In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Aussie giant Macquarie’s fund management arm picks up a stake in the UK unit of Singapore’s ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Hongkongers lose their appetite for Greater Bay Area homes, and luxury brand… Read More>>
Blackstone Buys European Warehouses From Macquarie, Singapore’s Elite for $586M
Blackstone has reprised one of its favourite investment themes with the acquisition of a European logistics portfolio from Australia’s Macquarie Capital Principal Finance and Singapore-based Elite Partners Capital for €520 million ($586 million).
The US private equity titan picked up… Read More>>
Macquarie Makes Fresh Bet on Asia Logistics with Investment in Unified Industrial
Six months after closing on $850 million for its latest Asia Pacific opportunistic real estate fund, Macquarie Asset Management is returning to Asia’s logistics market through a partnership with Tokyo-based developer Unified Industrial, according to a statement this week by… Read More>>
Macquarie Asset Management Closes on $850M for APAC Opportunistic Fund
After backing successful ventures around the region in logistics, data centres and other fast-growing sectors, Macquarie Asset Management on Wednesday announced the closing of A$1.1 billion ($850 million) in equity commitments for a new opportunistic real estate fund focused on… Read More>>
ESR Said in Talks to Acquire 8 India Projects and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, logistics giant ESR is said to be in talks to acquire eight projects in India, two South Korean firms are close to a deal to buy a French warehouse portfolio, and Microsoft announces… Read More>>
China Vanke to Sell $1B in Shares to Repay Debt and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A mainland developer leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today as the Shenzhen-based company is planning to raise $1 billion by selling new H-shares to pay down overseas debt.
In other news around the region, an Aussie investment bank… Read More>>
ARA Asset Management Acquires Warehouse Specialist Logos
Singapore’s ARA Asset Management announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in Asia Pacific logistics real estate developer and fund manager Logos Group for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, which was revealed in a joint announcement by the… Read More>>
HNA Said Selling Last London Asset at 24% Markdown in Escape From UK
HNA Group has sold its last asset in the UK to Hong Kong-based investment firm Sun Hung Kai & Co and Australia’s Macquarie Group for £100 million ($129 million), with the troubled mainland conglomerate completing its business Brexit while UK… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2019-01-01
It’s a whole new year and some lucky members of Asia’s real estate community are ringing in 2019 with bigger desks and, with any luck, upgraded pay packets. In Hong Kong, one of the city’s largest real estate agencies has… Read More>>
Ivanhoe and Macquarie Target Takeover of $1.4B Warehouse Developer Logos
Asia’s logistics real estate developers continue to be targetted by global investment heavyweights as Canada’s Ivanhoe Cambridge and Australia’s Macquarie Group have announced that they are making a joint offer to take over Logos Property Group, a warehouse builder with… Read More>>