Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
A builder once ranked among China’s largest developers has fallen still further into distress with Guangzhou R&F Properties announcing on Sunday that it has failed to make interest payments on offshore bonds worth a total of $4.53 billion.
The developer… Read More>>
A hotel in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok area is being marketed as a student housing investment for private buyers as the city’s hospitality market flounders and higher-end rental housing players stay on the sidelines.
Hotel Ease – Mong Kok is… Read More>>
Some profit-taking in India leads today’s collection of real estate headlines from around Asia, as Blackstone more halves its stake in Nexus Select Trust. Also making the list is set of good news for mainland developers as a pair of… Read More>>
Wheelock Properties has acquired an industrial building in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang area for HK$728 million ($93.4 million), more than two years after applying for a compulsory sale of the ageing property.
The purchase of the Ha Lung Industrial… Read More>>
Commercial real estate investment in Asia Pacific rose 2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024 to hit $27.3 billion, marking a third straight quarter of growth, according to JLL.
First-half investment volume totalled $57.5 billion, up 7 percent… Read More>>
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired a 50 percent stake in Journal Student Living, the student accommodation operating unit of Australian developer and investor Citiplan, as it seeks to capitalise on an influx of international students into Australia’s already tight private… Read More>>
Industrial giant ESR has teamed up with Mitsubishi Estate on a joint venture that will see the Japanese builder invest in an Australian project with an end value of A$175 million ($113 million).
The project forms part of a 25.1… Read More>>
Swire Properties reported 97 percent occupancy at Pacific Place in Hong Kong’s Admiralty area at the end of June, easing from 98 percent at the end of last year, as rents at the flagship office complex tumbled 16 percent for… Read More>>
Canadian pension funds lead Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today, with CPPIB and CDPQ said to be joining forces with Blackstone in its pursuit of Aussie data centre operator AirTrunk. Also in the news, China’s GDS Holdings seeks as much as $1… Read More>>
AXA has entered exclusive negotiations to sell its asset management arm AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) to French financial services giant BNP Paribas for a total consideration of €5.4 billion ($5.8 billion), as the French insurer seeks to focus on… Read More>>
