Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Singapore sovereign giant GIC and Canadian developer CLV Group have formed a joint venture to acquire Toronto-listed apartment trust InterRent for C$4 billion ($2.9 billion).
The all-cash deal includes assumption of debt and represents a 35 percent premium to the… Read More>>
Canada’s second-largest pension fund is moving its real estate investment divisions in-house with the transition expected to save Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec C$100 million ($74.3 million) annually.
CDPQ said on Thursday that it will shift its Ivanhoe Cambridge… Read More>>
Canadian pension fund manager Alberta Investment Management Corp (AIMCo) has hired former GIC veteran Kevin Bong to oversee its investment strategy globally while leading its recently established Singapore operations.
AIMCo, which invests globally on behalf of pension, endowment and government… Read More>>
GIC is teaming up with a Canadian partner to buy out Toronto-listed Summit Industrial Income REIT for C$5.9 billion ($4.37 billion), as the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund makes its second mega-investments in logistics real estate in less than a week.
In Mingtiandi’s latest roundup of regional news headlines, Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC partners with Indian mall developer Phoenix Mills on a retail-led real estate platform, the manager of Singapore’s Sabana REIT hits back at allegations of unusual voting procedures,… Read More>>
Singapore Press Holdings has scrapped its acquisition of a portfolio of senior living facilities in Canada, as the potential impact of COVID-19 on property values triggers second thoughts on valuations.
The SGX-listed media and property conglomerate announced to the stock… Read More>>
Singapore home sales lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today after deals for new housing took a 30 percent jump, while a Chinese e-commerce giant and a large mainland developer are among the shortlisted bidders… Read More>>
Blackstone has teamed up with Los Angeles-based Hudson Pacific Properties to acquire the Bentall Centre in Vancouver from Anbang Insurance, a deal which opens a new chapter for the US private equity giant in its relationship with the now notorious… Read More>>
China’s scandal-racked Anbang Insurance is reportedly preparing to sell a Vancouver office complex which it purchased for over C$1 billion ($730 million) in 2016 as the Beijing-based insurer continues to unwind its overseas holdings.
Anbang is currently in talks with… Read More>>
China’s overseas acquisition drive has suffered another blow amid scrutiny by foreign regulators, with the Canadian government rejecting the proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Aecon Group, one of Canada’s largest builders, by state-owned CCCC International Holding Limited (CCCI).
Canada’s national… Read More>>
