A corporate bail-out drives the top item in Mingtiandi’s collection of personnel news this week as the rescue of mainland appliance retailer Suning has resulted in the company founder being replaced by an Alibaba executive.
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Keppel Selling Frankfurt Data Centre for $90M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore’s Keppel Corp agrees to sell a German data centre facility, China slaps a ban on construction of supertall buildings, and a law firm representing the co-founders of Eagle Hospitality Trust’s sponsor seeks… Read More>>
Facebook Backs Singapore Sustainable Data Centre Lab and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore and Facebook combine forces to solve the riddle of sustainable data centres, ESR closes on its purchase of the Milestone logistics portfolio from Blackstone, and Hong Kong-listed Link REIT’s annual payout inches… Read More>>
Swire Pacific Invests in Shenzhen Private Hospital and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Swire Pacific takes a second step into the mainland hospitals sector with a Shenzhen investment, shares of Australian casino giant Crown Resorts close higher than the implied price of Blackstone’s takeover bid, and… Read More>>
SG Govt Intervenes in Defaulting Hotel REIT and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
An SGX-listed real estate investment trust leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that Singapore’s central bank has moved to protect the rights of unitholders after the REIT defaulted on a $341… Read More>>
Straits Trading Agrees to Acquire Trio of Tokyo Buildings and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Singapore’s hunger for overseas property leads Mingtiandi’s roundup of real estate headlines today as one of the city state’s most active private investment firms has agreed to buy a set of three buildings in Tokyo.
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Suning Buys 61 Guangzhou Circle K Stores From Hong Kong’s Fung Group
One more global retail giant has retreated from the mainland China market in the face of growing local competition as a unit of Nanjing-based Suning announced this week that it has taken over a chain of convenience stores from Hong… Read More>>
Suning Buys Carrefour’s China Operation Off the Discount Shelf at RMB 4.8B
Chinese retailer Suning.com has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Carrefour Group’s China unit for RMB 4.8 billion ($699 million) in cash, according to an announcement to the Shenzhen stock exchange.
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Suning Buys 37 Wanda Department Stores for Under RMB 8B
Dalian Wanda has sold 37 department stores to Chinese retailer Suning.com for an amount estimated to be less than RMB 8 billion ($1.18 billion) as China’s largest commercial developer continues a two-year sell off of overseas and non-core assets after… Read More>>
Suning Inks RMB 20B Smart Mall Joint Venture with China Evergrande
Chinese retailer Suning.com is setting up a RMB 20 billion ($3 billion) joint venture with Evergrande Real Estate Group to develop commercial plazas to promote its smart retail services. The retailer will invest RMB 9.8 billion for a 49 percent… Read More>>