Despite earlier reports of limited floor availability and persistent attempts to differentiate sales of floors in their building from typical strata title sales, Mori Building Co on 20th April appeared to be priming the market for sales of more space… Read More>>
SOHO Acquires Site in Shanghai’s Hongkou District for RMB 2.47 billion
SOHO China Limited (410.HK), among the most aggressive and highest profile commercial property developers in China, on April 19th announced the RMB2.47 billion acquisition of a mixed-use site near the Hailun Road station on Shanghai’s metro line 10 Subway in… Read More>>
SOHO China Buys Project in Shanghai’s JingAn District
SOHO China announced on April 1st, that an agreement had been reached with Shanghai JingAn Real Estate Co to acquire an 81,000 sqm commercial real estate project currently in progress in Shanghai’s Caojiadu area for RMB 1.6 billion.
According to… Read More>>
Marks & Spencer Commits to Store at Shanghai City Center
Treasury Holdings today announced that a 10 year lease pre-commitment for 3,768 square metres of retail space has been secured from global retail chain Marks & Spencer as an anchor tenant of its City Center property in Shanghai.
Marks &… Read More>>
Treasury China Trust to Acquire Shanghai’s Huai Hai Mall for RMB 575 million
Treasury Holdings Real Estate Pte Ltd, Trustee Manager of Treasury China Trust (“TCT”) and one of China’s leading commercial property players, today announced that it has entered into a binding contract to acquire 100% of the Huai Hai Mall in… Read More>>
Apple to Open 3rd Shanghai Store — 5th in China
Apple continued its rapid expansion into China’s retail sector by announcing last week the opening of its third outlet in Shanghai.
In a statement from Ron Johnson, the company’s senior vice president of retail operations that was reported in the… Read More>>
Shanghai World Financial Centre Goes Strata
In a break from its traditional lease-only approach to commercial property development, Japan’s Mori Group, the developer of China’s tallest building , the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), has decided to sell space in the building on a strata… Read More>>
China Real Estate Round Up 2010-12-29
Here’s another review of recent real estate news from Colliers’ Market Beat. The lead story today is the recent declines in share prices for China-related property developers, ever-increasing house prices in Shanghai, and some local officials attempting to explain how… Read More>>
Fitness Filchers
I have noticed a surge of hits on the site regarding Fitness First, at the same time that they have ceased communicating with me regarding the long overdue refund of membership dues that they owe.
In the spirit of community… Read More>>
Fitness First the Latest Shanghai Gym Scam
Yes, I am back from America, and back at work — so busy that I have not had time to write since I returned to Shanghai on Monday.
But I always have time to write when I’m seriously chapped, and… Read More>>