Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
Vanke, the country’s largest property developer by revenue, is holding discussions with private equity giant Blackstone Group about a real estate fund to pursue opportunities in China’s logistics real estate sector, a senior company official revealed over the weekend.
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Warehouse developer Global Logistic Properties Limited (GLP) has signed three new lease agreements totaling 39,000 square meters (420,000 square feet) in Xi’an, and Suzhou.
The leases, with three different companies, in two separate cities, include an agreement to provide warehouse… Read More>>
Australian real estate developer Goodman Group announced today that it has signed an agreement to lease 54,880 sqm of logistics space in Suzhou to Cainiao, the logistics firm that supports Jack Ma’s Taobao e-commerce platform.
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A Chinese investment consortium is wagering $2.51 billion that there is money to be made from China’s need for warehouses, and that Singapore’s Global Logistics Properties (GLP) is well-situated to realise these profits.
The share purchase by the Chinese group… Read More>>
Logistics real estate fund The Redwood Group (Redwood) announced last week that it has entered into a 10-year lease agreement with auto-maker Daimler for a custom built distribution 36,000 square meter facility in Guangzhou, China.
The build-to-suit arrangement is the… Read More>>
China’s least exciting real estate sector is quickly becoming the centre of investor attention, as Goldman Sachs has agreed to provide a US$120 million pre-IPO loan to start-up warehouse developer e-Shang.
The logistics developer and operator, which is based in… Read More>>
US private equity firm Carlyle made headlines again last week when it announced a US$400 million joint investment with the Townsend Group and China warehouse developer Yupei.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Carlyle and Townsend will… Read More>>
Equity International, a private equity firm run by US investor Sam Zell and The Redwood Group, an Asia-focused real estate fund, announced this week a strategic partnership for expansion of Redwood’s logistics property platform.
According to an announcement from Redwood,… Read More>>
China’s most boring real estate sector got a bit of love last week when Canadian commercial real estate firm, Brookfield Property Partners agreed to acquire logistics developer Gazeley for an undisclosed amount. Gazeley is a major developer of warehouses, and… Read More>>
As China’s ecommerce sector continues to grow at a rapid pace it is creating demand for warehouse space that continues to outstrip supply, according to a new market report by DTZ China.
The shortage of warehouse space is a trend… Read More>>
