Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
A KKR-led consortium is selling a newly developed logistics facility near Seoul, according to an announcement today by the company, as the rise of South Korea’s e-commerce sector helps drive investor demand for warehouse assets.
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Blackstone has raised its bid for Unizo Holdings to JPY 192 billion ($1.76 billion), forcing fresh moves by rivals Lone Star Funds and Fortress Investment Group in the contest for the Tokyo-listed hotelier and real estate investment firm.
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Starwood Capital Group has recommitted to its A$485 million ($326 million) bid for Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF), despite a move late last week by the REIT’s sponsor and Keppel Capital that appeared to frustrate the hostile takeover attempt.
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Shared office provider WeWork has found a new chief executive as the financially challenged company takes another step in its struggle for profitability.
Brookfield Properties executive Sandeep Mathrani will join the New York-based firm as CEO on 18 February, according… Read More>>
Keppel Capital has set up a partnership with the sponsor of an A$688 million ($464.8 million) Australian office REIT that will allow the Temasek-backed asset manager to dig deeper into Australia’s metropolitan office market, according to a disclosure to the… Read More>>
Property consultancy Colliers International has brought in a new face to run its Korean operation, with the Toronto-based firm installing Robert Wilkinson as the head of its Seoul office starting this week.
Wilkinson, who has been with Colliers since 2011,… Read More>>
NYSE-listed alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation is expanding its reach in Asia through the acquisition of a controlling interest in Hong Kong-based SSG Capital Management, according to a company announcement.
The US alternative asset manager has agreed to buy… Read More>>
CBRE has brought on board Stuart McCann to head the firm’s international capital team for Pacific and Southeast Asia, according to an announcement by the NYSE-listed property services company.
McCann will assume the newly created role on 3 February after… Read More>>
Mapletree Logistics Trust Management has agreed to acquire 98.47 percent of a newly built logistics facility in western Japan’s Kobe as the trust strengthens its portfolio to meet the rising demand for logistics space in the country, according to a… Read More>>
ESR is stepping up its presence in India with the purchase of a development site in the north of the country, as the logistics specialist looks to ride the rising demand for warehousing in the subcontinent.
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