US private equity giant Blackstone on Thursday closed on the purchase of its third Hong Kong industrial building this year, picking up a property in Shau Kei Wan held by the family of late “Shop King” Tang Shing-bor to add… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus Bidding Against Gaw for A$1.73B Aussie Self-Storage REIT
Warburg Pincus has entered a bidding contest for Australia’s largest self-storage operator with an offer to buy National Storage REIT (NSR) for A$1.73 billion ($1.2 billion), according to a disclosure by the real estate investment trust.
The board of the… Read More>>
Gaw Bid for Australia’s Largest Self-Storage Provider Confirmed
Just one month after closing on $2.2 billion in fresh cash, Gaw Capital Partners is bidding to put some of that funding to work in a new asset class, according to an announcement late last week by Australia’s largest self-storage… Read More>>
Blackstone Sells HK Self-Storage Business to Hanison for HK$735M
A pair of funds managed by Blackstone are selling a Hong Kong-based self-storage company to a developer controlled by one of the city’s wealthiest families, according to a stock exchange announcement today.
Hanison Construction, which is majority owned by the… Read More>>
Blackstone India REIT to Raise $523M in Bonds and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Stories from Bangalore to Brooklyn their way into Asia’s real estate world today – with a brief stop over in the Bay Area (just the standard Bay Area, without any proclamations of Great-ness).
In Bangalore, Blackstone-backed Embassy Office Parks is… Read More>>
One Country, Two Sets of Sheds: Infra-Red NF’s Adventures in Greater China Self-Storage
Asia is rapidly catching up to the West in income per capita, consumer spending and a variety of other economic indicators, but the region still lags many western nations in one key metric of prosperity – space to store spare… Read More>>
InfraRed NF Buys HK Storage Startup for $50M as Niche Sector Heats Up
Two major buyouts have been announced in Asia’s self-storage industry in the past two weeks involving cash of more than $50 million, as the niche investment sector grows in popularity with the region’s property investors.
Private equity firm InfraRed NF… Read More>>
