Pacific Eagle, a US real estate developer controlled by Hong Kong’s Great Eagle Holdings today announced the acquisition of five contiguous land parcels totaling 19,440 square feet (1800 square metres) in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. The off-market purchase is the latest… Read More>>
HNA Parent Co Pledges Shares for Loan After $15B Deal Spree
After a 2016 run of more than $15 billion in acquisitions the Hong Kong-listed wing of China’s HNA Group may have hit a financial speed bump.
HNA Holding Group notified the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday that its controlling… Read More>>
China Overtakes US as World’s Largest Cross-Border Investor Sponsored Feature
China overtook the US to become the largest cross-border real estate investor in the third quarter of this year, with total investment in the first nine months already surpassing 2015’s record volume, according to JLL data.
Investors from mainland China,… Read More>>
Anbang Insurance Adds $395M Toronto Office Tower to Its Shopping Cart
There is no denying Anbang Insurance Group loves hotels, the mainland insurer has made a number of headline-stealing acquisitions including the $1.95 billion purchase of the Waldorf Astoria last year, but it appears as if the firm may also have… Read More>>
China Minsheng Acquires London Office Complex From Société Générale
China Minsheng Investment purchased Société Générale’s central London headquarters from the French bank for £84.5 million ($112.8 million) through its Hong Kong-based subsidiary SRE Group. According to a statement by SRE Group to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the deal… Read More>>
China Life to Ramp Up Overseas Deals in Wake of 67% Profit Plunge
China Life, the Beijing-based insurer with major property holdings in the US and Britain, is looking to ramp up its outbound real estate investments, the company told reporters late last week, on the heels of announcing a 67 percent plunge… Read More>>
China Real Estate Investors Aim to Score with UK and European Football Clubs Sponsored Feature
Chinese investors, including developers, have spent billions on European football clubs, reaping dividends from instant global branding and recognition, which is subsequently leading to real estate investment in the region.
In recent days, as Brexit takes a backseat, British news… Read More>>
Chinese Insurers Expected to Make $73B in Cross-Border Real Estate Deals
Insurance companies from mainland China can be expected to sharply increase their overseas acquisitions of real estate in the next few years, with these cross border property deals expected to total $73 billion by 2019, according to a report issued… Read More>>
Mingtiandi Leads HK Panel with Vanke and Ping An
With cross-border real estate investments from China heading past $15 billion per year for the first time in 2015, last week’s PERE Global Investor Forum event in Hong Kong attracted a crew of industry heavyweights to discuss industry trends and… Read More>>
China Vanke Buys 20% Stake in $1.16B London Project
The mainland’s second largest developer by sales took its first step into the UK property market recently when China Vanke reportedly invested more than £30 million ($46.4 million) to acquire a stake of just over 20 percent in a London… Read More>>
