An annual study of housing markets worldwide by investment bank UBS has identified Hong Kong as one of the world’s riskiest places to buy a home, while sizing up Singapore as a market ready for an upswing.
In its 2017… Read More>>
Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information

An annual study of housing markets worldwide by investment bank UBS has identified Hong Kong as one of the world’s riskiest places to buy a home, while sizing up Singapore as a market ready for an upswing.
In its 2017… Read More>>

Greenland Group was once a leader of China’s outbound investment wave, snapping up nearly $19 billion in overseas real estate projects from Los Angeles to London over less than four years.
But the state-owned, Shanghai-based developer has reduced that nearly… Read More>>

Once known for its decaying workshops, the Wong Chuk Hang area in southern Hong Kong is gaining popularity as a commercial hub with developers rushing to turn its one-time factory space into hotels, offices and retail space.
The opening of… Read More>>

John Lim, group CEO of ARA Asset Management, has been elected chairman of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), an industry non-profit that promotes cross-border investment in the region’s real estate.
The well-known investor succeeds former GIC real estate… Read More>>

Global insurance giant Allianz Group is adding to its portfolio of Asia Pacific logistics investments, by committing $100 million to a Japan-specific fund managed by pan-Asian warehouse builder e-Shang Redwood (ESR).
Allianz Real Estate announced on Friday that it had… Read More>>

China’s burgeoning co-working sector just got another burst of cash, with Shanghai-based shared office startup Distrii closing on a RMB 200 million ($30 million) round of financing from a group of global investors.
Singapore’s City Developments Limited (CDL) and California-based… Read More>>

Hong Kong’s Sunlight REIT, which is managed by a unit of Henderson Land Development, has announced that it is buying a commercial building on Nathan Road in Mong Kok for HK$658 million ($84.3 million). Through the sale-and-leaseback deal, the REIT… Read More>>

Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital Partners is the latest investor to bet on China’s appetite for affordable housing, as the government pushes rental apartments to mitigate the country’s residential woes.
The private equity shop announced that a fund it manages has… Read More>>

Manulife Real Estate has hired a new head of Asia real estate investments, as the arm of Canada’s Manulife Financial Corp doubles down on the Asian property sector. Real estate investment veteran Kenny Lam is joining the firm’s Hong Kong… Read More>>

Chinese shared office giant UrWork has partnered with a Shanghai-based rival to accelerate its growth drive, as Asia’s co-working space race continues to ramp up. The $1.4 billion, Beijing-based firm announced Monday that it has inked a joint venture agreement… Read More>>