Thursday, June 8th is actually the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar here in Asia, a day known as Duanwu or Dragon Boat festival, and one of the major traditional holidays.
In the south, people celebrate… Read More>>
Happy International Workers Day From Mingtiandi
Today is May 2nd, but in most parts of Asia, we’ll pretend that it’s May 1st, and celebrate a spring day outside the office.
Mingtiandi is taking a day off from its daily updates today (except for this one) as… Read More>>
Ivanhoe and Macquarie Target Takeover of $1.4B Warehouse Developer Logos
Asia’s logistics real estate developers continue to be targetted by global investment heavyweights as Canada’s Ivanhoe Cambridge and Australia’s Macquarie Group have announced that they are making a joint offer to take over Logos Property Group, a warehouse builder with… Read More>>
Jonathan Davis Takes on Business Operations Role with JLL in Singapore
Long-time China real estate executive Jonathan Davis headed south this week from Shanghai to Singapore, where he will start work as JLL’s new National Director for Business Operations in Southeast Asia starting from March 1st.
Davis, who served most recently… Read More>>
Time for Some New Year Monkey Business at Mingtiandi
Chinese New Year is just around the corner with new year’s eve coming on Sunday, February 7th for those of us in the Middle Kingdom.
To keep with local traditions and give ourselves a rest, Mingtiandi will take a break… Read More>>
Evergrande Buys $3.2 Billion in Projects from Hong Kong’s New World Group
Evergrande Real Estate, one of China’s largest developers – and its most indebted – shocked the market today by announcing that it was acquiring seven mainland projects from Hong Kong’s New World Group for a total of RMB 20.4 billion… Read More>>
Vanke Plans Share Issue as Next Step in Battle for Control of Developer
China Vanke, which has been fighting off an unwanted takeover attempt by a privately held mainland conglomerate, announced today that it may potentially be issuing new shares in the developer as part of a plan for acquiring an unnamed company.
NY Times and Wall Street Journal Both Cite Mingtiandi in Same Week
In a sign of growing recognition of Mingtiandi as China’s leading source of real estate intelligence, two of the world’s best known news publications referenced the site in reporting on separate stories on China’s real estate markets last week.
While… Read More>>
Happy Holidays From Mingtiandi
The holiday season has hit China harder than a stock market crash/anti-corruption drive combo, bringing an eerie calm to the newswires at the same time that the streets jam up with shoppers.
In honour of this festive season, and to… Read More>>
Sheep Year on the Beach — Mingtiandi to Go on Holiday
China’s spring festival holiday is late this year – officially starting on the evening of the 18th – but we will be a bit early here at Mingtiandi, with the 13th being our last day of regular service for this… Read More>>