Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Asset management giant BlackRock has confirmed that the firm’s head of investments for Asia Pacific real estate, Greg Lapham, is stepping down from his role.
John Saunders, Head of BlackRock Asia Pacific Real Estate, said that Lapham had decided to… Read More>>
Savills Investment Management’s former head of asset management for Asia, Craig Pearce, has established a real estate investment consultancy firm, Nikota Capital.
Pearce is targeting Japan with his new advisory platform, primarily concentrating on assisting professional investors source, structure and… Read More>>
Less than two years after raising $1.9 billion for Secured Capital Real Estate Partners VI fund (SCREP VI), Hong Kong-based alternative investment manager PAG has begun raising fund for its next opportunistic vehicle, according to market sources cited in a… Read More>>
A property conglomerate owned by Hong Kong’s richest man is taking care to conserve its cash amidst the city’s current economic challenges, by putting staff at many of its hotels on unpaid, leave according to local media reports.
CK Asset… Read More>>
With its erstwhile owner ensconced in at Manhattan penthouse hurling insults at China’s ruling communist party, a Beijing office tower was sold for RMB 5.2 billion ($730 million) this week on a bad asset website operated by Alibaba’s Taobao.
Yu… Read More>>
Beijing-based China Fortune Land Development (CFLD) announced that it has agreed to sell a Beijing commercial project to Ping An Insurance for a consideration of RMB 5.829 billion ($830 million) as the developer shifts toward an asset light approach in… Read More>>
As discontent over the government’s extradition bill roiled the Hong Kong economy, and with mainland authorities keeping a tight clamp on cash, commercial real estate transaction volume fell over 42 percent in Hong Kong during the second quarter of this… Read More>>
Despite daily protests that have brought real estate activity to new lows in Hong Kong, co-working operator WeWork has continued to take up more space in the world’s most expensive office market.
The New York-based shared space specialist is said… Read More>>
UK developer Chelsfield has teamed up with a group of Hong Kong and Malaysian investors to purchase a set of four office buildings in Shanghai for a consideration of RMB 1.5 billion ($210 million), according to an announcement to the… Read More>>
Gaw Capital USA and US private equity firm DJM have purchased a Hollywood megamall in the largest acquisition of a single US retail asset outside of Manhattan in nearly three years, according to a joint announcement by the companies.
Los… Read More>>
