In what it refers to as a “secular shift in capital markets”, Savills Investment Management (Savills IM) points to logistics, centrally located offices in key centres and multi-family assets as prime long-term investment assets in Asia Pacific for the coming… Read More>>
Savills IM Reaches $200M First Close on Japan Residential Fund
Savills Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to bet on Japan’s multi-family sector this year with the announcement of a $200 million financing round today.
The investment management affiliate of London-based Savills raised the cash to reach a… Read More>>
Savills IM Hires Former BlackRock Exec Greg Lapham in Hong Kong
Veteran fund manager Greg Lapham has joined Savills Investment Management in Hong Kong, as the property investment arm of London-listed property services firm Savills continues to build its team in the region.
A representative of the firm confirmed to Mingtiandi… Read More>>
Korea’s Vestas Tops Up €1B Euro Sheds Portfolio with Poland Buy
Seoul-based Vestas Investment Management has acquired a distribution centre in central Poland on behalf of Korean institutional investors for €71 million ($78 million), as the European logistics market continues to draw Asian capital.
Savills Investment Management said in a statement… Read More>>
Former Savills IM, MSREI Exec Pearce Sets Up Japan-Focused Advisory Firm
Savills Investment Management’s former head of asset management for Asia, Craig Pearce, has established a real estate investment consultancy firm, Nikota Capital.
Pearce is targeting Japan with his new advisory platform, primarily concentrating on assisting professional investors source, structure and… Read More>>
Arch Capital Buying Singapore’s Anson House for S$210M
Arch Capital Management is buying Anson House in Singapore for S$210 million ($152 million), according to market sources.
A sale and purchase agreement is due to be signed this week, with Arch acting on behalf of an unnamed German fund,… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2019-06-17
In this week’s edition of People in the News, a GIC veteran leaves the sovereign wealth fund for a private equity role, while the investment wing of the UK’s biggest property agency adds some talent in Singapore and Dalian Wanda’s… Read More>>
Savills Investment Management Appoints Alex Jeffrey as Global CEO, Based in Singapore
Savills Investment Management has appointed Alex Jeffrey as its new chief executive officer ending a period of transition in the real estate investment firm’s management which has endured since global CEO and chairman Justin O’Connor quit the UK firm in… Read More>>
Mainland Coffee Startup Raises $200M at $2.2B Valuation and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Starbucks may have a new competitor in the competition to satisfy China’s caffeine addicts after an up and coming mainland coffee shop chain announced today that it had raised another $200 million. Also in the headlines, Savills Investment Management has… Read More>>
Shu Qi Buys $16M Hong Kong Apartment and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Movie stars finally make their way into Mingtiandi today as Taiwanese glamour gal Shu Qi gives a low-key celebrity endorsement to a Hong Kong project with her recent HK$127 million purchase of a home in the mid-levels tower. Meanwhile, Swire… Read More>>