Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
WeWork, the New York-based flexible office giant, has announced a $500 million investment in a new vehicle to fund its expansion in Southeast Asia and South Korea, in another milestone for the region’s co-working sector.
In tandem with the investment,… Read More>>
The battle for China’s co-working market has kicked into high gear, with New York-based shared office giant WeWork announcing it has raised $500 million for a new China unit.
Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Hony Capital are leading the investment in… Read More>>
Pub owners have blamed an invasion of hipsters swilling cheap beer at the local 7-Eleven for killing off some of Lan Kwai Fong’s best bars and clubs. Now the millennial menaces are poised to claim another victim in the famed… Read More>>
naked Hub, the Shanghai-based co-working startup, has just landed in Hong Kong, unveiling its first centre outside the mainland in the city’s Sheung Wan area. The new facility marks a milestone for the company backed by Gaw Capital as it… Read More>>
Shared office unicorn URWork has just closed another round of funding, with Beijing Aikang Group injecting RMB 200 million ($29.4 million) into the startup that aims to be China’s answer to WeWork, the company announced this week.
The latest cash… Read More>>
Co-working pioneer WeWork made global headlines a year ago when it opened in Shanghai, marking the first foothold in the world’s second largest economy for the $20 billion co-working company.
But it didn’t take long for China’s local players to… Read More>>
Workplace strategy has become a major new area of professional services in the last decade as companies from established multinationals to high tech startups put a premium on designing offices and facilities that support businesses adapting new technologies and collaborative… Read More>>
Investors are continuing to bet on China’s flexible real estate startups as a trio of sharing economy property players have raised a combined $136 million in new funding from venture capitalists and mainland corporates.
The new commitments include RMB 400… Read More>>
Co-working unicorn WeWork is building up a team to bring its shared office platform into Singapore, with mainland competitors URWork and naked Hub also targetting the southeast Asian financial centre.
WeWork is preparing to enter the Singapore co-working space according… Read More>>
One of China’s top shared office players, URWork, has inked an agreement with rival New Space for a strategic merger, according to a recent joint announcement by the two mainland flexible office providers.
The market valuation of the combined companies… Read More>>
