Hong Kong-based developer Swire Properties is in talks to sell its stakes in Cityplaza Three and Cityplaza Four, a pair of grade A office towers in the city’s Quarry Bay area, the company announced on Thursday. Swire did not specify… Read More>>
Nan Fung Said Poised to Sell Kowloon Bay’s Octa Tower for HK$8B
Nan Fung Group is reportedly close to selling an office tower in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Bay area for HK$8 billion ($1 billion) to a mainland Chinese consortium. The deal, if closed, would be the second-largest real estate transaction in the… Read More>>
Gaw Capital Announces $412M Close of Third US Value-Add Fund
Gaw Capital has closed its third US value-add real estate fund with total commitments reaching a hard cap size of $412 million, the Hong Kong-based private equity shop announced. The Gaw Capital US Fund III will mainly target real estate… Read More>>
DBS Moves to Kwun Tong as SG Bank Cashes in on Hong Kong’s Red Hot Office Market
Singapore’s biggest bank is following the lead of US competitors Citibank and Goldman Sachs in moving its team out of Hong Kong’s Central district as office rents continue to rise in the core business area. For the Singaporean bank, the… Read More>>
HK$660M Sale of Floor in Admiralty Office Tower Breaks Hong Kong Price Record – Again
Less than two weeks after a floor in 9 Queen’s Road Central claimed the title as the city’s most expensive strata-titled property, a floor in Far East Finance Centre has reportedly broken that short-lived price record.
The 33rd floor of… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Shop King Consolidates Western Site with HK$810M Buy of Butterfly Hotel
Edwin Leong Siu-hung, chairman of property developer Tai Hung Fai Enterprise and one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest men, is consolidating a block of properties in Sai Ying Pun, two MTR stations west of Central after spending over HK$1.5 billion ($191… Read More>>
Hugo Lam Buys Kwun Tong Industrial Site for HK$1.6B With Plans for New Office Project
One of Hong Kong’s most aggressive real estate speculators is making good on a pledge of love for Kowloon East, as Hugo Lam Chi-fung has scooped up a Kwun Tong industrial site for HK$1.6 billion ($204 million).
This latest real… Read More>>
World’s Most Expensive Office Tower Ready to Be Sold Off Floor By Floor
Nearly six months after Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset Holdings sold Hong Kong’s The Center skyscraper to a consortium of investors for HK$40.2 billion ($5.15 billion), the world’s most expensive office building is poised to be divvied up among its new owners… Read More>>
Floor in Hong Kong’s World-Wide House Sells For HK$735M, Breaking Record Price
Hong Kong’s Central district has become the place where office price records go to be shattered. Less than a week after a floor in 9 Queen’s Road Central sold for a city-wide record of HK$60,000 ($7,643) per square foot, a… Read More>>
PAG Said Gearing Up for New $6B Asia Buyout Fund
Hong Kong-based alternative investment firm PAG is planning a new Asia buyout fund with a target of $6 billion, according to a Reuters account citing people with knowledge of the plan. PAG has reportedly started canvassing investors about the vehicle… Read More>>