Asia Pacific real estate investment news and information
The world’s best known provider of securities indexes is expanding its reach into the alternative investment sector as MCSI today announced that it has agreed to buy Real Capital Analytics for $950 million.
The deal gives the former unit of… Read More>>
Debt-saddled developer China Evergrande Group continues to reduce its shareholding in its Hong Kong-listed internet division, HengTen Networks Group, as it announced plans yesterday to offload a HK$3.25 billion ($420 million) stake.
The news comes less than two months after… Read More>>
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, one of Eagle Hospitality Trust’s holdout hotels looks poised to sell at a reduced price, South Korea’s public pension fund reports robust year-to-date growth, and Hong Kong’s retail sales continue to grow, albeit… Read More>>
Hong Kong-based telecom operator PCCW is selling its data centre business to DigitalBridge, a New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment trust that was known as Colony Capital until one month ago, for $750 million, according to a notice to… Read More>>
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has teamed up with Swiss private equity firm Partners Group and Melbourne-based hospitality operator Salter Brothers to acquire a portfolio of 11 Travelodge hotels in Australia with a gross asset value of A$620 million ($457.3… Read More>>
With climate change and industrial innovation threatening to shorten the lifespans of real estate assets, many property developers and fund managers globally are looking for technologies which will help to protect properties against premature obsolescence.
Measuring the extent to which… Read More>>
Singapore’s ever-active sovereign wealth fund is back in the news again today as GIC is said to be signing up for a 30 percent slice of Starbucks’ Korea operation, as the American coffee firm exits a joint venture with Shinsegae… Read More>>
CapitaLand’s $15.9 billion plan to privatise its development operation and spin off its fund management business is set to go to shareholders next month after receiving approval from the board of Southeast Asia’s largest real estate business.
“This restructuring is… Read More>>
Colliers International is further reinforcing its Singapore-based team with the hiring of John Howald as executive director and head of international capital for Asia Pacific.
Joining Colliers from JLL Japan, Howald will report to Terence Tang, managing director for capital… Read More>>
The COVID-19 pandemic brought major changes to Asia’s real estate industry, according to a Mingtiandi survey conducted one year ago, and a poll being conducted this month aims to measure how much further this innovation has to go.
The Mingtiandi-Yardi… Read More>>
