US private equity firm TPG has formed a joint venture with China Lodging Group, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotel group also known as Huazhu Hotels, to purchase a pair of hotels in Beijing for a total of RMB 1.18 billion ($186… Read More>>
GLP Shareholders Approve Ming Mei-Vanke Buyout and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s news, GLP boss Ming Mei has crossed the last hurdle in his scheme to buy out the SG-listed warehouse builder with some help from China Vanke and some well-financed friends. Also getting some ink, prices… Read More>>
Mainland Tenants Help Drive HK Office Rents to New High and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hong Kong’s bubbly property market set a new mark this month, with a major property consultancy saying downtown office rents have hit their highest level in over a decade. Also in the news, CapitaLand’s Ascott buys up an Aussie partner… Read More>>
Ascott REIT Buys Times Square Hotel for $106M in 3rd NYC Acquisition
Ascott Residence Trust purchased a 224 room hotel near New York’s Times Square in the Singapore-listed REIT’s third New York hospitality acquisition in under two years, according to an announcement today by Ascott Residence Trust Management (ARTML), which manages the… Read More>>
Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Sells Yokohama Building for $688M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
With this week’s combined Easter, Passover and Songkran holiday much of the region went quiet over the weekend, but Japan kept things moving with a central Yokohama building selling for nearly $700 million, while Ascott’s residential trust sold off stakes… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-03-06
Big moves at a sovereign wealth fund and a NYSE-listed Chinese developer top the list of familiar faces in new places among the region’s real estate community this week, with ADIA’s head of real estate for Asia leading the way…. Read More>>
Ascendas Hotel REIT Cancels Sale of $1B Platform and More China Real Estate Headlines
After months of speculating whether Blackstone Group, Gaw Capital or a Chinese sovereign wealth fund would buy up the assets of Ascendas’ $1 billion hotel REIT, the Singapore-based real estate trust announced this week that no deal would be forthcoming…. Read More>>
