Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Singapore-listed Keppel DC REIT has agreed to acquire its first data centre in China, a fully-fitted facility in Guangdong province, for RMB 635.9 million ($98 million), as mainland assets continue to attract investors assembling regionwide server-hosting portfolios.
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Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has teamed up with Swiss private equity firm Partners Group and Melbourne-based hospitality operator Salter Brothers to acquire a portfolio of 11 Travelodge hotels in Australia with a gross asset value of A$620 million ($457.3… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital Partners on Friday announced the launch of a Singapore-based joint venture company, Data Center First, with a project in the nearby Indonesian city of Batam.
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The day after several banks were reported to have stopped offering mortgages for unfinished units at China Evergrande’s Hong Kong residential projects, the mainland’s most-indebted developer scored a rare win by resolving a dispute with one of its creditors.
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Colliers International has appointed Ramesh Nair as chief executive for India and managing director of market development for Asia, the latest personnel move in what’s shaping up to be a busy hiring season at the agency.
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JLL is affirming its commitment to a tech-driven transformation with the hiring of venture capitalist Bessie Lee as the property consultancy’s chief executive for Greater China, succeeding KK Fung as he assumes his new role of chairman.
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With China’s e-commerce market now bigger than the markets in the US and Europe combined, logistics is increasingly intertwined with the online shopping boom in the world’s second-largest economy, three experts told MTD TV on Wednesday.
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South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association has confirmed its commitment of an additional €200 million ($235.6 million) to a European investment vehicle managed by CBRE Global Investors and IGIS Asset Management, in a move that adds a third tranche of… Read More>>
Former CapitaLand China president and CEO Lucas Loh has surfaced at Hong Kong-listed Hopson Development Holdings, where he has been named co-president of the mainland real estate firm.
Loh served as the head of Singaporean property giant CapitaLand’s China operations… Read More>>
CapitaLand’s $15.9 billion plan to privatise its development operation and spin off its fund management business is set to go to shareholders next month after receiving approval from the board of Southeast Asia’s largest real estate business.
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