Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Financial stress on one of Singapore’s best known retail groups has turned into a real estate investment opportunity as a consortium led by Lian Beng Group is picking up the headquarters of debt-laden bakery chain Breadtalk.
SGX-listed Lian Beng, which… Read More>>
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a key accelerator of tech adoption by real estate companies in Asia, according to research by Mingtiandi which is set to be released on Tuesday, 19 January.
In a survey conducted last year, some 60… Read More>>
Warehouse giant GLP has exceeded expectations for its latest European investment vehicle with Asia’s largest logistics developer announcing on Friday that it had raised an additional €500 million ($604 million) for the core strategy.
The Singapore-based firm has now brought… Read More>>
Around two years after kicking off its first dedicated vehicle for investing in Asian real estate, US private equity firm KKR has exceeded its original goals for the opportunistic venture.
The New York-based fund manager has completed fund raising for… Read More>>
One of the world’s biggest private equity firms is pushing its real estate bets into the fantasy world, as recently filed documents show that Blackstone is in the process of buying a Singapore building based on George Lucas’ Star Wars… Read More>>
Canadian pension fund manager Ivanhoé Cambridge has tied up with Hong Kong’s PAG to chase the returns available from warehouses in Japan, according to an announcement today by the two firms.
Together, Ivanhoé Cambridge and PAG aim to invest up… Read More>>
Global property consultancy JLL on Tuesday announced a set of personnel moves in Southeast Asia, headlined by the promotion of Chris Archibold to country head for Singapore and Michael Glancy to the same role in Thailand.
Archibold, JLL’s head of… Read More>>
Mainland private equity firm Hillhouse Capital is continuing to build out its real estate capabilities as the company recently welcomed a former Blackstone managing director to its property investment team.
Yan Yan, who left Blackstone in late 2020 after a… Read More>>
Just 35 percent of Asia property professionals see the region trailing the West in adopting real estate technology, according to a survey conducted by Mingtiandi, compared with 56 percent who felt that way three years ago.
The change in use… Read More>>
A North American fund manager recorded a hit deal at the end of 2020, picking up the Tokyo headquarters of a Japanese entertainment conglomerate for JPY 72 billion ($693 million) to add to a $1.6 billion opportunistic vehicle.
BentallGreenOak has… Read More>>
