Bain Capital leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today as the US fund manager aims to invest $31 billion in Japan over the next five years. Also making the news, South Korea’s Lotte REIT mortgages a Gangnam department store as it raises… Read More>>
Fitch Downgrades Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A Singapore-listed trust of Indonesian malls leads today’s headline roundup as Fitch Ratings predicts a bond default in the coming months. Also making the cut is some tough bargaining over a distressed Korean builder and Hong Kong’s Henderson Land pushes… Read More>>
PAG Could Delay $2B Hong Kong IPO and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Asia’s roiling markets may have capsized an IPO expected to be among the biggest this year as reports emerge that PAG is backing away from its plan for a public listing. Also in the news, China Huarong Asset Management warns… Read More>>
Ascott Residence Trust to Buy 9 Overseas Assets and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
CapitaLand-managed Ascott Residence Trust is continuing to diversify beyond hospitality assets with news of its latest acquisition leading today’s collection of property headlines. Also in the news, China’s central government is taking further steps to prop up a select group… Read More>>
CK Asset Sells UBS London Headquarters to Korea’s NPS for $1.6B
Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset has completed the sale of its 5 Broadgate building in London to South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) for £1.21 billion ($1.57 billion), marking the UK capital’s biggest property deal in almost five years.
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CapitaLand Sells Pair of Japan Malls for $380M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore’s CapitaLand offloads its two remaining malls in Japan at the same time that it buys a new logistics property in the country, an Abu Dhabi-backed group seeks to acquire an Indian mall… Read More>>
JD.Com, Wanda to Open China’s First Gadget Hotel and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hospitality operators desperate to show signs of life make their way to the top of Asia’s real estate headlines today as Wang Jianlin’s Wanda teams up with the country’s second-largest e-commerce provider to create a gadget-themed hotel, and the mainland’s… Read More>>
InterContinental Hong Kong Closing for Renovation and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A Kowloon hotel owned by investors led by Gaw Capital leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that it has started a two year renovation project which will kick off later this… Read More>>
Ascendas-Singbridge Sells Korean Office Project to IGIS for $635M
With backing from the country’s biggest pension fund, South Korea’s largest real estate fund manager has bought a $635 million prime office property in central Seoul from a fund controlled by Singaporean developer Ascendas-Singbridge, according to an announcement this week… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-05-30
Leading off this week’s list of familiar faces in new places is a new senior executive with a Korean pension fund, and a new chairman for a Shenzhen-listed developer, as the region’s real estate professionals continue to find new job… Read More>>