Morgan Stanley is entering China’s rental housing market for the first time by engaging in a $100 million fundraising round for a Chinese rental apartment operator. The investment by the 83-year-old US investment bank follows similar deals by compatriots including… Read More>>
Anbang Moving Ahead with Waldorf Condo Conversion and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Anbang’s days as a major player in global real estate markets may be over, but the hangover from its buying binge is being felt in New York, as news today confirms that the now government-controlled Chinese insurer is moving ahead… Read More>>
China Construction Bank Backs RMB 2B Rental Housing Fund
China Construction Bank, one of the mainland’s big four lenders, is teaming with rental housing management firm China Young Professionals Apartment Management Ltd (CYPA) to set up a new RMB 2 billion ($315 million) fund aimed at securing and developing… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus-Backed Nova Teams with Sunac for $3B Mainland Redevelopment Fund
One of China’s ten biggest developers is joining hands with a property management firm co-founded by US private equity giant Warburg Pincus in a RMB 20 billion ($3.2 billion) bet on redevelopment of commercial properties in China, as the country’s… Read More>>
Country Garden Gets Nod To Issue $1.6B in Rental Housing Securities
China has struck another blow in the battle for affordable housing, with the Shenzhen stock exchange giving the green light for developer Country Garden to launch RMB 10 billion ($1.6 billion) worth of asset-backed securities linked to rental apartments.
The… Read More>>
CDL Places Top Bids for Two SG Housing Sites and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s news, Singapore’s residential market just keeps getting hotter, with property giant CDL placing the highest bids on two private housing sites — totalling S$684.6 million ($524 million). Also in the news, cryptocurrency is cropping up… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus, Sequoia and Tencent Lead RMB 4B Investment in Rental Housing Unicorn Ziroom
Chinese rental apartment provider Ziroom has raised RMB 4 billion ($621 million) in a series A financing round — the largest amount secured by a rental housing firm in the country, according to an article published on its official Wechat… Read More>>
Ping An Teams Up with Landsea for $1.5B China Rental Housing Fund
China’s Ping An Insurance Group and Landsea Group have become the latest mainland investors to wager on the country’s emerging rental housing market, as steep home prices in major cities fuel enthusiasm for the asset class.
Ping An Real Estate,… Read More>>
Ascendas REIT Buys Brisbane Office for A$106M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Asia’s real estate investors continue to go global in this holiday edition of Mingtiandi’s headline roundup, as a pair of Singapore listed trusts get active in sunny Brisbane, while another investment group from the city state shows up in Amsterdam… Read More>>
Oxley Buys SG’s Chevron House for S$660M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore’s real estate rebound continues to generate headlines today as Oxley joins the Raffles Place elite with a formal agreement to buy out Chevron House. Mainland housing also grabs attention with $3 billion in new securities backed by the future… Read More>>