Cash-strapped Chinese tech giant LeEco is said to be telling creditors that it is close to scoring a major windfall on the sale of a Beijing mall to China Vanke as entrepreneur Jia Yueting scrambles for cash.
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Cash-strapped Chinese tech giant LeEco is said to be telling creditors that it is close to scoring a major windfall on the sale of a Beijing mall to China Vanke as entrepreneur Jia Yueting scrambles for cash.
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China’s Zhonghong Zhuoye Group first hit the headlines three months ago with its $449 million purchase of a stake in Seaworld from Blackstone. Now the Chinese conglomerate is back in the news with plans for a $3 billion buyout of… Read More>>

Workplace strategy has become a major new area of professional services in the last decade as companies from established multinationals to high tech startups put a premium on designing offices and facilities that support businesses adapting new technologies and collaborative… Read More>>

China continues to be a centre for market excitement this week as Anbang Insurance confirms that its chairman is no longer available, on the same day that reports surfaced of Wu Xiaohui’s detention. Also in the news, Chongqing champion CC… Read More>>

Following months of rumours about his fate, Anbang Insurance chairman and CEO Wu Xiaohui has been detained by Chinese authorities, according to reports in mainland state-owned media.
The controversial insurance executive was taken away by “relevant departments” on Friday, according… Read More>>

The Shanghai government today announced modifications to its rules punishing owners and developers of commercial-titled apartments after hundreds of homebuyers protested the policy measures over the weekend.
In a statement posted on the city’s Housing and Urban-Rural Development office website… Read More>>

Court dates and innovation dominate today’s real estate headlines. Billionaire James Packer finds his staff headed to trial on gambling charges in China, while the owners of developers Great Eagle and Shui On will be asking a judge to help… Read More>>

School’s out for summer across much of Asia, but many of the region’s real estate professionals are still learning new roles this week, according to our sources here at Mingtiandi. Leading the list of familiar faces headed for new places… Read More>>

A rare attempt at a hostile takeover targetting China Vanke has ended with China Evergrande Group selling off a hard-bought 14 percent stake in the developer to a Shenzhen government company at a RMB 7.07 billion ($1.04 billion) loss, according… Read More>>

A Chongqing-based developer has closed one of London’s biggest real estate acquisitions ever thanks to some help from Bank of China. Also in today’s headlines, the staff of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui may be wishing they’d taken that job at… Read More>>