Asia real estate and outbound investment news
One of Asia’s best-known logistics developers is planning to start filling sheds with servers as Hong Kong-listed ESR on Thursday announced the acquisition of an Osaka data centre asset as part of a planned $2.15 billion project.
“As a leading… Read More>>
Blackstone late Thursday announced a binding agreement to buy eight hotels in Japan from Kintetsu Group Holdings, in the latest case of a US fund manager teaming with a Japanese conglomerate looking to raise cash and cut costs by offloading… Read More>>
CBRE Global Investors has announced the closing of a co-investment vehicle as part of the Asia Value Partners V fund, taking aim at logistics development projects in Japan.
The fund management unit of CBRE Group raised $265 million in equity… Read More>>
Data centre provider Equinix on Tuesday revealed that it has opened its first hyperscale facility in Asia as part of a planned $3 billion global expansion.
Dubbed TY12x, the project in Chiba prefecture — just northeast of Tokyo — is… Read More>>
Singapore and Japan took the second and third spots in an annual index of the most attractive places to build data centres, with only the US ranked higher, according to global design and consultancy firm Arcadis.
Asia Pacific is well… Read More>>
The world’s largest institutional investors continue to bet on Japanese rental apartments for their resilient returns, with Allianz Real Estate announcing on Friday that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of Tokyo assets for €75 million… Read More>>
Hines has brought aboard local veterans to strengthen its teams in Japan and South Korea, as the US-based developer looks to transition from the investment advisory sphere to a focus on acquisitions and development in the two markets.
Joining the… Read More>>
AXA IM Alts, an alternative asset arm of France’s AXA Investment Managers, announced on Tuesday that it has begun construction of a four-storey logistics facility near Nagoya, Japan.
Working together with Warburg Pincus-backed developer and fund manager ESR, which will… Read More>>
Privately-held Grosvenor on Monday announced the appointment of Kozo Hiratani as president of the UK property group’s business in Japan, effective 1 February.
Hiratani has extensive experience in the real estate industry, having worked at Mitsui Fudosan for 25 years… Read More>>
Global property consultancy JLL made a pair of leadership appointments in Asia in the past week, looking outward to hire Ken Sakuramoto as head of equity advisory for Japan and Radha Dhir as chief executive for India.
Based in Tokyo,… Read More>>
