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>>
China’s UrWork to Open US Co-Working Beachhead in LA This Month
Chinese co-working startup UrWork is bringing its flexible office model to Los Angeles County this month, marking its first centre in the US as a legal battle disrupts the company’s planned New York debut.
UrWork has announced it will open… Read More>>
URWork Moving in on WeWork’s Home Turf With NYC Co-Working Centre
Co-working pioneer WeWork made global headlines a year ago when it opened in Shanghai, marking the first foothold in the world’s second largest economy for the $20 billion co-working company.
But it didn’t take long for China’s local players to… Read More>>
Related Inks $950M Los Angeles JV With Unit of Blacklisted Chinese Builder
Related Companies has become the latest US real estate giant to tie up with a Chinese developer in order to kickstart a major project, after the company started by billionaire Stephen Ross signed a joint venture agreement with a unit… Read More>>
They Love LA – Wealthy Chinese Pick Los Angeles as Top Destination
America’s new president may talk about slamming the door on immigrants, but for Chinese millionaires the US is still their top choice and sunny LA has most-favoured city status, according to a recent survey.
Los Angeles ranked as the top… Read More>>
China’s Greenland Group Plans 1500 New Homes in North Hollywood
Shanghai’s Greenland Group, China’s second-largest real estate developer by sales, is part of a team that has won first-round approval for developing a mixed-use project that could involve building as much as 232,000 square metres (2.5 million square feet) of… Read More>>