After teetering on the edge of bankruptcy in 2014, real estate developer Greentown China has bounced back. Just two years after nearly selling itself to pay off creditors, the once insolvent home builder this week announced a RMB 20 billion… Read More>>
Gaw’s Pioneer Global Sells Hong Kong Building for $129 Mil
The Gaw family’s Pioneer Global Group has sold a commercial building near Hong Kong’s Central district for HK$1 billion ($128.96 million), according to a recent announcement to the Hong Kong stock exchange signed by Pioneer’s managing director, Kenneth Gaw.
The… Read More>>
Will Trump’s Son-in-Law Close Manhattan Deal with Anbang Before Inauguration?
Donald Trump is threatening China with a trade war, but could he be persuaded to hold fire if one of China’s best-connected investors finances his son-in-law’s multi-billion dollar Manhattan real estate project?
Jared Kushner, the head of Manhattan developer Kushner… Read More>>
Country Garden CFO Resigns Amidst Board Upheaval
After less than three years spent bailing out the balance sheet of China’s third-largest property developer by sales, Country Garden chief financial officer Wu Jianbin has left the company citing personal reasons.
“Mr Wu Jianbin has tendered resignation from his… Read More>>
PAG Raises $1.2B For New Asia Opportunity Fund
Hong Kong-based alternative investment manager PAG has reportedly raised $1.2 billion in fresh capital for its latest Asia Pacific real estate opportunity fund, according to market sources who spoke with Mingtiandi.
The new funding is understood to have been raised… Read More>>
E-Shang Redwood Closes $300M Investment in Run Up to IPO
e-Shang Redwood (ESR) has closed on a $300 million round of investment led by a consortium of mainland investors as the Asian logistics developer prepares for a potential 2017 initial public offering.
The company, which was formed last January by… Read More>>
Bidders Expected to Line Up for $2.2B Hong Kong Car Park
The first sale of a plot of commercial land in Hong Kong’s central business district in more than 20 years is expected to stir up a bidding war that could bring offers of as much as HK$17 billion ($2.2 billion)… Read More>>
Singapore’s GIC Sovereign Wealth Fund Grabs 50% Stake in UK Mall for $60 Mil
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has made its fourth European real estate investment in the past four months – this time snatching up a 50 percent stake in a new shopping mall in the UK for 48.5 million pounds ($60… Read More>>
Co-Working, Superman and China’s Rolling Wave of Cash – Asia’s Top 24 Real Estate Stories of 2016
In 2015 it was defaulting developers and cross-border binging that dominated Asia’s real estate headlines. This year, the defaulting disease seems to have eased, only to be replaced by co-working fever.
Also grabbing investor attention in 2016 were record-setting deals… Read More>>
Ping An Teams with Mitsubishi to Back $1B Lendlease Sydney Project
Chinese financial services giant Ping An is pushing further into the Australian property market through a $1 billion joint venture with Lendlease and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi, according to a statement late last week by the Aussie real estate developer.
Shenzhen-based… Read More>>