In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Douglas Woo of Wheelock & Co bags a luxe apartment in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay, and mainland developer Sunac warns of a 2022 loss on the order of $4 billion.
Google Trims Space at Frasers’ Alexandra Technopark in Singapore Amid Layoffs
Google is surrendering a portion of its premises in Singapore’s Alexandra Technopark, the manager of the listed REIT that owns the property announced, as the California-based search giant shrinks its global office footprint.
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Evergrande Boss Said Selling London’s Priciest Mansion and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading off today’s roundup of regional news headlines is China Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin, aka Hui Ka Yan, who reportedly has been unmasked as the ultimate owner of London’s most expensive house — a Knightsbridge mansion previously linked solely to… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2022-08-29
The fallout from a set of investigations into executives at state-run developers in China leads this week’s set of personnel updates on Mingtiandi, with the chairman of two Hong Kong-listed units of Xiamen C&D Group making a hasty exit. Also… Read More>>
Google Unveils Third Singapore Data Centre in Jurong, Marks 15 Years in City-State
Google on Tuesday announced the start of operations at its third data centre in Singapore, a multi-storey development in Jurong, as part of festivities celebrating 15 years of the US tech giant’s presence in the city-state.
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Asia Real Estate People in the News 2022-01-17
The new year continues to yield a flurry of top level personnel moves in Asia Pacific’s real estate community, including mainland China heavyweight Poly Developments naming a new chairman. There are also top level moves by Manulife Investment Management, Greystar,… Read More>>
ARA US Hospitality Trust Buys US Hotels for $48M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore-listed ARA US Hospitality Trust acquires a pair of North Carolina hotels, sovereign wealth fund GIC awaits a windfall of foreign currency reserves after a rule change, and Google is buying a London… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2021-08-30
New leadership at Australia’s Cromwell Property Group leads our collection of regional personnel moves this week as the Sydney-based fund manager continues to set a new direction after Singapore’s ARA Asset Management and Straits Trading helped form a new board… Read More>>
Brookfield Buys Mumbai-Area Data Centre Site for $81M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
India leads today’s roundup of regional news headlines, with Canada’s Brookfield securing land near Mumbai for a data centre site, Singapore’s Xander upping its Chennai warehouse space, and Google Cloud announcing a new cloud region in Delhi NCR. China Evergrande… Read More>>
CP to Buy Tesco’s SE Asia Business for $10.6B and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Britain’s biggest supermarket leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a conglomerate controlled by Thailand’s richest family has agreed to acquire Tesco’s Thai and Malaysian business for $10.6 billion.
In other… Read More>>