Hong Kong has the world’s most expensive homes, but the city’s famous unaffordability seemed to only attract more buyers in April, as housing sales rose 20 percent. Also in the news, a Singaporean developer expands its Sydney footprint, and John… Read More>>
HNA Set to Snatch Up 1.5m SQM of Warehouse Interests in $1b CWT Deal
China’s acquisition-happy HNA has captured global headlines again this week with its S$1.39 billion ($990 million) offer for Singaporean logistics services company CWT. Should the mainland conglomerate succeed in that nearly billion dollar buy, HNA would also instantly make itself… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-04-10
Starting off Holy Week here in Asia, the region’s real estate community continue to find new homes or get that long-awaited pay rise before many of us head off for a three-day weekend in Bali, or join the Songkran craziness… Read More>>
ARA Buys 5 Floors in Singapore’s Suntec for $89 Mil
Singapore-listed ARA Asset Management is reportedly buying five office floors in Suntec Tower One, a prime business location in the city-state for S$129.3 million ($89 million).
The fund management firm run by investor John Lim is buying up the floors… Read More>>
Greenland London Project Sells £260M in First Five Weeks and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Asia’s real estate giants were busy on Monday, with China’s Greenland Group announcing strong sales in London, the mainland government clamping down on “innovative financing” for corporate takeovers, and ARA Asset Management getting an important thumbs up for its privatisation… Read More>>
Lim, Warburg Pincus and AVIC Trust Value ARA at $1.3B in Buyout Bid
The management and major shareholders of ARA Asset Management are joining with US private equity giant Warburg Pincus and China’s AVIC Trust in a bid to privatise the Singapore-listed investment manager, according to a statement today to the Singapore stock… Read More>>
John Lim, Warburg Pincus Said Planning Buy Out of ARA Asset Management
The region’s real estate investors are bracing for news of the latest $1 billion deal as reports spread of ARA Asset Management CEO John Lim leading a buyout of the Singapore-listed firm.
ARA, which counts Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing… Read More>>
Prosperity REIT Unit Holders Reject HK$1.9B Deal for Phoenix’ Kwun Tong View
Unit holders in ARA Asset Management-controlled Prosperity REIT overwhelmingly rejected the trust’s proposed HK$1.9 billion acquisition of an office building in Hong Kong this week, according to a statement by the trust to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
The proposed… Read More>>
ARA Said Buying 50% Stake in SG’s Capital Square From Alpha
ARA Asset Management is said to have won its bid to purchase a 50 percent stake in Singapore’s Capital Square from Alpha Investment Partners, according to an account in Bloomberg.
No transaction price was disclosed for the 16-story building at… Read More>>
Greater China Real Estate People in the News 2016-05-31
Some of Asia’s best known developers and fund managers are changing their top management this week as a Li Ka-shing invested asset management firm finds a new head for its private funds division, a once defaulting developer gets a new… Read More>>