Nine months after attempting to sell off a Cheung Sha Wan building by public tender, Hanison Construction surprised the market with the HK$800 million ($102 million) sale of a 50 percent stake in the PeakCastle commercial building in Hong Kong.
HNA Pledges HK$3B Stake in Kai Tak Developer to PAG in Return for Loan
What was once the site of one of Asia’s most challenging airports is rapidly turning into a lifesaver for China’s debt-addled HNA Group after the mainland conglomerate announced a deal yesterday that could provide it with a loan of as… Read More>>
Goldman Sachs, PAG Bet on Chinese Co-Working Startup Atlas
China’s co-working market is getting crowded, but a pair of global investment heavyweights are betting that there’s still room for another flexible office brand. Atlas, a Chinese provider of innovative workspaces affiliated with Agile Property, has won a long-term strategic… Read More>>
PAG, Hanison Sell Hong Kong Workshop to Tang Shing-bor for HK$1.04B
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced in early October that government bureaus are developing new policies to revitalise old industrial buildings for non-industrial use, but the city’s real estate investors have already begun buying up aging workshops and warehouses… Read More>>
PAG Calls for Strategic Review of Spring REIT as Management Battle Boils Over
Alternative investment manager PAG Real Estate is calling for an external strategic review of Spring REIT by January 2018, following a failed effort to remove the REIT’s manager at an extraordinary general meeting held last week.
The move comes less… Read More>>
PAG Demands Legal Action as REIT Goes Rogue
A feud between a Hong Kong-listed real estate investment trust and one its biggest unit holders is ramping up, with alternative investment manager PAG demanding action by Hong Kong regulators over what it deems to be misleading statements by the… Read More>>
PAG Real Estate Closes Japan-Focused Opportunity Fund at $1.9B
The real estate arm of Hong Kong-based investment manager PAG has reached the final closing of its latest opportunistic Asian real estate fund with $1.9 billion in investor commitments, topping its initial target of $1.5 billion.
The Secured Capital Real… Read More>>
PAG Calls for Ouster of Spring REIT Manager on Conflicts of Interest
Spring REIT, a Hong Kong-listed real estate investment trust once focused on Beijing office assets has branched out into UK auto repair facilities, in a strategic pivot that has raised the ire of one of its biggest investors.
Alternative investment… Read More>>
Why GIC Confronted GLP on Buyout Process and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s news, Bloomberg spills on the complaints that forced Singapore’s GIC to complain about the GLP sale to the warehouse developer’s management. In other headlines, a group headed by Chinese President Xi Jinping announced it would step up scrutiny… Read More>>
CPPIB Revealed as $375M Investor in PAG Asian Real Estate Fund
A statement on Friday by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) reveals that the manager of Canada’s largest pension body has taken an anchor stake in the most recent real estate fund assembled by Hong Kong-based private equity shop… Read More>>