Blackstone is back in the news today as a story about the US private equity giant winning a $500 million investment from Korea’s National Pension Service leads today’s collection of headlines from around the region.
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Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information

Blackstone is back in the news today as a story about the US private equity giant winning a $500 million investment from Korea’s National Pension Service leads today’s collection of headlines from around the region.
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Leading today’s set of personnel changes in Asia’s real estate industry is a Singaporean investment giant that has just seen some turnover at the top of its US unit. Also in the news, the manager of Hong Kong’s Link REIT… Read More>>

China’s second-largest e-commerce player has set up its own property fund management business and now has support from a US private equity giant and a mainland venture fund to grow that asset management venture, according to recent announcements.
JD Property,… Read More>>

The start of March has brought a burst of people moves around the region, with a pair of Hong Kong-listed real estate developers reshuffling their boards to reflect new business alliances. This month also sees a veteran project manager return… Read More>>

The pile of capital aimed at Asian real estate opportunities has just grown by $1.175 billion as the largest asset manager in the US announced its latest funding milestone today.
BlackRock raised the cash for BlackRock Asia Property Fund V,… Read More>>

A Warburg Pincus-backed residential startup has plans for its first apartment complex in Hong Kong’s upscale Mid-Levels after buying a property for HK$295 million ($38 million).
Weave Living, which moved beyond its co-living roots in mid-2020, has already begun refitting… Read More>>

Leading this week’s roundup of personnel moves in Asia’s real estate industry is a sudden shift over in Canada, where CPPIB has named new leadership after Mark Machin made a hasty departure. There’s also a mainland developer keeping leadership in… Read More>>

Less than two years after being created through a merger that created a $47 billion real estate fund manager, BentallGreenOak is set to grow still further through a deal with The Carlyle Group.
Formed through the fusion of Bentall Kennedy… Read More>>

Special purpose acquisition companies are in vogue among Hong Kong’s best-known financiers, with a report indicating that Goodwin Gaw’s Gaw Capital Advisors is planning a US SPAC just days after the city’s richest man, Li Ka-shing was said to be… Read More>>

Asia’s largest real estate investment trust has returned to its retail roots as Link REIT announced today that it has agreed to buy a half-stake in a suburban Shanghai shopping mall for RMB 2.77 billion ($429 million).
Link REIT’s choice… Read More>>