Shared space giant The We Company brought in $2 billion in fresh cash this week, but already $1 billion of that may be on its way out the door, as the New York-based firm formerly known as WeWork seeks to… Read More>>
Mainland Gaming Firms Lease 30% of New Manila Office Space and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Any property investment has an element of risk, but games of chance appear to have become a primary driver of Manila’s real estate market, as China’s gambling fans take up nearly a third of the Filipino capital’s new office space… Read More>>
India’s 100 Richest Property Tycoons Worth 4% More than China Evergrande’s Xu Jiayin
India’s 100 richest real estate tycoons combined have more wealth than China’s richest property baron, China Evergrande Group chairman Xu Jiayin, but not by much.
A recent survey of India’s wealthiest property industry players finds that a set of one… Read More>>
Survey Shows 22% of Mainland Homes Unoccupied and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s real estate news from around the region, while China’s leaders seem determined to stamp out housing speculation, that sentiment seems to have had little impact on the country’s world-leading supply of empty homes. Further south,… Read More>>
Blackstone Kicks Off $722M IPO for India’s First REIT
India’s first real estate investment trust – the Blackstone-sponsored Embassy Office Parks REIT – kicked off its IPO on Monday with the manager filing draft documents with the regulator.
The country’s maiden REIT will debut some four years after the… Read More>>
IKEA Opens First India Store in Hyderabad and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India looms large in the region’s real estate world today as the subcontinent gets its first IKEA shop, and one of the country’s biggest landlords unveils a 1.1 million square metre lease just before it launches India’s first REIT with… Read More>>
Blackstone Boosts Asset Portfolio in Run-Up to $1B India REIT IPO
Blackstone is transferring more investments into India’s first real estate investment trust just ahead of the proposed initial offering. The US investment giant’s local partner in the pioneering real estate deal, Embassy Group, is said to also be tweaking its… Read More>>
Warburg-Embassy JV Buys Site for $88M India Project and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India, Dallas, Vietnam and Beijing all make it into today’s collection of headlines as we go regionwide to bring you all the latest deals. At the top of the news on the way to what could be a $1 billion… Read More>>
Blackstone, Embassy Prepare for $1B IPO of India’s First REIT
Private equity giant Blackstone and Bangalore’s Embassy Group are getting ready to list India’s first real estate investment trust as they target a $1 billion September IPO for a joint venture business park porfolio.
The New York-based investment group and… Read More>>
WeWork India Said in Talks with Goldman, Warburg Pincus, GIC to Raise $200M
The Indian arm of US co-working giant WeWork is reported to be in early-stage talks with investors including Goldman Sachs and Warburg Pincus to raise up to $200 million, a move that could boost WeWork India’s valuation to as much… Read More>>
