Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Chinese Estates Holdings has completed the sale of an office block in London’s West End for £162 million ($203.1 million), a sum representing a 19 percent discount to the Hong Kong-based company’s asking price for the property.
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Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is bidding to buy a London office block controlled by US investment manager Nuveen Real Estate, as investors from Asia’s second largest economy grow their appetites for UK commercial properties.
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Chinese Estates Holdings is said to have received bids as low as 35 percent below asking price for an office block in London’s West End, as the Hong Kong-based developer plans to divest one of its last remaining UK investment… Read More>>
A private investment vehicle backed by some of Hong Kong’s biggest property tycoons is selling a prime office building in London’s St James’s district, as the city’s real estate investors continue to divest properties after being stung by slumps at… Read More>>
Former Chinese Estates Holdings chairman Joseph Lau has reportedly put up for sale a London mansion at an asking price of £90 million ($117 million), marking the latest UK asset tied to the the fugitive tycoon and the HKEX-listed developer… Read More>>
China Motor Bus Company has agreed to sell a London office block, making the HKEX-listed firm the latest Hong Kong property investor to retreat from the British capital.
The former bus operator, which gained famed for introducing double decker buses… Read More>>
A recently established Singapore fund manager has made its maiden acquisition, picking up a commercial building in London’s Soho area from Hong Kong investor Lai Wing-To for around £35 million ($45.7 million), according to a statement on 21 August.
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Chinese Estates Holdings has sold an office block in London’s posh Mayfair area to local developer and investor Oval Real Estate for £125.4 million ($160.9 million), with the asset changing hands at a 7 percent discount to its £135 million… Read More>>
Singapore-based Q Investment Partners has formed a £100 million ($128 million) UK student housing joint venture with Malaysian builder Gamuda Land to develop a 299-bed project in southeast London.
The property in the Woolwich area on the south bank of… Read More>>
GIC has sold its 17.5 percent stake in the UK’s fifth largest mall to London-based developer and property investor Land Securities Group (Landsec) for £120 million ($152 million), with the Singaporean sovereign fund taking a 62 percent haircut on its… Read More>>
