Singapore’s world famous airport is about to add capacity for another 50 million passengers, with that story leading Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today. Also in the news, Centaline Group confirms its purchase of Kowloon hotel and France’s Carrefour is ready to… Read More>>
Blackstone Fund Redemption Requests Continue and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, US investment giant Blackstone caps withdrawals from its BREIT real estate fund for a fifth straight month, and Chinese developer CIFI announces a delay in publishing its 2022 results.
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Metro Holdings Invests S$77M in Boustead SG Fund and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In this edition of Mingtiandi’s news roundup, a Singapore-listed property group expands its hometown presence with the acquisition of some industrial assets, a Guangzhou developer’s shares tumble amid reports of a city-led bailout, and Carrefour closes on the purchase of… Read More>>
Carrefour Buys Wellcome Taiwan for €97M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Food leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today as a European hypermarket giant buys a set of grocery stores in Taiwan of from a unit of Hong Kong’s Jardine’s for €97 million ($109 million).
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Asia Real Estate People in the News 2019-11-11
In this week’s edition of Mingtiandi’s People in the News, Weave Co-Living hires a former JLL capital markets exec to drive the shared housing company’s expansion in Asia Pacific, less than a month after purchasing its fourth property in Hong… Read More>>
Suning Buys Carrefour’s China Operation Off the Discount Shelf at RMB 4.8B
Chinese retailer Suning.com has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Carrefour Group’s China unit for RMB 4.8 billion ($699 million) in cash, according to an announcement to the Shenzhen stock exchange.
The agreement paves the way for the… Read More>>
Carrefour, Tencent Open First Le Marche Smart Supermarket in Shanghai
Carrefour has opened its first-ever smart supermarket in Shanghai in partnership with Tencent, four months after the parent company of China’s ubiquitous WeChat app bought a stake in the French retailer. The Le Marche store in China’s commercial capital is… Read More>>
Tencent Teams Up With Carrefour China to Expand O2O Offering
Chinese tech giant Tencent is eyeing an investment in Carrefour China alongside Shanghai-listed supermarket chain Yonghui Superstores, said French retailer Carrefour in a press release.
Under the terms of the non-binding agreement, the company that rules China’s social media world… Read More>>
How Shenzhen Home Prices Sync With Silicon Valley and More Greater China Real Estate Headlines
Shenzhen is building itself into the hub of China’s high tech economy, and that shift to tech manufacturing may help explain why the southern Chinese city’s home prices have jumped over 60 percent in the last year. Meanwhile Cinda Real… Read More>>
China Real Estate People in the News 2014-09-15
This week China’s real estate community sees the top dog at a major US real estate investment manager depart, the latest defection from a Fortune 500 real estate service provider in Shanghai, and our usual crop of promotions and new… Read More>>