In this week’s edition of People in the News, a boardroom succession takes shape at Hong Kong multinational HKRI, the third generation at New World Development gains a seat on the HSBC board, and WeWork in Singapore announces a pair… Read More>>
Mapletree Snaps Up Site for $411M Southern Japan Logistics Project
Mapletree Investments continues its drive to add more warehouse space to Japan’s logistics market, announcing this week that it acquired a 116,319 square metre (1,252,047 square foot) site near the city of Fukuoka for development into two blocks of four-storey… Read More>>
Singapore’s CDL Appoints Hospitality Veteran, Aberdeen Alum to Board
Fresh off its announcement last week of a plan to streamline its loss-making hotel division, City Developments Ltd has named two new directors to the CDL board, including an old Asia hand with nearly five decades of hospitality experience.
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Evergrande Services Unit Kicks Off Downsized $2B Hong Kong IPO
Evergrande Property Services Group Ltd has announced the details of its proposed listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange, with the public offering to take place from Monday to Thursday this week.
The company, a property management services spin-off of… Read More>>
CIC Nabs Half of Sydney’s Grosvenor Place Office Tower for $674M
Things are heating up as the Australian summer approaches, with China’s sovereign wealth fund paying A$925 million ($674 million) to purchase a 50 percent stake in Sydney’s Grosvenor Place office tower in 2020’s biggest commercial property deal Down Under.
The… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2020-11-23
In this week’s edition of People in the News, a stalwart of the region-wide Guoco investment group retires after 40 years of service, while the next generation rises at mainland Chinese property management firm Kaisa Prosperity Holdings. In other moves,… Read More>>
CDL Says It Will Offload Hotels After Hospitality Business Lost $155M in 2020 1H
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Ltd has offered a glimpse of its recovery strategy after a 12-month period that witnessed an ill-timed privatisation, a sector-wrecking pandemic and boardroom upheaval.
After the hospitality division of Singapore-listed City Developments Ltd (CDL) reported a… Read More>>
Hines Teams with Carlyle Fund Manager to Buy Guangdong Cold Chain Project
US-based developer Hines and a Carlyle Group-backed real estate fund manager have joined forces to acquire a 33,800 square metre (363,820 square foot) cold storage facility and adjacent development site in southern China’s Guangdong province.
The property is in Dongguan’s… Read More>>
GIC Expands European Logistics Platform With Last-Mile JV
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, is set to further its reach in European warehousing through a joint venture announced this week that aims to acquire and develop last-mile distribution centres and urban logistics assets in the continent’s gateway cities.
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APAC Commercial Property Deals Dive 38% in Q3 as Singapore, HK Go Quiet
Asia Pacific commercial property transactions fell to $26 billion in the third quarter as they tumbled 38 percent year-on-year, with the industrial segment showing resilience and South Korea standing out among key markets for its robust activity during the period.