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>>
Greenland Group Puts LA Condo Tower on the Block for $450M in US Pullback
The purchase of the $1 billion Metropolis project by China’s Greenland Group in 2013 was one of the early milestones in an outbound real estate investment wave that put the Shanghai-based developer onto a global stage, beside co-stars such as… Read More>>
Greenland Group Said Hawking LA Hotel for $280M Amid US Pullback
China’s Greenland Group is reportedly shopping the hotel within its flagship mixed-use project on the US west coast only 10 months after it opened, in the latest sign of overseas strains for the state-owned property firm.
Greenland USA, the company’s… Read More>>
Gaw Capital Partners Buys Former Playboy Studio in Los Angeles
Asia’s sexiest real estate investment firm is taking a risqué bet with its latest US investment as Gaw Capital Partners buys a facility formerly used to produce videos of Playboy bunnies.
The Hong Kong-based private equity firm has purchased a… Read More>>
Greenland’s Hollywood Dreams Turn to Dust in Latest US Setback
A Chinese real estate giant isn’t the first act from out of town to have its hopes turn into roadkill on LA’s boulevard of broken dreams, but that may not make Shanghai’s Greenland Group feel any better about its latest… Read More>>
Wanda Hits Twin US Setbacks as Culture Chief Quits, Beverly Hills Partner Exits
Dalian Wanda Group is facing a fresh set of overseas headaches, this time in Southern California, as its US partner bails on a $1.2 billion development project in Beverly Hills and the company’s top executive in Hollywood steps down.
Athens… Read More>>
