The impact of the coronavirus is becoming clearer this week as companies around the region declare earnings, with Singapore’s best-known casino dropping to a loss and the Bangkok residential market losing 27 percent of its value.
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Ex-WeWorker was Paid $2M to Hush Up Sex and Drug Claims and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Allegations of hedonism and sexual assault lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today as a former employee of WeWork is said to have been paid $2 million to stay quiet about the drug and sex… Read More>>
Mapletree Buys Brisbane Logistics Site for A$95M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A Singapore-listed real estate investment trust leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that the REIT has purchased a logistics development site down under for $64 million.
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$1.6B Iconsiam Breathes New Life into Bangkok Waterfront Sponsored Feature
Iconsiam is an award winning cultural destination in Bangkok’s Thonburi district, having just won three prestigious gold awards from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), including in the “New Development” category. Sooksiam, a popular attraction within Iconsiam, also won… Read More>>
Fosun to Take $1.5B Hit on Thomas Cook Collapse and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
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.
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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>>
