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>>
Soilbuild JV Braves Virus Scare to Buy Discounted US Hotels for $477M
A joint venture between Singapore-listed Soilbuild Construction Group and iProsperity, an asset manager which manages funds for Chinese high net worth individuals, has acquired a portfolio of US boutique hotels at a discount, braving the coronavirus crisis for the chance… Read More>>
Greystar Sells America’s Priciest Student Housing Block to Korean Consortium
Greystar Real Estate Partners has sold a university residential complex at the University of California at Davis to an investor consortium powered by Korea Investment & Securities in the largest ever trade of a single US student housing asset.
California-based… Read More>>
JP Morgan Selling 195 Broadway in NYC to Korean Investors for $500M
JP Morgan has reached an agreement to dispose of Manhattan’s landmark 195 Broadway to a consortium led by Korea Investment & Securities and Samsung SRA Asset Management for KRW 600 billion ($500 million), according to the Korea Economic Daily.
JP… Read More>>