BNP Paribas Real Estate has unified its Asian operations around a newly established representative office in Hong Kong.
Leading the new structure and the Hong Kong office for the real estate services company, will be Yo-Hann Tan, who has been… Read More>>
It may be the end of the week, but the news keeps rolling in. Today’s headlines include Chew Gek Khim-led Straits Trading Company flipping a Melbourne tower it acquired last year for $123 million, Xinyuan Real Estate buying land in… Read More>>
When a person spends $170 million on a painting, you would assume they wouldn’t go bargain hunting for a home. However, most people aren’t taxi driver-turned-investor Liu Yiqian. While some Chinese billionaires were paying more than $45 million for high-level… Read More>>
Today’s news features couples in China turning to divorce to buy homes in the country’s overheated real estate market, while mainland malls hope to forge new marriages by providing entertainment activities for those on blind dates. Among the more serious… Read More>>
For the second time this year, WeWork’s leasing covenant in London will be tested after Brookfield Property Partners sold a building that houses the startup’s European HQ to Hong Kong-based Kingboard Chemical Holdings for £271 million ($331 million). The co-working… Read More>>
In the news on this day, Canada’s largest pension fund is putting more money in China after agreeing to invest in CapitaLand’s $1.5 billion Raffles City China Investment Partners III fund. Also of note, Anbang sees another US hotel deal… Read More>>
China’s Greenland Group has received global attention for its flurry of projects in New York, London and Sydney, but the Shanghai-based developer seems to have a soft spot for Toronto, after picking up its second project in the Canadian metropolis… Read More>>
China Oceanwide Holdings continued its US acquisition spree by buying mortgage and life insurance firm Genworth Financial for $2.7 billion. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will see the Beijing-based developer put up an additional $1.12 billion towards… Read More>>
It’s not just the leaves that are changing colors during autumn, a number of real estate professionals have decided to move on to new positions and take up the colors of their rival. This week’s news include Mapletree’s new CFO… Read More>>
While China’s retail real estate sector has been much maligned, there are positive signs in Shanghai that will make Ellen Wei confident she is the right person to spearhead JLL’s plans to expand its presence in the country’s mall market…. Read More>>
