New York-based fund manager Fortress Investment Group is acquiring a resort complex in the southwestern Japanese city of Miyazaki, as an inbound tourism boom helped push acquisitions of hospitality assets to a record JPY 500 billion in 2023, according to… Read More>>
China Reportedly Preps Further Property Stimulus and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, China is said to be mulling further measures to jump-start its ailing property market, and cash-strapped builder Country Garden delays a deadline for onshore bondholders to vote on a payment extension. Also making… Read More>>
Invincible REIT Buying Six Japan Hotels From Sponsor Fortress for $400M
Invincible Investment Corporation, a Tokyo-listed hospitality and residential REIT, has agreed to acquire six hotels in Japan from affiliates of the trust’s sponsor, US asset manager Fortress Investment Group, for a total of JPY 57.2 billion ($400 million).
The largest… Read More>>
Mubadala to Acquire 70% Stake in Fortress Investment Group From SoftBank
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company is teaming with executives of Fortress Investment Group in a takeover of the US fund manager, having agreed to acquire the 90.01 percent stake in Fortress currently held by Japanese venture investor SoftBank.
“Fortress is… Read More>>
Fortress Closes in on $1.4B Japanese Retail Buy and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, the parent of 7-Eleven plans to sell its Sogo & Seibu department store holdings to a US fund, CapitaLand Investment announces the sale of a Malaysia mall, and S&P downgrades Country Garden and… Read More>>
Softbank’s Fortress Targets Department Stores and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, a Softbank-owned investment firm is reportedly seeking to buy Japanese department store Sogo & Seibu, an acquisition deal for Singapore’s Sime Darby Business Centre collapses, and the fate of a crypto investor’s luxury… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2020-07-06
Leading this week’s collection of role changes among the region’s real estate professionals, the head of one of Singapore’s largest commercial developers is stepping down after more than a quarter-century at the helm.
Continuing the quarter-millennia theme, a veteran valuer… Read More>>
Blackstone Tops Lone Star Offer with JPY 250B Bid for Japanese Hotel Firm
Blackstone has improved its bid for a Japanese hotelier and property developer to JPY 205 billion ($1.85 billion), as the US private equity giant tops an existing offer by rival Lone Star Funds that values the company at JPY 195… Read More>>
Blackstone Boosts Bid in Battle with Lone Star, Fortress for Japanese Hotelier
Blackstone has raised its bid for Unizo Holdings to JPY 192 billion ($1.76 billion), forcing fresh moves by rivals Lone Star Funds and Fortress Investment Group in the contest for the Tokyo-listed hotelier and real estate investment firm.
Blackstone said… Read More>>
Softbank to Buy Fortress Investment for $3.3 Bil and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Asia’s impact on the rest of the world is being underlined again today as one of Japan’s most aggressive investors announces that it is buying one of America’s best known private equity firms on the same day that a leading… Read More>>