The boss of Tokyo Gas responds after an activist investor targets the utility’s real estate portfolio, with that story leading today’s headline roundup. Also in the news, Bain-backed Chindata sounds out lenders for a $2.8 billion loan and Equinix India… Read More>>
Country Garden’s Home Sales Slump Persists and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Distressed Country Garden leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today as the developer’s home sales continue to slump while China Vanke’s recent growth stalls. Australia’s AirTrunk also makes the news as the operator aims to expand its data centre campus in Melbourne… Read More>>
Bain Eyes Fresh Backers for Chindata and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Bain Capital looks for new backers to expand regional data centre platform Chindata, with that story leading Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today. Country Garden also makes the list as it hires New York-based Kroll for liquidation analysis, and Shimao bondholders disagree… Read More>>
Singapore’s Hiap Hoe Buying Perth Motel and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore’s ongoing romance with Australian assets leads today’s set of real estate headlines from around Asia, with developer Hiap Hoe buying a Perth Hotel. Also in the news, Country Garden’s property management unit issues a profit warning and Bain Capital… Read More>>
Bain Buying Back Data Centre Operator Chindata with Sweetened $3.2B Deal
Chindata Group Holdings announced Friday that it is set to go private after the company’s board agreed to a sweetened $3.16 billion from Bain Capital, ending a bidding war between the US private equity titan and state-backed China Merchants Capital.
Chindata Takeover Battle Looms as Bain Refuses to Sell Shares Under CMC Offer
Chindata Group Holdings on Thursday acknowledged the receipt of two rival privatisation proposals from Bain Capital and state-backed China Merchants Capital, with Bain having reiterated that it doesn’t plan to sell any of its shares in the Beijing-based data centre… Read More>>
Chindata Draws $3.4B Rival Bid From China Merchants After Bain Offer
A little over a month after hearing a takeover offer from Bain Capital, Chindata Group Holdings has received a rival proposal from state-backed China Merchants Capital representing a 15 percent premium to Bain’s privatisation bid.
CMC is making a non-binding… Read More>>
Bain Bids to Take Chindata Private at 33% Premium
Chindata Group Holdings has received a takeover offer from chief backer Bain Capital that values the Beijing-based data centre operator at around $2.9 billion.
US private equity major Bain, which holds 42.17 percent of the total issued and outstanding share… Read More>>
Bridge Data Centres Buys Thai Facility to Grow SE Asia Network
Singapore-based Bridge Data Centres has acquired a 450KW server facility in Thailand, the company said, signalling its continued expansion in the ASEAN region.
The subsidiary of Bain Capital-backed Chindata will buy the centre in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok, from… Read More>>
Evergrande Hit With Winding-Up Petition and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, debt-stricken China Evergrande faces a winding-up petition in the Hong Kong high court, the Cheng family behind New World Development launches a buyout bid for fashion retailer Giordano, and Swedish clothier H&M closes… Read More>>