A former British travel agency leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a mainland China conglomerate is set to take a $1.5 billion hit after the tour operator’s collapse.
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30% of Hong Kong Retailers Put Staff on Unpaid Leave and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A retail slump in Hong Kong, recovering home sales in China and an ongoing hunger for data centres lead today’s collection of real estate news from around Asia.
Months of protests in Hong Kong are adding to misery initially driven… Read More>>
PE Unit of China Minsheng Misses Bond Payment and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Our new year starts out with signs of struggle for a private equity unit of one of China’s biggest finance groups, as media reports emerge that China Minsheng Investment Group, the parent firm of Hong Kong-listed developer SRE Group, has… Read More>>
Florida Pension Fund Bets $100M on Asia Property with AEW and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, Florida’s state pension fund is betting $100 million on Asian real estate via a vehicle of Boston-based AEW Capital Management. Also in the headlines, Macau’s Galaxy Entertainment Group is coming to terms with a cleanup of the… Read More>>
Samsung Unit Pays $656M for Seoul Office Asset and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, the real estate investment arm of Samsung Life Insurance has scooped up a twin-tower office complex in downtown Seoul, paying a record price per square metre for a commercial building in the city. Meanwhile in Sydney, Dalian… Read More>>
Hongkong Land and Central Group Buy UK Embassy Site in Bangkok for $595M
Thanks to its chummy relations with the UK’s colonial-era governments, developer Hongkong Land owns much of the prime real estate in the former British colony that it calls home. Now that the sun has set on Britain’s empire in the… Read More>>
Regus Co-Working Brand Expands into Bangkok, Jakarta
The global co-working craze has spread to Southeast Asia, where Amsterdam-based Spaces is raising its profile by preparing to open two more shared workspace venues in Bangkok and Jakarta.
Spaces, a subsidiary of serviced office giant IWG (the parent company… Read More>>
Goldman and Apollo Team Up for $235M Investment in Thailand’s Tallest Tower
While Vietnam and the Philippines may be the southeast Asian markets getting the most attention from real estate investors this year, Goldman Sachs and Apollo Global Management have headed to Bangkok for a $235 million investment in a project that… Read More>>
Shanghai and Beijing Ranked as More Expensive Than Hong Kong
The cost of living in China’s major cities is now higher than in Hong Kong or Singapore, according to a survey of expatriate cost of living published this week by a global human resources consultancy.
The survey by ECA International… Read More>>
