The downdraft slowing Hong Kong’s home sales may have finally reached the city’s famously expensive office market as one of the leading property consultancies is now predicting a drop off in office prices in Central in 2019. Also making news… Read More>>
CapitaLand Said Buying Project in Shanghai’s Hongkou District for $1.85B
Singapore’s CapitaLand is reportedly investing at least RMB 12.79 billion ($1.85 billion) to acquire its most expensive real estate project yet in mainland China, according to accounts in the mainland media.
Southeast Asia’s largest developer would be paying the record… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2018-08-20
Asia’s community of property pros continues to be on the move in August with a Hong Kong real estate fund manager claiming back one of its former team members, and an industrial developer dipping into the brokerage talent pool as… Read More>>
CapitaLand in $297M Guangzhou Residential Buy Near Foxconn Mega-Project
Singapore’s CapitaLand is acquiring two adjacent Guangzhou residential sites totalling 150,000 square metres (1.6 million square feet) for RMB 2.05 billion ($297 million). The purchases are in the Zengcheng District of the city, an up and coming area being targeting… Read More>>
HNA Pawns HK$506M Peak Mansion for Short-Term Loan and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hangovers suffered from China’s cross-border buying binge dominate the real estate news across the region today, with familiar players HNA, Country Garden and CCCC taking leading roles in some financial drama. A day after HNA reported the untimely death of… Read More>>
CapitaLand Grabs $864M Chongqing Site – Adds 2,100 Homes to China Pipeline
Singaporean developer CapitaLand is ramping up its presence in the western Chinese municipality of Chongqing, buying a RMB 5.7 billion ($864 million) mixed-use site that will be turned into a retail, office and residential property yielding over 2,100 homes.
The… Read More>>
Google Bets on JD.com with $550M Retail Deal and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, Google is ramping up its retail investments in China as it aims to counter internet behemoth Alibaba, by ploughing over half a billion dollars into e-commerce titan JD.com. Also in the headlines, China’s home prices and property… Read More>>
CapitaLand Signs Up for East China Business Park and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, Singapore’s largest property firm CapitaLand may be getting into the business park business in eastern China, after signing agreements to explore building a high-tech park in Ningbo along with a township development in Jiaxing. Another Singaporean giant… Read More>>
CapitaLand Builds World’s Highest Sky Bridge for $3.8B Raffles City Chongqing
Singapore’s CapitaLand now holds a world record for the curved, 300 metre sky bridge atop its RMB 24 billion ($3.8 billion) multi-tower mega-project in the western Chinese city of Chongqing.
Designed by Boston-based architect Moshe Safdie, the eight-skyscraper Raffles City… Read More>>
Malaysian Funds Buy London’s Battersea for $2.2B and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s news roundup, a pair of Malaysian state-backed funds are buying London’s Battersea Power Station regeneration project in one of Britain’s biggest-ever property deals. Again. Speaking of the UK, a Shanghai-headquartered private equity firm just got the go-ahead to… Read More>>