Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Singapore-based co-living platform Hmlet last week announced that it has raised $6.5 million in a series A round led by Sequoia India, the India affiliate of US venture capital giant Sequoia Capital.
The co-living startup, which has 13 locations in… Read More>>
Chinese co-working giant Ucommune announced on Wednesday that it has raised its biggest tranche of new capital ever, bringing in $200 million to further accelerate the expansion of its global footprint, according to a company statement.
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Hong Kong’s Lands Department on Wednesday announced that a residential site on what was once the runway of the city’s Kai Tak Airport has been awarded to Hong Kong financial conglomerate Goldin Group for HK$8.9 billion ($1.14 billion).
The 9,708… Read More>>
This is the week that China issues its latest batch of monthly data on the real estate sector, as tighter policy enforcement in the country’s major cities leads to fewer home sales and less investment, while prices rise in smaller… Read More>>
American flexible working space provider WeWork on Tuesday announced that its largest shareholder, SoftBank, has committed another $3 billion to the company, boosting its valuation to at least $42 billion.
Softbank is investing in WeWork through a warrant that allows… Read More>>
Russell Street in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay outstripped Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to become the world most expensive retail street for the first time in five years, according to a survey of retail locations released this week.
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Warburg Pincus-backed ESR has clinched a deal to buy out Sydney-based real estate investment manager Propertylink in a deal that values the Australian company at A$723.4 million ($522.51 million), according to an announcement by Propertylink to the Australian stock exchange.
Singapore’s CapitaLand announced on Tuesday that its Raffles City China Investment Partners III (RCCIP III) fund has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to acquire the Star Harbour International Center project (上海星外滩) in Shanghai’s Hongkou… Read More>>
According to information from the Hong Kong stock exchange, JP Morgan Chase & Co used a flurry of share trades to build its stake in China Vanke, the third largest real estate developer in China, to 11.13 percent as of… Read More>>
Angry tenants and landlords occupied the Beijing office of Haoyuan Hengye Long Term Rental Apartment late last month to mount their own extra-legal detention of the housing company’s management.
The move against the rental housing operator was related to allegations… Read More>>
