Asia real estate and outbound investment news
PAG has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyatt Hotels Corporation to acquire the Grand Hyatt Seoul for approximately KRW 500 billion ($410 million), according to market sources cited in the Korea Economic Daily.
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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>>
A unit of Korea’s Mirae Asset Financial Group has agreed to purchase the State Tower Namsan in Seoul for KRW 588.6 billion ($507 million), according to a statement last week from a brokerage representing the seller of the 24-storey office… Read More>>
Singapore private equity firm Keppel Capital has agreed to purchase a set of three Seoul office buildings for a combined KRW 430 billion ($370.5 million), according to an announcement by the firm on Monday.
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The sale of a jumbo-sized housing plot in the New Territories has brought Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation a bumper crop of bids as the real estate market in the world’s priciest city shows signs of recovery.
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Singapore-listed Keppel REIT has agreed to acquire a freehold Grade A office building located in Seoul’s central business district from PGIM Real Estate, for 252.6 billion won ($221 million), according to an annoucement by the listed trust’s manager.
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A fund managed by Singapore’s ARA Asset Management has agreed to purchase the iconic Seoul Square building from KR1 CR REIT, a locally-listed trust whose largest shareholder is a division of Singapore’s Keppel Capital.
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The cloud-breaching Lotte World Tower in Seoul has been recognized as the best new skyscraper in the world, beating out Zaha Hadid Architects’ Generali Tower in Milan and 150 North Riverside Plaza in Chicago.
The tapered 555-metre, 123-storey glass and… Read More>>
Singapore-listed Datapulse Technology has announced that it has agreed to purchase the 127-room Hotel Aropa in Seoul for KRW 35 billion ($31 million), becoming the second Singaporean firm within the past month to acquire a Korean hotel, despite fears of… Read More>>
Ascendas Hospitality Trust continues to expand its presence in Seoul as the manager of the Singapore-listed trust has agreed to purchase its second hotel in the South Korean capital in less than seven months.
The trust, which already owns a… Read More>>
