The value of hotel investment transactions in Asia climbed to US$7.5 billion in 2013, up 218 percent over 2012 to reach the highest levels since the financial crisis in 2007.
The rebound in hotel asset values and deal numbers was… Read More>>
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The value of hotel investment transactions in Asia climbed to US$7.5 billion in 2013, up 218 percent over 2012 to reach the highest levels since the financial crisis in 2007.
The rebound in hotel asset values and deal numbers was… Read More>>

A broad range of China’s publicly traded real estate stocks were punished on stock exchanges in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong today as investors reacted to the country’s first corporate bond default on Friday.
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Hong Kong-listed real estate developer Country Garden Holdings has reportedly appointed a veteran advisor on hotel development to serve as the company’s chief representative in the US. The move is significant as it seems to portend expansion by Guangdong-based Country… Read More>>

China’s real estate industry stocks have slid this week following the nation’s first corporate bond default last Friday. Credit ratings agencies have also raised concerns over the financial health of some of the nation’s property developers.
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Slower sales and rising land prices will put stress on some of China’s real estate developers this year according to recent reports by credit agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.
The warnings from the ratings agencies happened in the same week that China saw its first default of a corporate bond as the country’s leaders attempt to wean businesses from their addiction to cheap credit.

The organiser of China’s pavilion at Expo 2015 in Milan has selected a proposal by New York-based architecture firm Link-Arc, together with partner Tsinghua University, as the winner of the competition to design China’s entry in the upcoming world’s fair.

While China’s luxury retailers fell well short of their goals in 2013, the major cause of the industry’s struggles was poor planning, not a government clampdown on bribery and draft, according to a survey conducted last week on Mingtiandi.
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This week China’s community of real estate professionals is treated to another senior level executive departing CBRE, new leadership for the country’s car parks, and fresh hires at Goodman and JLL.
Nick Jones has left his role with… Read More>>

Fashion guru Karl Lagerfeld is going to design a hotel in Macau, as one of the fashion world’s iconic figures turns his attention to a new style sector.
The Chanel mogul is adding to his extensive list of talents – which already include drawing and helicopter design – by turning his hand to architecture and creating a 270-room hotel in Asia’s gambling mecca, Macau.
According to a recent press report, the fashion designer says that he’s turning to hotel design only because he was tired to buying more houses.

Sunshine 100 China Holdings Ltd, a commercial and residential real estate developer backed by US private equity firm Warburg Pincus had a low-end debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week as the company’s IPO came in at the bottom of pricing expectations.
Sunshine 100 raised HK$2 billion (US$258 million) after pricing its 500 million share offering at HK$4.00 per share, compared to marketing range of HK$4.00 to HK$4.80 each.