Asia real estate and outbound investment news
One of Shanghai’s most traded office buildings is on the market for 20 percent below its 2015 acquisition price as landlords in China’s commercial capital continue to face challenges from ebbing business confidence and falling rents.
A fund managed by… Read More>>
With nearly a quarter of the city’s space standing empty, grade A office rents in Shanghai fell for a 12th straight quarter in the first three months of this year, as international firms pull back on leasing and local demand… Read More>>
Standard Chartered has sold a pair of office blocks in Shanghai’s Putuo district at a steep discount after repossessing the properties from US asset management giant BlackRock late last year, according to people familiar with the transaction who spoke to… Read More>>
Hongkong Land has appointed board member Stuart Grant as executive director and chief executive of the developer’s $8 billion Westbund Central commercial project in Shanghai.
A longtime Blackstone executive who spent his early career at Hongkong Land parent Jardine Matheson,… Read More>>
Houston-based developer Hines and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) have divested a 60-storey skyscraper in downtown Shanghai to a fund backed by China Post Insurance in a deal said to value the project at as much as RMB 10.9… Read More>>
One year after BlackRock had attempted to find a buyer for a Shanghai office complex at a 30 percent discount to its acquisition price, the world’s largest asset manager has handed over the the Putuo district buildings to its lender,… Read More>>
A decade after forming its first joint venture with Longfor Properties, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is selling its near-half stake in four projects with the mainland developer as it trims its exposure to commercial real estate in… Read More>>
Singapore’s OUE REIT is selling a Shanghai office tower for 35 percent below its 2018 valuation as it exits mainland China’s declining property market, according to a statement on Friday.
The manager of the SGX-listed trust informed the stock exchange… Read More>>
Nearly five years after paying what was then a record RMB 31.05 billion ($4.5 billion) for a development site in Shanghai’s Xuhui district, Hongkong Land has unveiled details of an $8 billion commercial project on the plot that marks the… Read More>>
Just over three years after writing off a $1.36 billion investment in a Chongqing-based developer, Singapore’s City Developments Ltd is braving mainland China’s troubled real estate market with a joint venture project to build luxury homes, a hotel and shops… Read More>>
