Once a step away from controlling China’s largest property developer, Baoneng Group’s Foresea Insurance is now on the brink of default, according to an account in the FT today. Also in the news, Blackstone warns of an end to a… Read More>>
Blackstone Closes on $449M Sale of Seaworld Stake and more Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading the news this morning, proving that there is life after China’s capital controls, the Blackstone Group has brought in nearly half of billion dollars by selling a stake in SeaWorld to a mainland buyer. Some other would-be sellers have… Read More>>
CDL Beats Out Mainland Rivals to Win S$370M SG Site and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s news, most of the bidders for a site on Singapore’s upper east coast were from China, but a locally built champion won the rights to build 715 apartments to the island nation. Meanwhile, down in Sydney, Shanghainese developer… Read More>>
Soho’s Zhang Xin Pushes Patience as Property Prices Soar and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Starting out today’s headlines, one of China’s most aggressive developers is counselling caution as global real estate prices rise. Meanwhile, down in Hong Kong, builders in China’s priciest city are cashing in on the latest buying frenzy with price jumps… Read More>>
Anbang’s NYC Deal with Kushner Collapses and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of the news today, Trump’s son-in-law will need to look like a new investor to bail out the family’s Fifth Avenue project, after Wu Xiaohui’s Anbang backed out of discussions to take a controlling stake in the… Read More>>
HNA Group Moves into Media with Caijing Deal and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading the news today, one of China’s biggest buyers of real estate assets is now moving into the media sector with a deal for one of the country’s best known business publications. Also in the headlines, Singapore’s CDL is making… Read More>>
Singapore’s CDL Acquires Shanghai Commercial Project for RMB 900M
Singapore’s City Developments Ltd (CDL) has acquired a 32,000 square metre commercial project near Shanghai’s Hongqiao transportation hub in its second real estate investment in the mainland megacity in less than one month.
CDL’s wholly owned subsidiary, CDL China Limited… Read More>>
Singapore’s CDL Buys £222M London Project in 10th UK Deal
Singapore-listed City Developments Limited (CDL) has taken its latest bet on the UK real estate market by acquiring a site in London’s Battersea district for £58 million ($72.4 million).
CDL purchased the freehold Ransomes Wharf site on the south bank… Read More>>
Singapore’s CDL Invests $10.5M for 24% of China Co-Working Operator Distrii
City Developments Ltd (CDL) has joined the China co-working race with a RMB 72 million investment ($10.5 million) in Shanghai-based Distrii, according to a recent announcement by the Singapore-based developer.
CDL’s cash buys it a 24 percent stake in Distrii,… Read More>>
Ant Financial Pushes URWork Valuation to $1B and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The global co-working craze continues to grab headlines here in Asia as a pair of deals this week push one of China’s top shared office players to a $1 billion valuation, and a Singaporean developer bets on its own mainland… Read More>>