New World Development last week announced to the Hong Kong Exchange that it is buying a 65 percent stake in a site in Guangzhou, next to the country’s largest amusement park, for a total consideration of over RMB 4.78 billion… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2018-11-19
With just over one month to go in 2018 a few industry professionals are taking their year-end holidays a bit early as a pair of high ranking executives with mainland developers announce plans to take time off from their current… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2018-10-29
The markets may be slowing down in Hong Kong and mainland China but developers and real estate service providers in the region must still be confident in the long-term picture, as they continue to reward their top performers with new… Read More>>
IHG to Add 300 China Hotels Within Five Years and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China’s 1.3 billion people need more places to stay as they increasingly hit the road and a plan by the parent company of Holiday Inn hotels to build 300 new hotels to house these mainland travellers leads today’s real estate… Read More>>
Hsin Chong Defaults on $300M in Bonds and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, listed builder Hsin Chong Group announced it won’t pay its $300 million senior notes that were due on Friday, becoming the second Asian company after Noble Group to default on US dollar bonds… Read More>>
Edwin Leong Consolidates Sai Ying Pun Site and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, after snapping up the Butterfly on Waterfront Hotel in Sai Ying Pun, billionaire Edwin Leong’s Tai Hung Fai Enterprise is bidding for more sites on the same block to pave the way for… Read More>>
New World’s K11 Invests $10M in AI Startup and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Tales of China retail lead today’s news as one of Hong Kong’s biggest developers invests $10 million into an artificial intelligence startup, while a Beijing mall converts a whole floor into co-working space. A key cog in China’s Belt-and-Road initiative… Read More>>
New World’s Victoria Dockside Breaks Record For Kowloon Office Rents
New World Development’s K11 Atelier tower on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront has just leased out a full mid-level floor for a monthly rent of HK$2.6 million ($332,413), or HK$95 per square foot, according to a media report. The rate… Read More>>
Henderson Investing S$135M in CIFI Shanghai Project and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s headlines, Hong Kong developer Henderson Land has again linked up with Shanghai’s CIFI Holdings on a mainland project, and home-sharing giant Airbnb is looking to double its investment in China over the next year. Also… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-04-24
Leading off the region’s list of familiar faces in new places this week, one of the mainland’s biggest buyers of real estate has started acquiring talent as well, as a senior banking veteran gets a new ticket with HNA. Also… Read More>>