While there have been many stories about the individual Chinese investors buying luxury homes in overseas markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore, London or the US, at least one expert expects more investment from Chinese companies in to commercial real… Read More>>
Soho China Plans To Buy Shanghai Property Project For CNY2.1 Billion – and more of today’s China Real Estate Links | April 18, 2012
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
Beijing-based commercial property developer Soho China Ltd. (0410.HK) said Tuesday… Read More>>
Comings and Goings | Who’s Changing Jobs in China Commercial Real Estate 2012-03-13
Each week on Mingtiandi we track who among China’s commercial real estate community has changed their jobs. Watch this space every Tuesday to find out who has left their former role, been promoted or decided to become a professional surfer.
Beijing Office Rents Jump 73% in 2011
A recently published research report from real estate consultancy Cushman and Wakefield showed Beijing office rents surging 73% in 2011 with rates in Shanghai increasing by 19.7% over the year.
The Cushman report, which compared office rental rates worldwide saw… Read More>>
Fosun and SOHO Bund Deal a Bad Blind Date
In a report today on the Wall Street Journal, Esther Fung looks into the strange partnership of China real estate developers Fosun and SOHO for a site on Shanghai’s Bund.
As announced recently by SOHO, and subsequently denounced by Fosun,… Read More>>
Poly Profits Up 32 Percent Despite Govt Restrictions
While there has been wide speculation of financial challenges for China’s real estate developers in the face of the current market downturn, at least one major player is reporting rising profits.
Poly Real Estate, the country’s second largest developer by… Read More>>
Is SOHO China Broke?
According to a report last week in the National Business Daily, supernaturally aggressive real estate developer SOHO China is suffering from a severe cash crunch as it currently is attempting to build and launch several new commercial projects. At present the… Read More>>
CBRE Sees China as the Difference Maker in Asian Real Estate
Leading real estate consultancy CBRE released a podcast recently on Asia’s commercial real estate market which foresees healthy growth for the region, despite the global downturn.
As reported last week in Toronto’s Globe and Mail (nice to see that someone’s… Read More>>
Mapletree Plans Commercial Real Estate Fund
Singapore’s Mapletree Investments plans to set up a China-focused fund that will have $500 million to $1 billion to invest in Chinese commercial property once it deploys most of the money in its existing funds, a senior executive… Read More>>
Corporate Campuses Driving Business Park Demand in Shanghai
On May 21st, Indian software giant Infosys announced plans to buy land for developing its own US$150mil headquarters in Shanghai. The new facility will be located in the Zizhu Software Park in Pudong (complete details can be found here). This… Read More>>