Two months after making global headlines for being one of the world’s largest graffiti takeovers, a downtown Los Angeles project by China Oceanwide Holdings has been put on the market after creditors and stiffed contractors sued the troubled builder earlier… Read More>>
Shanghai’s Greenland Group Knocks 27% Off Price of LA Tower in $504M Sale
Struggling to repay bond investors, Greenland Holdings has sold a 59-storey Los Angeles residential tower, the centrepiece of the Chinese developer’s first-ever US project, to American apartment operator Northland for $504 million.
The transaction for the 685-unit THEA at Metropolis… Read More>>
Shenzhen Developer Agrees to Pay $1M Fine in California Bribery Scandal
China’s surge of overseas real estate acquisitions of the past decade continues to reap negative returns for the country’s developers with the merely unprofitable now giving way to a million dollar fine in one Los Angeles case.
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Gaw Capital Leads $325M Purchase of Hollywood Shopping Mall
Gaw Capital USA and US private equity firm DJM have purchased a Hollywood megamall in the largest acquisition of a single US retail asset outside of Manhattan in nearly three years, according to a joint announcement by the companies.
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Trumps Sell Beverly Hills Mansion to Indonesian Business Partner in $13.5M Off-Market Deal
A company controlled by the family of the US president Donald Trump has sold a 5,400 square foot Beverly Hills mansion to a corporate entity linked to the scandal-plagued politician’s Indonesian billionaire business partner for $13.5 million, according to accounts… Read More>>
China Oceanwide Halts Construction on $1B Los Angeles Project
Developer China Oceanwide Holdings has halted construction on a $1 billion mixed-use project in Los Angeles that was previously scheduled to be completed this year, according to an account in the Los Angeles Times, citing a statement by the Beijing-based… Read More>>
Greenland, Oceanwide and Hazens Named in FBI Probe of LA Real Estate Deals
Four of the biggest Chinese investors in Los Angeles real estate have been named in an FBI investigation of possible bribery, kickbacks, extortion, and money laundering related to property deals in southern California’s largest city, according to a document seen… Read More>>
Wanda Sells One Beverly Hills Project for a Reported $420M
Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin has added a new chapter to the unwinding of his plans for a global real estate empire as reports last week confirmed that his Dalian Wanda Group had sold a prime Los Angeles site that was… Read More>>
GIC Invests in Rockwood Capital’s $355M LA Office Portfolio
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has formed a joint venture to acquire a stake in a high tech office portfolio in the Playa Vista area of western Los Angeles, according to a statement today by the $100 billion government investment… Read More>>
Singapore Private Home Prices Jumped 3.1% in Q1 and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s headlines, Singapore’s housing market is back into bull mode with prices of private homes rising 3.1 percent in the first three months of the year. In another bit of Lion City-driven news, a unit of… Read More>>