BNP Paribas, a $2.4 billion financial giant, has decided that it may not have the cash to maintain an address in Hong Kong’s Central district and is picking up stakes for Quarry Bay.
The company, which is the world’s sixth-largest… Read More>>
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BNP Paribas, a $2.4 billion financial giant, has decided that it may not have the cash to maintain an address in Hong Kong’s Central district and is picking up stakes for Quarry Bay.
The company, which is the world’s sixth-largest… Read More>>

One of Asia’s senior property barons leads us into the new week with news that a developer controlled by the boss of Shangri-La hotels and Kerry Properties has acquired nearly half a billion dollars worth of Singapore sites. Also grabbing… Read More>>

Phoenix Property Investors seized the opportunity presented by Hong Kong’s surging real estate market by announcing the sale of a pair of properties in the city this week for a combined $322 million.
The two disposals by the private equity… Read More>>

At the top of today’s news, GLP boss Ming Mei has crossed the last hurdle in his scheme to buy out the SG-listed warehouse builder with some help from China Vanke and some well-financed friends. Also getting some ink, prices… Read More>>

After making more than $30 billion in cross-border acquisitions, China’s HNA Group says that it is trying to sell some of its offshore holdings, particularly real estate, after it was targetted for credit checks by mainland authorities earlier this year…. Read More>>

As tycoon Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda stares down $1.7 billion in overdue offshore debts, the country’s top planning body took at least one foot off the billionaire’s neck by issuing a permit for an offshore bond sale by the troubled… Read More>>

Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital has made itself a major player in Asia’s real estate investment scene and now the family run private equity firm has teamed up with a consortium that includes US investment bank Goldman Sachs for its biggest… Read More>>

Housing prices seem to be rising across Asia, and the region’s highest priced market may continue to rise another 10 percent in the new year. Also in the news, London’s best known department story goes under the knife to win… Read More>>

A state-owned developer linked to Beijing’s Tsinghua University has set up a joint venture to build a £100 million ($133 million) biomedical center at the alma mater of Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon, according to an announcement by Cambridge Universitys’s… Read More>>

At the top of today’s headlines, the state famous for the Black Hills has turned to Blackstone to invest $300 million of its pensions in Asian property assets. Also in the news, Wanda is asking for six months time to… Read More>>