Australia’s Lendlease leads Mingtiandi’s look at real estate headlines from around the region today as the developer gets some fresh investment amid challenges to its management plans. Also in the news, regional data centre platform NextDC plans to raise cash… Read More>>
Boss of Vietnam’s Van Thinh Phat Condemned to Death for $27B Embezzlement Scheme
The boss of a Vietnam property investment firm was found to have cheated 42,000 investors and sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday with the government saying her actions led to over VND 677 trillion ($27 billion)… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Eric Chu Nap-Kee to Stand Trial in $12B Vietnam Corruption Case
Hong Kong investor Eric Chu Nap-kee saw the $819 million sale of his Nexxus Building in the city’s Central district rank as Asia Pacific’s second-biggest real estate asset sale of 2023, but he will struggle to enjoy that victory as… Read More>>
ADIA Considers Buying Stake in Wanda Malls and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is considering buying a minority stake in Dalian Wanda’s mall unit, with that story leading Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today. Also making the list, PGIM Real Estate ramps up its Asian private wealth business and a… Read More>>
Family of Jailed Vietnamese Tycoon Sells Hong Kong’s Nexxus Building for $819M
The family of jailed Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has sold a grade A office building in Hong Kong’s Central district to entities linked to a Taiwanese tech tycoon for a reported HK$6.4 billion ($819 million), as the family… Read More>>
Vietnam Tracking Down Van Thinh Phat Assets at Home and Abroad
Having earlier this month charged former Van Thinh Phat boss Truong My Lan and 85 co-defendants with embezzling VND 304 trillion ($12 billion), Vietnamese authorities now say they are tracking the company’s laundering of its ill-gotten cash through real estate… Read More>>
Jailed Vietnamese Property Tycoon, 85 Accomplices Indicted for Allegedly Embezzling $12B
Jailed Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan, whose family built a cache of properties in Hong Kong and Singapore worth hundreds of millions of dollars, has been indicted with 85 co-defendants on charges of embezzling VND 304 trillion ($12 billion)… Read More>>
Vietnam Says Van Thinh Phat Committed $1.2B Fraud and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The scam that brought down Vietnam’s real estate market leads today’s collection of headlines from around the region, with police in Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy giving an update on the Van Thinh Phat saga. Also in the news, Evergrande resumes… Read More>>
Frasers Lands Green Loan for Singapore Tower and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore-based Frasers Property refinances a large loan coming due next month, and Hong Kong investor Eric Chu tries to dump assets in a weak market. Also making the cut are developers on the… Read More>>
Viva Land Selling Singapore Office Tower at 20% Mark-Down After Vietnam Arrests
Viva Land has agreed to sell 39 Robinson Road in Singapore for S$399 million ($300 million), parting with the core office asset at a more than 20 percent mark-down just over five months after a Vietnamese tycoon linked to the… Read More>>