Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital has made itself a major player in Asia’s real estate investment scene and now the family-run private equity firm has teamed up with a consortium that includes US investment bank Goldman Sachs for its biggest acquisition… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-11-13
For this week’s edition of People in the News, an e-commerce veteran has joined the board of China’s leading international property site, while a former retail manager for a high-end lingerie brand is now in charge of mall leasing for… Read More>>
China Taiping Said to Be Buyer of $1.3B HK Tower and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Do borders even exist for real estate investors anymore? That’s the question on Mingtiandi’s mind as a report reveals China Taiping insurance as the buyer of Henderson Land’s project in Hong Kong’s North Point, and HK developer K Wah finalises… Read More>>
Blackstone, Gaw, KKR Shortlisted for $2B Link REIT Portfolio and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading the news today, Hong Kong’s own Gaw Capital is said to be slugging it out with some of the world’s biggest investors as Link REIT puts a $2 billion set of assets on the market, while up on the… Read More>>
Blackstone, KKR and CITIC Said Competing for $2.5B Link REIT Retail Portfolio
Retail real estate may be under pressure, but that isn’t stopping some of the world’s biggest property investors from competing for a $2.5 billion portfolio of shopping centres in Hong Kong.
Link Asset Management, the Hong Kong-based manager of Asia’s… Read More>>
HNA Moves Forward on SG Logistics Acquisition and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading off today’s news China’s HNA Group shows some signs of post-crackdown life as it moves another step forward on its acquisition of a Singapore logistics provider. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, top developer Wheelock tries out some new high prices… Read More>>
Blackstone Closes in on CRT Buyout And More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s news, US private equity giant Blackstone has received approval in principle to acquire Japanese shopping mall portfolio Croesus Retail Trust for around $650 million. Also in the headlines, Chinese-backed builder John Holland has picked up… Read More>>
Wang Jianlin’s Movie Studio Dreams Turn to Dust and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China’s cross-border giants continue to dominate the headlines today as news breaks of Wang Jianlin selling off his dreams of Hollywood by the East China Sea. Not to be pushed from the spotlight, HNA also grabs reader attention with the… Read More>>
State-Owned Giants are Eating Hong Kong and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s headlines, Hong Kong wakes up to a new one country, one set of SOEs system, Asia’s biggest REIT pays out 8.7 percent to its unit-holders and Singapore gets ready to put two more public housing projects up for… Read More>>
Link REIT Closes on RMB 4.1B Buy of GZ Mall from Morgan Stanley and Gaw
Hong Kong’s Link REIT has completed its RMB 4.1 billion ($589 million) acquisition of the Metropolitan Plaza mall in Guangzhou from funds controlled by Morgan Stanley and Gaw Capital, according to a recent statement by the manager of the real… Read More>>
