Luxury travel retailer DFS Group has agreed to sell its Greater China business to China Tourism Group Duty Free for not more than $395 million as the LVMH unit continues to downsize.
CTG Duty Free, which is listed on both… Read More>>
IGIS Clinches Deal to Buy Seoul Tower for $650M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Seoul’s robust office market is back in the news today with a Gangnam tower set to change hands for around $650 million. Australia’s Scape also makes the list as it nears a deal to buy Brookfield’s Aussie senior living platform… Read More>>
Korea’s NPS Acquires $2B US Logistics Portfolio and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In our latest roundup of regional news headlines, Korea’s National Pension Service has added to its growing stockpile of overseas real estate assets by teaming up with a US private equity firm in the purchase of an American logistics portfolio.
Evergrande Creditors Cut Exposure and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China Evergrande’s recent episode involving a disputed plea for government assistance may have spooked the company’s creditors, as reports circulate this week that some of the developer’s biggest lenders are cutting back on loans and other credit to the chronically… Read More>>
Korea’s SK Sells 4.6% Stake in ESR for $408M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
An early investor in one of Asia’s largest logistics developers leads today’s real estate headlines from around the region with news that the South Korean company has wheeled some $408 million in cash out of its pre-IPO investment in… Read More>>
Macau Casino Tycoon Stanley Ho Steps Down from SJM
Gaming and property tycoon Stanley Ho is joining the ranks of Hong Kong’s retired billionaires, after announcing that he will step down as chairman of Macau casino operator SJM Holdings.
The retirement of the 96-year-old magnate, who also founded property… Read More>>
New World Buys Up HK$700M Stake in TST Building and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s headlines, New World Development has acquired over half of the ownership of a building on Hankow Road in Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui commercial district for HK$700 million ($89 million) as the city’s major developers continue to snatch up… Read More>>
CSCEC Unit Buys Macau Retail Project From Sniper Capital for $102M
China State Construction International (CSCI), a Hong Kong-registered subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering (CSCEC) has teamed up with another mainland investor to acquire a retail project along Macau’s landmark Senado Square for HK$800 million ($102 million). The deal by… Read More>>
Prada Takes Pop-Up Shop on Asia Tour, Starting in Macau
Prada is stepping up its marketing efforts in Asia by opening a pop-up store in Macau, which the Italian luxury fashion brand will bring to other cities in Greater China and abroad during the Chinese New Year holidays.
By setting… Read More>>
Macau Businessman Pegged as Buyer of Pamfleet’s $217M Bonham Circus
The mysterious buyer of the $217 million Bonham Circus building in Sheung Wan — a deal which Mingtiandi covered earlier this week — has now been revealed. Macau businessman Lucas Lo, chairman of Similan Group, along with other investors, is… Read More>>