Asia real estate and outbound investment news
US private equity firm Blackstone Group has forged the largest-ever fund dedicated to property investments in Asia by holding a final close on Blackstone Real Estate Partners Asia II (BREP II), at around $7.1 billion of capital commitments.
Blackstone’s second… Read More>>
Gaw Capital has closed its third US value-add real estate fund with total commitments reaching a hard cap size of $412 million, the Hong Kong-based private equity shop announced. The Gaw Capital US Fund III will mainly target real estate… Read More>>
US-based real estate investment firm LaSalle Investment Management has secured $1.15 billion of equity for its fifth pan-Asia opportunistic fund, topping the initial target of $750 million as global institutional investors pile into the region’s property assets.
The capital will… Read More>>
Hong Kong-based alternative investment firm PAG is planning a new Asia buyout fund with a target of $6 billion, according to a Reuters account citing people with knowledge of the plan. PAG has reportedly started canvassing investors about the vehicle… Read More>>
Hong Kong-based real estate investment manager Kailong is raising a new, US dollar-denominated fund focussing on properties in Greater China, with a target size of $500 million.
Ivan Ho, who has just been promoted to the newly create role of… Read More>>
CBRE Global Investors will be adding more Asian properties to its $98.3 billion in global assets under management, as the Los Angeles-based firm has announced the final closing of a $1 billion Asia real estate fund.
Warehouse-focussed vehicle Asia Value… Read More>>
LaSalle Investment Management has closed its fourth Japanese logistics fund after raising $350 million in new cash to expand its fleet of logistics facilities in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The fund-raising haul paves the way for LaSalle to… Read More>>
Former HSBC real estate finance executive James Lim is joining CapitaLand, where he will run the private equity funds business of the Singaporean property group, according to an internal email seen by Mingtiandi.
Effective November 1, Lim will take the… Read More>>
The real estate arm of Hong Kong-based investment manager PAG has reached the final closing of its latest opportunistic Asian real estate fund with $1.9 billion in investor commitments, topping its initial target of $1.5 billion.
The Secured Capital Real… Read More>>
Shared office unicorn URWork has just closed another round of funding, with Beijing Aikang Group injecting RMB 200 million ($29.4 million) into the startup that aims to be China’s answer to WeWork, the company announced this week.
The latest cash… Read More>>
