Selling coffee appears to be the big deal of the day as a Chinese online to offline java specialist hopes to raise billions of dollars in an IPO before mainland brew sippers run out of discounted opportunities to try their… Read More>>
Kowloon West Megasite Could Sell for HK$100B and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s top real estate stories from around the region, developers from Hong Kong and the mainland may soon be scraping up their change to bid for a prime commercial site atop Hong Kong’s high-speed rail terminus which could sell… Read More>>
Luckin Coffee to Open 2,500 New Mainland Stores and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The race for the hearts and wallets of China’s coffee addicts leads today’s real estate news as venture-backed Luckin Coffee says it will open 2,500 new stores this year. That optimistic worldview may not be shared by China Overseas Land… Read More>>
Mainland Coffee Startup Raises $200M at $2.2B Valuation and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Starbucks may have a new competitor in the competition to satisfy China’s caffeine addicts after an up and coming mainland coffee shop chain announced today that it had raised another $200 million. Also in the headlines, Savills Investment Management has… Read More>>
GIC Leads $200M Funding Round to Help China O2O Coffee Startup Take on Starbucks
A Chinese online-to-offline (O2O) coffee startup is claiming a $1 billion valuation, and unicorn status, after raising $200 million from a group that includes Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC.
Beijing-based Luckin Coffee (瑞幸咖啡), which combines mobile apps, WeChat integration and… Read More>>