Departures outnumber arrivals in this week’s edition of Mingtiandi’s look at personnel moves across Asia Pacific’s real estate industry, with senior executives stepping away from KKR Japan, Oaktree Capital Management, Keppel and Queensland’s QIC alongside a leadership change at a… Read More>>
APAC Self-Storage Player Storhub Raising Cash for Expansion
Storhub is in talks with potential backers for a capital raise as institutional investors show increasing appetite for the do-it-yourself warehousing market, according to sources familiar with the discussions who spoke with Mingtiandi.
The potential equity sale by Warburg Pincus-backed… Read More>>
Warburg-Backed StorHub Buys Three Sydney Self-Storage Facilities for $72M
Asia Pacific self-storage operator StorHub Group has acquired a trio of Sydney facilities valued at more than A$110 million ($72.6 million), as the Warburg Pincus-backed company continues to expand after entering Australia earlier this year.
The deal marks one of… Read More>>
Warburg-Backed StorHub Names Raju Ruparelia CEO in Growth Drive
Just over one month after expanding into its seventh major market, StorHub Group on Tuesday announced the hiring of Raju Ruparelia as CEO, succeeding Mike Hagbeck at the helm of the Asia Pacific self-storage operator.
Hagbeck, co-founder and CEO for… Read More>>
Warburg-Backed StorHub Enters Aussie Market With $300M Equity Commitment
Asia Pacific self-storage operator StorHub Group on Thursday announced its expansion into Australia, with the Warburg Pincus-backed company touting $300 million in equity commitments to support the Down Under business unit.
The Aussie platform is seeded with five assets in… Read More>>
Korea’s KIC to Invest $150M in Apollo Fund and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Korea’s growing presence on the global investment stage leads today’s roundup of headlines from around the region, with the country’s sovereign fund investing in a US private equity fund. Also in the news, Evergrande’s woes continue with a missed onshore… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus’ Storhub Acquires Japanese Self-Storage Firm in Second Buyout in One Month
Warburg Pincus has expanded its Asia footprint in one of real estate’s hottest asset classes as the private equity firm’s Storhub self-storage takes over a Japanese rival.
Singapore-based Storhub has now completed its acquisition of Storage Plus Corp, which has… Read More>>
Heitman Sells Singapore Self-Storage JV to Warburg Pincus-backed StorHub
Heitman exited a self-storage joint venture in Singapore with the sale of Mandarin Self Storage to Warburg Pincus-backed StorHub late last year for an estimated S$230 million ($172.2 million), Mingtiandi has learned.
The sale came after the Chicago-based… Read More>>
Hong Kong Strata Industrial Sales Crash 66% in Q4 as Supply Chain Woes Continue
Modern warehouse rents in Hong Kong declined 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year as a slumping logistics market weighed on local third-party logistics (3PL) operators, while sales of stratified industrial space plunged 66 percent during the quarter,… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus-Backed StorHub Buys Beijing Property from Leroy Merlin
Singapore’s StorHub has acquired a building which formerly housed retailer Leroy Merlin’s Beijing flagship store as the Warburg Pincus-backed self-storage operator continues to expand its presence in mainland China.
The deal will add a third Beijing location and the 17th… Read More>>