A three-month skid in Tokyo’s average home price leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today as condo values slide in the city’s central wards. Singapore’s Mapletree also makes the news with a US student housing disposal and a mainland tenant gets a… Read More>>
Citadel Leases Two More Floors in Hong Kong’s IFC and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hong Kong’s stumbling office market looks like a bargain to at least one major US investment manager, with Chicago-based Citadel said to be tripling its footprint in the IFC. Also in the news today, Swire Properties has announced plans for… Read More>>
HK Office Leasing Grows for the First Time in Two Years, Rents Still Slide
Hong Kong’s office market showed signs of revival after a prolonged slump as more tenants leased fresh space than gave up old offices for the first time in two years.
Net absorption of Grade A space in the world’s most… Read More>>
US Fund Manager Expands into Hong Kong’s IFC and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, a US fund manager ramps up its presence in Hong Kong’s Central, a hotel collapse in Suzhou claims eight lives, and Singapore’s condo resale volume dips.
Also in the… Read More>>
Hiranandani to Invest in IDC, Industrial Parks and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In our latest roundup of regional news headlines, one of India’s key property groups says it will spend big to build data centres countrywide, Singaporean developer CDL announces plans for the divestment of a hotel on Malaysia’s Penang island, and… Read More>>
CDL Hotel Trust Sells Brisbane Hotel for A$63.5M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The coronavirus continued to show its ability to move markets this week as a Singaporean hotel trust sold off one of its Australian assets at a discount and China’s property investment continued to rise in September despite slowing growth in… Read More>>
Hony Capital Said to Lease Office in Hong Kong’s IFC at 35% Off 2017 Rates
Mainland private equity investor Hony Capital has leased out an upper level unit in Hong Kong’s Two International Finance Centre for HK$130 ($17) per square foot per month – a 35 percent discount on what an equivalent space in the… Read More>>
NYC Hedge Fund Takes HK$170 Per Square Foot Lease in Central’s IFC
Hundreds of thousands of people may be marching in Hong Kong’s streets and the famously expensive housing market has started looking shaky, but international financiers are still leasing pricey offices in Central, so at least its business as usual in… Read More>>
KPF’s Lotte World Tower in Seoul Wins Super Skyscraper Title
The cloud-breaching Lotte World Tower in Seoul has been recognized as the best new skyscraper in the world, beating out Zaha Hadid Architects’ Generali Tower in Milan and 150 North Riverside Plaza in Chicago.
The tapered 555-metre, 123-storey glass and… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s IFC Sets New Global Office Rental High at Over $25 Per Square Foot
Two units on a high floor of Hong Kong’s Two ifc skyscraper have been leased out for HK$200 ($25.63) per square foot per month, setting a post-2008 record high for the world’s most expensive office leasing market.
The units covering… Read More>>