Two months after making global headlines for being one of the world’s largest graffiti takeovers, a downtown Los Angeles project by China Oceanwide Holdings has been put on the market after creditors and stiffed contractors sued the troubled builder earlier… Read More>>
Singapore’s QIP Expands into US Beds, Sheds as Chicago Project Moves Forward
Singapore-based private equity real estate firm Q Investment Partners (QIP) is expanding its foothold in the US with a pair of residential development projects in Chicago and a newly built warehouse facility in New York.
QIP in mid-February announced that… Read More>>
Sekisui to Become 5th Largest Builder in US with $4.95B Buyout of Denver’s MDC
Sekisui House has agreed to acquire US builder MDC Holdings for $4.95 billion with the deal set to make the Japanese developer the fifth largest homebuilder in the world’s biggest economy.
The Japanese firm said on Thursday that it will… Read More>>
China Property Crisis Drives Down Junk Bonds and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, the trading prices of China’s high-yield dollar bonds near a record low as a loan boycott threatens to spread from homebuyers to construction firms. In Hong Kong, meanwhile, some apartment buyers face a… Read More>>
Mapletree Trust Adds to US Data Centre Portfolio with $204M-Plus Virginia Buy
Singapore’s Mapletree Industrial Trust is adding to its collection of US data centres through an agreement to purchase a facility in Virginia for at least $204 million, the trust’s manager announced on Monday.
The unspecified server farm, which is believed… Read More>>
Korea’s Mirae, Hana, NH Face Losses as Witkoff’s $2.5B Vegas Casino Defaults
South Korea’s dalliance with US hotels has been derailed for the second time in five weeks, after a $2.5 billion Las Vegas strip project financed by a Seoul-based asset manager has defaulted on its debt obligations.
New York-based Witkoff, which… Read More>>
Korea’s NPS Links Up with SL Green, Hines and KPF on $2.3B NYC Project
Korea’s National Pension Service and US developer Hines have teamed up to buy a 49.5 percent stake in a $2.3 billion New York redevelopment that lead architects Kohn Pederson Fox are billing as one of the jewels of 21st century… Read More>>
Mapletree Raises $1.8B for Euro-American Logistics Trust
Mapletree Investments has raised $1.8 billion for its first ever US and European logistics fund, leveraging the returns from leasing warehouses to e-commerce firms to expand the Singapore-based company’s capital management business.
The firm, which is backed by Temasek Holdings,… Read More>>
Lone Star Fends Off Blackstone to Buy Japan’s Unizo for JPY 205B
Lone Star Funds has succeeded in its JPY 205 billion ($1.9 billion) takeover of Japanese hotelier and property company Unizo, triumphing over rivals Blackstone and Fortress Investment Group.
Unizo said in a statement yesterday that Lone Star’s JPY 6,000 per… Read More>>
Oceanwide Sells SF Project to Hony Fund for $1.2B After Deal Collapses
A troubled mainland developer’s race to dispose of assets to meet looming debt repayments took a twist yesterday when China Oceanwide Holdings brought on board a potential replacement buyer for its unfinished San Francisco project.
Oceanwide said in an announcement… Read More>>