City Developments Limited has aligned itself with Paris-based asset manager Tikehau Capital and the family office of Singapore billionaire Arvind Tiku in a set of transactions that takes their combined holdings in IREIT Global to over 50 percent, according to… Read More>>
Mapletree Raises $1.8B for Euro-American Logistics Trust
Mapletree Investments has raised $1.8 billion for its first ever US and European logistics fund, leveraging the returns from leasing warehouses to e-commerce firms to expand the Singapore-based company’s capital management business.
The firm, which is backed by Temasek Holdings,… Read More>>
Korea’s Vestas Tops Up €1B Euro Sheds Portfolio with Poland Buy
Seoul-based Vestas Investment Management has acquired a distribution centre in central Poland on behalf of Korean institutional investors for €71 million ($78 million), as the European logistics market continues to draw Asian capital.
Savills Investment Management said in a statement… Read More>>
Singapore’s ARA Completes Buy of £5B London Real Estate Lender
ARA Asset Management has taken a majority stake in London-based non-bank lender Venn Partners LLP, as the Singapore-based company branches out into real estate debt opportunities.
The Warburg Pincus-backed fund manager said in an announcement today that it will provide… Read More>>
Singapore’s Elite Partners Capital Nears Close of €150M Logistics Fund
Alternative asset management firm Elite Partners Capital has announced the first close of a UK and Europe-focused logistics fund with a target hard cap of €150 million ($163 million).
A spokesperson for the Singapore-based company revealed to Mingtiandi that the… Read More>>
South Korea Led Asia’s Outbound Investors in 2019 with $17B in Deals
South Korean buyers spent $17 billion on real estate outside of their home region during 2019, making the country Asia Pacific’s biggest cross-border property investor last year, according to data provider Real Capital Analytics.
Driven by office investments in Paris,… Read More>>
Developers Scramble for Cash as Virus Hits Cashflow and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Stalling home sales lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that mainland developers are scrambling for cash in a liquidity crunch triggered by the coronavirus outbreak.
In other news around… Read More>>
GLP’s Gazeley Said Buying Goodman European Portfolio for €1B
Singapore-based Global Logistic Properties (GLP) is reported to be buying Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern European logistics portfolio in a deal said to be worth €1 billion ($1.08 billion).
Asia’s largest warehouse developer and fund manager is said to be… Read More>>
China Home Sales Plunge 90% in Early Feb and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Mainland China’s beleaguered housing market leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today as the market braces for worse to come after home sales plunged 90 percent in the first week of February compared with the… Read More>>
Korea’s NH Investment, Shinhan Lead €480M Buy of Helsinki’s Biggest Office Building
Some of South Korea’s best-known investors have trekked across the North Pole to find partners for the largest ever single-asset office investment in Finland’s history.
A pair of Korean brokerages – NH Investment & Securities and Shinhan Investment Corp –… Read More>>