Tycoon Payson Cha’s Hanison Construction Holdings has picked up a block of serviced apartments in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood for HK$506 million ($64.7 million), according to a report in the Hong Kong Economic Times. The purchase of the building just… Read More>>
Beijing Wall’s Downfall Prompts China Housing Policy Debate
The destruction of a steel gate by angry homeowners in a Beijing compound has sparked an online debate about housing rights in the nation’s capital, and created a new headache for one of China’s largest developers.
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Kr Space Raises $92M for China Co-Working Expansion
Chinese co-working startup Kr Space has completed a new RMB 600 million ($92 million) financing round to accelerate its expansion in China’s top-tier cities, bringing its total funds raised to RMB 1.1 billion ($170 million), the company announced.
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Naked Hub Leases Two Floors From SHK for Kowloon East Centre
Naked Hub has leased two floors in Sun Hung Kai Properties’ Two Harbour Square in Kowloon East for its third centre in Hong Kong. The Shanghai-based co-working operator is now set to occupy the office tower’s top two floors covering… Read More>>
Ping An Teams Up with Landsea for $1.5B China Rental Housing Fund
China’s Ping An Insurance Group and Landsea Group have become the latest mainland investors to wager on the country’s emerging rental housing market, as steep home prices in major cities fuel enthusiasm for the asset class.
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Country Garden and Longfor Raise $1.7B in Offshore Bonds
Country Garden, China’s biggest developer by contracted sales, announced on Tuesday it would raise a combined $850 million through the issue of senior notes in two tranches. The move came just one day after fellow top-ten developer Longfor Properties announced… Read More>>
BlackRock Buys Pair of Shanghai Office Buildings From PGIM for RMB 1.2B
PGIM Real Estate, a property investment affiliate of Prudential Financial, has sold two buildings at Waterfront Place, an office property in Shanghai’s Putuo District to Blackrock according to JLL which advised PGIM on the disposal.
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Gaw Capital Partners Buys Former Playboy Studio in Los Angeles
Asia’s sexiest real estate investment firm is taking a risqué bet with its latest US investment as Gaw Capital Partners buys a facility formerly used to produce videos of Playboy bunnies.
The Hong Kong-based private equity firm has purchased a… Read More>>
WeWork’s Chinese Nemesis Leases First Hong Kong Space
The Chinese co-working startup formerly known as UrWork, has reportedly leased a full floor at Grand Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan, preparing to open its first shared office centre just minutes away from Hong Kong’s Central business hub.
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Mapletree Logistics Trust Buys Out Hong Kong Project for $78M
Singapore-listed Mapletree Logistics Trust is acquiring the remaining 38 percent of a logistics property in Sha Tin for HK$610 million ($78 million) and will now fully own the strata-titled distribution facility in the residential and industrial district of Hong Kong’s… Read More>>