Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Blackstone has snapped up a portfolio of Japanese warehouses that includes online shopping giant Amazon’s Greater Tokyo distribution centre for around JPY 100 billion ($920 million), as the US investment manager zeroes in on Japanese e-commerce.
Blackstone confirmed that a… Read More>>
Retail leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that a loss-making Japanese retailer is closing its department store in Shanghai and pulling out of China.
In other news around the region, co-working… Read More>>
Housing markets lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that home prices grew at their fastest pace in nearly half a year on China’s mainland, at the same time that sales in… Read More>>
The UK’s Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has teamed up with Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to form a residential property investment joint venture, the Edinburgh-based company announced today.
The partnership, which primarily targets the Japanese market, will enable the Scottish… Read More>>
Commercial real estate investment in Asia Pacific reached $45 billion during the first three months of the year, setting a new first quarter high, according to a new report released by property consultant JLL.
Transactions in China drove the spike,… Read More>>
Allianz Real Estate is investing $600 million into China and Japan real estate investment funds managed by logistics real estate developer and fund manager GLP, according to an announcement today by the two companies.
In its statement, Allianz Real Estate,… Read More>>
IWG, the parent company for Regus has agreed to sell its Japanese business for £320 million ($446 million) as the flexible office provider shifts toward a franchise model.
The London-listed firm is selling 100 percent of the equity in the… Read More>>
Hong Kong private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has acquired a 13-storey office tower in Tokyo’s posh Aoyama area, the company confirmed in a conversation with Mingtiandi today without revealing financial details of the transaction.
Gaw, which manages real estate… Read More>>
Asia logistics real estate platform ESR announced on March 29 that it has acquired a parcel of land on Japan’s Tokyo Bay for development of a $1 billion warehouse facility.
The Warburg Pincus-backed developer specified that the $1 billion represents… Read More>>
AEW Capital Management has opened a new office in Tokyo, as it expands its Asia Pacific real estate investment business into Japan, according to a recent statement by the Boston-based fund manager.
The Tokyo outpost is led by Steve Bass,… Read More>>
