Canada’s CPP Investments (CPPIB) revealed earlier this month that it had committed $300 million to Hillhouse Capital Group’s inaugural real estate fund during the quarter ending 30 June, with that vehicle having now reached a final close at over $2… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus, Hillhouse Lead $700M Investment in JD Property
China’s second-largest e-commerce player has set up its own property fund management business and now has support from a US private equity giant and a mainland venture fund to grow that asset management venture, according to recent announcements.
JD Property,… Read More>>
Hillhouse Adds Former Blackstone, Soho China Exec to Growing Real Estate Team
Mainland private equity firm Hillhouse Capital is continuing to build out its real estate capabilities as the company recently welcomed a former Blackstone managing director to its property investment team.
Yan Yan, who left Blackstone in late 2020 after a… Read More>>
New World Selling HK Bus Biz for $410M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
After selling some of its peripheral property holdings in Hong Kong during June, New World Development seems to be freeing up more cash with an agreement to sell off its Hong Kong bus franchises to a private equity fund managed… Read More>>
Tencent, Hillhouse Agree to $145M O2O Retail Deal With Miniso
Tencent and Hillhouse Capital have signed a RMB 1 billion ($145.6 million) strategic investment agreement with Japanese-style retailer Miniso, according to an announcement by the Guangzhou-based company on Monday.
“The investment of Tencent and Hillhouse Capital will help the future… Read More>>
CIC, Hillhouse Plot $13B Buyout of Yum China and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
It’s bring your billions to the table week in Asia as an investment consortium led by Zhang Lei’s Hillhouse Capital assembles capital intensive dream team to buy China’s collection of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell stores, at the same… Read More>>
Hillhouse, General Atlantic Lead $120M in Funding for WeWork China Challenger
WeWork challenger MyDreamPlus has raised $120 million in a Series C funding exercise involving six investors, including venture capital players Hillhouse Capital Management and General Atlantic.
The C-round was the Beijing-based company’s fourth and largest funding exercise so far, bringing… Read More>>
GLP Halts Trading Amid Allegations of a Botched $9.9B Sale Process
After a seven month sales process, Global Logistic Properties faces the prospect of having only a single suitor for Asia’s largest warehouse developer as a June 30th deadline for bids approaches.
Over the course of a effort that began even… Read More>>
Does Fang Fenglei’s Hopu Have the Inside Track for GLP?
After a six month pursuit of Global Logistic Properties, the list of potential bidders for the region’s leading warehouse developer is down to two entrants with formal bids due on June 30th.
Blackstone Group, which earlier this month brought in… Read More>>
CIC Said Bidding for $8.6 Bil Warehouse Developer GLP
In the last few years, China Investment Corporation (CIC) has become known as one of the biggest acquirers of real estate, but now the Chinese sovereign wealth fund may be on its way to owning the world’s biggest collection of… Read More>>