Asia real estate and outbound investment news
China’s overseas acquisition drive has suffered another blow amid scrutiny by foreign regulators, with the Canadian government rejecting the proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Aecon Group, one of Canada’s largest builders, by state-owned CCCC International Holding Limited (CCCI).
Canada’s national… Read More>>
A retail unit of blue-chip developer Henderson Land is acquiring Japanese retailer FamilyMart Uny Holdings Co’s operations in Hong Kong for HK$300 million ($38 million), expanding Henderson’s department store business to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
The Henderson subsidiary, Urban… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, the total spend on property in the city reached HK$300 billion in the first five months of the year, a post-1997 record for the January to May period. Also in the headlines, a… Read More>>
Carrefour has opened its first-ever smart supermarket in Shanghai in partnership with Tencent, four months after the parent company of China’s ubiquitous WeChat app bought a stake in the French retailer. The Le Marche store in China’s commercial capital is… Read More>>
Kr Space, the co-working spinoff of Alibaba-backed technology platform 36Kr, has picked Hong Kong for its first centre outside of mainland China, leasing seven stories in the One Hennessy office building in Wan Chai while it looks to open other… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, property developers in the city have reacted quickly to the record-shattering land sale in the Kai Tak area last week by raising prices for new residential units, with price hikes of as much… Read More>>
Amazon will soon have a new landlord in India’s fourth largest city, as Ascendas India Trust announced today that it is acquiring seven buildings in a business park in Hyderabad.
The Singapore-listed affiliate of developer Ascendas-Singbridge is paying a combined… Read More>>
A privatised government-built estate in Singapore’s Novena neighbourhood was sold for S$402 million ($299 million) in a collective sale tender late last week, adding to a total of S$2.88 billion ($2.1 billion) of residential and mixed-use land sales in the… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s New World Development and Far East Consortium (FEC) have teamed up with Singapore’s SC Global Developments to win a luxury residential site near Singapore’s prime shopping area Orchard Road, after placing a record S$410 million ($309 million) bid… Read More>>
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, listed builder Hsin Chong Group announced it won’t pay its $300 million senior notes that were due on Friday, becoming the second Asian company after Noble Group to default on US dollar bonds… Read More>>
