As tycoon Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda stares down $1.7 billion in overdue offshore debts, the country’s top planning body took at least one foot off the billionaire’s neck by issuing a permit for an offshore bond sale by the troubled… Read More>>
Shui On Sells 49% Stake in Shanghai KIC Project for $443M
Shui On has agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in its mixed-use Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) project in Shanghai for RMB 2.95 billion ($443.1 million), as chairman Vincent Lo continues to bail out the developer’s balance sheet.
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CIC, China Life Join TIAA in $1.1B US Parking Deal
China’s sovereign wealth fund and its largest insurer are backing a consortium of investors to buy the biggest parking operator in North America in a deal estimated to top $1 billion, the companies revealed last week.
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China Life Takes 95% Stake in $950M US Real Estate Portfolio
Leading mainland insurer China Life is taking a 95 percent stake in a portfolio of US logistics and manufacturing centres, business parks and healthcare facilities valued at nearly $1 billion, as the Chinese giant continues to show a taste for… Read More>>
China Life Hunts for Overseas Assets and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s news, China’s largest insurer has some big plans for overseas acquisitions, while one of the country’s biggest developers is still working on not becoming an acquisition. Also in the headlines, Kaisa is back from the dead zone and… Read More>>
China Life Announces Veteran Zhao Lijun As New CFO
It’s safe to say new China Life Insurance Chief Financial Officer Zhao Lijun has a lot on his plate now that he has received approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission and finally gotten to work. The firm announced a… Read More>>
Li Ka-shing Sells Asia’s Priciest Building to China Life-Linked Fund for $2.96B
Companies controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing have sold the Century Link commercial complex in Shanghai’s Pudong district for RMB 20 billion ($2.96 billion) according to statements to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The transaction sets a 2016 high-water… Read More>>
China Life Acquires $2B Stake In US Hotels From Starwood Capital
China Life Insurance has followed through on its promise to ramp up outbound real estate investment efforts by acquiring a $2 billion stake in a portfolio of US hotels from Starwood Capital Group.
According to a statement by Starwood Capital to NASDAQ,… Read More>>
K Wah Boss Baffled By HK Market After Losing 16 Land Bids and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s real estate headlines even one of Hong Kong’s most established property tycoons is feeling the pressure as the city’s land prices soar at the same time that home prices slide. Meanwhile, the city’s biggest developer denies reports it… Read More>>
China Life to Ramp Up Overseas Deals in Wake of 67% Profit Plunge
China Life, the Beijing-based insurer with major property holdings in the US and Britain, is looking to ramp up its outbound real estate investments, the company told reporters late last week, on the heels of announcing a 67 percent plunge… Read More>>