The buyer of a serviced apartment building at 111 High Street in Hong Kong has been revealed by market sources as a recently formed private equity fund manager backed by a US pension fund.
Hong Kong-based Crane Capital has agreed… Read More>>
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The buyer of a serviced apartment building at 111 High Street in Hong Kong has been revealed by market sources as a recently formed private equity fund manager backed by a US pension fund.
Hong Kong-based Crane Capital has agreed… Read More>>

Allianz Real Estate and Gaw Capital have agreed to acquire the Duo Tower and Duo Galleria in Singapore for S$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion), according to a joint announcement by the two companies.
The Munich-based insurer is set to own a… Read More>>

US private equity giant Blackstone is seeking a buyer for a portfolio of 82 blocks of flats in Japan predicted to fetch up to $1.5 billion.
Blackstone has appointed JLL and Mizuho Trust & Banking as advisers for the sale,… Read More>>

Property agent JLL, developer Swire Properties and the real estate technology arm of China’s biggest insurer Ping An kicked off mainland China’s first corporate proptech accelerator programme at an official launch in Shanghai last week.
Known as UrbanLab, the initiative… Read More>>

Shared offices with attitude and free-flow beer could convert into a $3.5 billion IPO for WeWork within the next two months, according to media reports today, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans.
While WeWork has yet to comment publicly… Read More>>

Within hours of US co-working provider WeWork announcing its expansion into Taiwan, a US news report revealed that co-founder Adam Neumann has cashed out more than $700 million from the company which hopes to achieve a public listing in the… Read More>>

Blackstone has snapped up a portfolio of Japanese warehouses that includes online shopping giant Amazon’s Greater Tokyo distribution centre for around JPY 100 billion ($920 million), as the US investment manager zeroes in on Japanese e-commerce.
Blackstone confirmed that a… Read More>>

A pair of funds managed by Blackstone are selling a Hong Kong-based self-storage company to a developer controlled by one of the city’s wealthiest families, according to a stock exchange announcement today.
Hanison Construction, which is majority owned by the… Read More>>

A Hong Kong joint venture fronted by a privately held affiliate of Wing Tai Group has agreed to buy an office building in London for around £225 million ($282 million), according to market sources who were in contact with Mingtiandi.

Keppel Capital, together with partners from the US and Singapore, has filed the final paperwork to launch a $813 million Singapore IPO of a set of 11 US commercial properties. according to a stock market announcement on Tuesday.
KBS US… Read More>>