Oyo Hotels has cut its China staff by more than 72 percent since late 2019, according to a local news report last week, as the Softbank-backed company struggles to reach profitability less than one year after declaring itself the world’s… Read More>>
Soho China Confirms Buyout Talks Following Report of $4B Blackstone Offer
Mainland commercial developer Soho China has confirmed that it is considering buyout offers for the Hong Kong listed firm, just two days after news reports indicated that it had entered into exclusive discussions with Blackstone.
In an announcement to the… Read More>>
Greystar Sells America’s Priciest Student Housing Block to Korean Consortium
Greystar Real Estate Partners has sold a university residential complex at the University of California at Davis to an investor consortium powered by Korea Investment & Securities in the largest ever trade of a single US student housing asset.
California-based… Read More>>
Blackstone Said Negotiating HK$31B Buyout of Developer Soho China
Blackstone is said to be offering more than HK$31 billion ($4 billion) to privatise mainland commercial developer Soho China, as the US fund manager prepares to take one of its biggest bets ever on commercial property in Asia.
The New… Read More>>
CBRE GI Closes Fifth APAC Value-Add Fund at $900M
CBRE Global Investors has closed the fifth iteration of its pan-Asia value-add fund series at a hard cap of $900 million — around 10 percent less than what it achieved for the fourth edition of the strategy – according to… Read More>>
Hongkong Land Posts 4% Rise in Profit, Warns of Virus Hit for 2020
Hongkong Land, the biggest landlord in Hong Kong’s Central district, saw its underlying profit rise to a record $1.1 billion last year, but warned this month that the coronavirus outbreak would hit the firm’s business in 2020.
The division of… Read More>>
Allianz Real Estate Grew Asia Pacific Assets 83% in 2019 to €5.5B
Allianz Real Estate grew its Asia Pacific portfolio by 83 percent last year, as the property investment arm of the European insurance giant ramped up its assets under management in the region to €5.5 billion ($6.1 billion).
“Our success in… Read More>>
Softbank Said to Have Invested Total of $1.5B in China’s Ziroom, Beike
Softbank has invested $1.5 billion into a pair of Chinese property startups, as the Japanese venture capital firm takes a gamble on the mainland housing market.
In deals which closed in November last year, Softbank invested $1 billion into apartment… Read More>>
Nuveen Real Estate Acquires PAG Japanese Multifamily Portfolio for $140M
Nuveen Real Estate has purchased a portfolio of multifamily assets in Japan for $140 million, as the global property investment manager steps up its exposure in the country.
Nuveen said in a statement that the firm had acquired the ten… Read More>>
KKR Consortium Buys Seoul Office for Reported KRW 500B
A consortium led by KKR has purchased an office tower in Seoul for a reported KRW 500 billion ($420 million), marking the US private equity giant’s fourth property investment in South Korea.
KKR said in a statement announcing the acquisition… Read More>>
