Asian capital has played a sustaining role in Australia’s real estate market during the lengthy period of COVID-19 lockdowns and closed borders, and APAC-sourced investment is poised to accelerate once the country opens up to the world next week,… Read More>>
Surge in Warehouse, Data Centre Buys Drives Industrial Deals to Record $13.4B in Q2
Transactions of warehouses, data centres and other industrial property assets in Asia Pacific’s key markets jumped 82 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021 to a new high of $13.4 billion, within striking distance of the $13.6 billion in… Read More>>
MSCI Buying Real Capital Analytics for $950M
The world’s best known provider of securities indexes is expanding its reach into the alternative investment sector as MCSI today announced that it has agreed to buy Real Capital Analytics for $950 million.
The deal gives the former unit of… Read More>>
Shenzhen’s Q1 Volume Surge Helps China Grab Commercial Investment Crown
Shenzhen leapt into the top five APAC metro areas for commercial real estate sales in 2020’s first quarter as China overtook Japan to emerge as the region’s biggest market during the COVID-19 era, according to research by Real Capital Analytics.
Hong Kong’s 168% Q4 Surge Paces APAC Commercial Property Investment Rebound
Commercial property investment in key APAC markets staged a comeback in last year’s fourth quarter, led by resurgent Hong Kong, where transaction volume shot up 168 percent compared with year-earlier levels, according to Real Capital Analytics.
In its Asia Pacific… Read More>>
Japanese Deals Help APAC Apartment Investments Triple in 2020 1H
While warehouses grabbed the property investment spotlight around Asia Pacific in 2020, transactions in a more traditional asset class more than tripled during the first half of the year, led by major institutions betting on one of the region’s core… Read More>>
China Property Deals Nearly Double as APAC Market Struggles
Covid-19 has sickened Asia’s property sector as it raises uncertainty and impedes economic activity this year, but one market in the region saw transactions of real estate assets nearly double in the most recent quarter after lockdown restrictions were eased.
Wheelock Wins Approval for HK$126B Buyout and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Shareholders voted to approve a HK$126 billion buyout of Hong Kong’s fourth largest developer this week, making that megadeal rank at the top of today’s roundup of real estate headlines. In other news from around the region, a US data… Read More>>
Hong Kong Commercial Real Estate Transactions Fell 42% in 2019 Q2
As discontent over the government’s extradition bill roiled the Hong Kong economy, and with mainland authorities keeping a tight clamp on cash, commercial real estate transaction volume fell over 42 percent in Hong Kong during the second quarter of this… Read More>>
Warburg Nears $4.25B Final Close on China-SE Asia Fund and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Less than two weeks after filing the paperwork for its latest Asia fund, US-based private equity firm leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate news with a report that it is ready to call a final close to the vehicle after… Read More>>
