A statement on Friday by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) reveals that the manager of Canada’s largest pension body has taken an anchor stake in the most recent real estate fund assembled by Hong Kong-based private equity shop… Read More>>
China’s Guangzhou R&F Takes on $4.8B Australian Megaproject
Chinese real estate giant R&F Properties has added to its string of more than 15 overseas projects by signing an A$6.3 billion ($4.8 billion) deal to build around 10,000 homes in Brisbane, Australia.
The development heavyweight signed an agreement earlier… Read More>>
GLP Expands US Footprint with Two Chicago Acquisitions
Amid recent reports of Global Logistic Properties (GLP) fielding offers for its $8.9 billion business, the Singapore-listed warehouse developer continues to expand its United States footprint by securing 42,000 square metres of logistics space through two acquisitions in the Chicago… Read More>>
GIC Completes $2.7B Acquisition of European Warehouse Platform
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has completed its €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) acquisition of P3, a specialist owner, developer and manager of European logistics properties from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoe Cambridge. The deal, which is said to be one… Read More>>
Link REIT and Nan Fung Reel In JP Morgan to Anchor Kowloon Office Complex
Plans to turn Kowloon East into Hong Kong’s second central business district received a boost last week after JP Morgan announced it would establish a major presence at Link REIT and Nan Fung Development’s 77 Hoi Bun Road office complex…. Read More>>
Frank Chen Joins Pimco as Credit Analyst
Former CBRE China Executive Director Frank Chen, has landed at PIMCO, the investment management arm of European financial giant Allianz SE, as a credit analyst based in Hong Kong.
Chen started work this month as a senior vice president in… Read More>>
Mingtiandi to Lead China Outbound Investment Debate at PERE Asia Summit in HK
Mingtiandi’s lead analyst Michael Cole will be joining representatives of three of the mainland’s largest investment firms on stage at the PERE Asia Summit in Hong Kong this week to debate the future of China’s outbound real estate investment wave.
NY Times and Wall Street Journal Both Cite Mingtiandi in Same Week
In a sign of growing recognition of Mingtiandi as China’s leading source of real estate intelligence, two of the world’s best known news publications referenced the site in reporting on separate stories on China’s real estate markets last week.
While… Read More>>
Mingtiandi’s Michael Cole to Chair Shanghai Real Estate Conference
One of China’s most important gatherings of real estate investors will be held in Shanghai on Wednesday, as some of the region’s biggest real estate developers, fund managers, and asset managers gather for the Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) China… Read More>>
Kerry Set on Increasing its Logistics Footprint in China
Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics is actively targeting mergers and acquisitions in a bid to expand its presence in mainland China.
Kenneth Ko, the firm’s Executive Director of international freight forwarding, told IFW that the operator already had around 700… Read More>>