Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Chinese conglomerate and property heavyweight China Poly Group Corporation has hired Australia-listed construction company Watpac to begin construction of its A$300 million office tower in central Sydney, according to the Australian local media.
Located on 210-220 George St along the… Read More>>
Hong Kong billionaire Tang Shing-bor, known as the city’s “Shop King”, is trading an 80-room hotel in Wan Chai in exchange for a potential housing site in Sai Kung, a suburban area of the city, in a deal that involves… Read More>>
Private equity investments work differently in China, and the Carlyle Group is preparing to spin off its China real estate unit into a separate entity to fit the requirements of the mainland market, according to sources familiar with the company’s… Read More>>
Cash-strapped mainland conglomerate HNA is shedding all eight floors of its unused office space in Hong Kong’s Central district, in a bid to trim HK$12 million per month in rent from its wall of liabilities, according to sources familiar with… Read More>>
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), a listed media group that owns the Straits Times and Business Times, is buying a portfolio of 14 student accommodation properties located in six towns and cities across the UK for S$321 million ($233 million) in… Read More>>
Chinese real estate giant Country Garden recently announced plans to build a 10-square-kilometre (3.9-square-mile) industrial park through its wholly owned subsidiary Bright Dream Robotics, according to Yicai.com. The Robot Valley project will be located in the southern Guangdong city of… Read More>>
Ascendas-Singbridge has acquired a portfolio of 33 grade A US office properties from Starwood Capital, giving the Singapore-based developer its first holdings in the US market.
Dubbed “The Innovation Collection” by Starwood, the set of commercial assets is estimated to… Read More>>
Global Logistic Properties is teaming up with its former owner GIC to create a $2 billion value-add fund for acquiring logistics properties in mainland China, the company announced on Tuesday.
This is GIC’s first investment with Asia’s largest warehouse operator… Read More>>
UOL Group Ltd has introduced Liam Wee Sin as the new Group Chief Executive of the Singapore-listed developer, effective 2 January 2019, according to a statement by the company on Friday.
Liam, who has been with the real estate heavyweight… Read More>>
Facebook has chosen Singapore as the site of its first billion-dollar data center in Asia. The region is home to the tech giant’s fastest growing market and hosts 40 percent of Facebook’s 2.23 billion monthly active users.
“We selected Singapore… Read More>>
