Mapletree Investments has purchased an information technology park in Chennai, India, from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and its Indian partner for C$250 million ($187 million) as part of the Singaporean property developer and fund manager’s plan to expand… Read More>>
APREA Names Former C&W Exec Sigrid Zialcita as New CEO
Sigrid Zialcita has been appointed chief executive officer of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) and will assume her duties on January 2nd, the group announced Tuesday.
Zialcita takes up her duties with the real estate industry non-profit after having… Read More>>
HK-Listed Developer Country Garden Elevates Yang Huiyan, China’s Richest Woman, to Co-Chair
The richest woman in China, Yang Huiyan, has plumped her gaudy profile even further, becoming co-chair of Hong Kong-listed Country Garden Holdings alongside her father, self-made tycoon Yang Guoqiang, or Yeung Kwon Keung as he is known in Hong Kong.
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2018-12-10
The game of musical chairs continued at mainland developers over the week, with China Fortune Land pilfering yet another executive from rival China Resources Land. Wu Xiangdong joined Yu Jian in leaving China Resources Land for China Fortune Land Development,… Read More>>
Singapore Cuts Supply of Fresh Home Sites by 25% for 2019 1H
A set of five fresh residential sites are confirmed to go up for bidding in the first half of next year under Singapore’s land sales program, with the government aiming to fill the lots with a total of 2,025 private… Read More>>
Fosun Tourism IPO Scrapes Up $428M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Fosun Tourism Group went to market on Friday with its IPO, returning with a valuation of $2.44 billion, after pricing its shares at the low-end of the expected range. The lean listing for the owner of the Club Med resort… Read More>>
Two-Thirds of Multinationals Aim to Follow Flexible Office Trend
A survey of senior executives at global corporates has found an increasing willingness to enter into flexible work space arrangements as they move farther away from traditional leasing models for offices, embracing a trend started by digital nomads and hipster… Read More>>
Jim Yip Makes Way for Alvin Yip at C&W’s China Capital Markets Team
Jim Yip, the longtime managing director and co-head of Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets division for Greater China, has resigned his position for “personal reasons,” the international property consultancy said Wednesday.
The Shanghai-based building broker’s responsibilities will be taken over… Read More>>
We’re No. 1! Hong Kong Again Tops Global List of Prime Office Rents
Hong Kong’s Central district remained the most expensive place in the world for premium office rental costs as of the end of the third quarter, with the district’s rents far ahead of the second city on the list, New York,… Read More>>
Amid China Property Downturn, A Naked Grab For Attention
Chinese property firms’ naked grab for publicity has bared for all in the mainland an indecorous and unsurprisingly effective marketing peccadillo: the use of nude young women to sell splashy hot condos.
As China’s real estate market takes a turn… Read More>>
