Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
China’s Anbang Insurance has apparently rekindled its passion for hotels with the mainland financial upstart reportedly preparing a $7 billion bid for the FTSE-listed Intercontinental Hotels Group.
Anbang, which became famous for its $1.95 billion acquisition of New York’s Waldorf… Read More>>
Shanghai Municipal Investment (SMI), the developer of the 128-storey Shanghai Tower, is said to be partnering with New York’s Extell Development on a $2.98 billion project in Manhattan.
Documents filed in Delaware, and reported by The Real Deal, indicate that… Read More>>
The highly touted Wuhan Wanda Movie Park, owned by China’s largest real estate company, the Dalian Wanda Group, has closed for “upgrades and renovation” just 19 months after the grand opening of the RMB 7 billion ($1.05 billion) attraction. The… Read More>>
SOHO China, the Beijing-based real estate developer controlled by celebrity entrepreneurs Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi, confirmed on Friday that it has sold a commercial building in Shanghai’s Pudong district to a mainland insurer for RMB 3.2 billion ($485 million).
Canadian authorities have slapped a tax of up to 20 percent on overseas buyers purchasing homes in Greater Vancouver. The move by the British Columbia authorities comes amidst growing public outcry over runaway housing prices perceived to be fuelled largely… Read More>>
China Investment Corporation (CIC) recorded a loss on overseas investment in 2015, the sovereign wealth fund’s first negative net annual return since 2011. The fund entrusted with investing China’s foreign reserves now has $813 billion in total assets including a… Read More>>
China Vanke today confirmed a $1.9 billion deal with Blackstone Group to purchase unspecified real estate companies from funds managed by the world’s largest alternative investment manager.
The mainland developer, which was China’s biggest by sales in 2015, made the… Read More>>
Xujiahui, a commercial hub in downtown Shanghai that has lost its luster since the 1990s, could win back some of its shine as the local government renovates aging retail centres and Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai brings its biggest… Read More>>
A Chinese property investor who spent HK$2.1 billion ($271 million) in June to acquire Hong Kong’s most expensive home has added to his portfolio in the city with the HK$4.5 billion ($580 million) purchase of the east tower in Wheelock… Read More>>
A stalled $1 billion London project planned by China’s Dalian Wanda Group has received timely financing after the Chinese developer’s plans suffered recent setbacks including a plunge in local property sales and having the Anglo-Chinese joint venture selected to build… Read More>>
