Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
LaSalle Investment Management announced this week that Phillip Ling, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, has retired from the real estate investment firm as of June 30th.
The leadership transition means that Mark Gabbay will now be LaSalle’s sole CEO in… Read More>>
Shanghai ranked as the top Chinese city for real estate investment for the third year in a row, according to survey results released recently by the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
Despite what the real estate industry professional organisation referred to as rising… Read More>>
Colliers International announced on Friday that it has brought over Nigel Smith from rival CBRE to become its new managing director in charge of its Hong Kong business.
The hire of Smith, who formerly managed CBRE’s office leasing services for… Read More>>
Chinese has already become famous for its wealthy buyers of overseas homes, and now one of its most famous billionaires has purchased a 28,100 acre (11,371 hectare) estate in New York that formerly belonged to the Rockefeller family.
Jack Ma,… Read More>>
Chinese buyers bought more US homes, for more money, than any other foreign investors last year, as China’s wave of outbound investment continues to spread globally.
Home buyers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan together purchased $28.6 billion worth… Read More>>
New home prices climbed in 20 out of 70 major Chinese cities last month compared to April, as the country’s home market continues to see signs of recovery after a year-long slide.
Among the 70 urban centres surveyed each month… Read More>>
China’s largest commercial developer, Dalian Wanda, hopes to grow a bit bigger still by investing as much as $10 billion in India over the next decade.
Wanda chairman, Wang Jianlin – currently reigning as Asia’s richest man – is in… Read More>>
Vanke lost its title of China’s largest developer last year to Shanghai’s Greenland Group, but the Shenzhen-based home builder won a different prize this week by securing the right to launch China’s first real estate investment trust (REIT).
The REIT… Read More>>
China’s love affair with Sydney continued to pick up pace this month as Greenland Group picked up a pair of projects in Australia’s largest city for a combined A$170 million ($131 million).
The Shanghai-based developer, which outsold all other Chinese… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital has led a group of Asian investors in buying Seattle’s tallest building for $725 million, according to published reports.
The acquisition of the 76-storey Columbia Center office tower from previous owners Beacon Capital of Boston could… Read More>>
