M&G Real Estate, together with a pair of Korean pension funds, has purchased Centropolis Towers in Seoul for 1.18 trillion won ($1 billion). The transaction, the largest single real estate deal in the country’s history, was completed as the office… Read More>>
HNA Said Shopping Radisson Hotels Amid Cash Crunch and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
China’s troubled HNA Group leads the region’s real estate news again today as the once-trigger happy buyer continues to unload assets around the globe. Chen Feng’s transport and tourism-focused group is now said to be selling off Minnesota’s Radisson Hotel… Read More>>
Blackstone, Mapletree Said Bidding on $730M Seoul Office Tower
While the words Korea and Singapore have dominated the news headlines this week, some of the world’s biggest real estate investors are focusing their gaze on the suddenly less exciting South Korea, where chances of a meaningful sale and purchase… Read More>>
M&G Said Close to Buying $1B Seoul Complex After KKR Drops Out
M&G Real Estate is poised to scoop up South Korea’s most expensive single property, as the arm of British insurer Prudential Plc will reportedly soon strike a deal to buy a new twin tower office complex in downtown Seoul for… Read More>>
Ascendas Hospitality Trust Ventures into Korea with $68M Seoul Hotel Deal
Singapore-listed Ascendas Hospitality Trust has made its first foray into South Korea with a 73 billion won ($68.3 million) deal for a 215-room hotel in Seoul.
The trust, which already owns a portfolio of 11 hotels with over 4,000 rooms… Read More>>
LaSalle Sells Korean Warehouse to Deutsche Bank’s DWS for $57M
Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm has bought a recently completed logistics warehouse in Icheon City, south of Seoul for 61.2 billion won ($57.4 million), as global real estate investors pile into Korea’s modernising logistics sector.
DWS (formerly Deutsche Asset Management)… Read More>>
KKR-Led Group Poised to Buy $1B Seoul Office Project in Record-Breaking Deal
A consortium led by US private equity giant KKR & Co is poised to land the biggest single-asset property deal in South Korean history by scooping up a twin office tower complex in Seoul worth an estimated 1.1 trillion won… Read More>>
Blackstone Bids on $1B Seoul Office Asset and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s news, US alternative investment giant Blackstone is battling an array of local and international bidders to get its hands on a landmark twin tower office complex in downtown Seoul. Futher south, Singapore’s CapitaLand is boostings… Read More>>
Samsung Unit Pays $656M for Seoul Office Asset and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, the real estate investment arm of Samsung Life Insurance has scooped up a twin-tower office complex in downtown Seoul, paying a record price per square metre for a commercial building in the city. Meanwhile in Sydney, Dalian… Read More>>
Anbang Unit Buys Seoul Tower From Angelo, Gordon for $225M
An investment fund backed by Anbang Insurance’s Korean subsidiary has purchased the Metro Tower in Seoul from real estate fund manager Angelo, Gordon and Company and local partner Vestas Investment Management, according to accounts in the Korean media.
The fund… Read More>>