Pub owners have blamed an invasion of hipsters swilling cheap beer at the local 7-Eleven for killing off some of Lan Kwai Fong’s best bars and clubs. Now the millennial menaces are poised to claim another victim in the famed… Read More>>
COLI-Sino Land-K Wah JV Wins HK Condo Site with $1.1B Bid and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Topping today’s headlines is the latest record land sale in Hong Kong, as a mainland-HK joint venture takes home a New Territories residential site for HK$8.33 billion. Also in the headlines, both WeWork and Savills are expanding in India, and… Read More>>
WeWork (and URWork) Prepare to Battle for Singapore Co-Working Market
Co-working unicorn WeWork is building up a team to bring its shared office platform into Singapore, with mainland competitors URWork and naked Hub also targetting the southeast Asian financial centre.
WeWork is preparing to enter the Singapore co-working space according… Read More>>
URWork-New Space Merger to Create RMB 9B Global Co-Working Player
One of China’s top shared office players, URWork, has inked an agreement with rival New Space for a strategic merger, according to a recent joint announcement by the two mainland flexible office providers.
The market valuation of the combined companies… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-02-26
The big trend in real estate jobs this year seems to be real estate professionals finding new homes in the co-working world, as yet another agency veteran signs up with a shared office provider. Also this week, a former mainland… Read More>>
Gambling Giants Rush to Invest $10B for Japanese Casinos and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The big news today could make pachinko passe as Japan gets ready for the 21st century money-milking machines that are modern casinos. While Melco Crown’s Lawrence Ho looks to Japan for his next deal, China Vanke has found a way… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2017-02-06
People in the News is back after a rare break last week and we will do our best to get all of you caught up with who will be emailing you from a new address in the year of the… Read More>>
WeWork Opens 2nd Hong Kong Location in Wanchai
WeWork has opened its second Hong Kong facility in the city’s Wanchai district – the fourth Asian centre opened by the US co-working unicorn in less than six months.
The new centre at 33 Lockhart Road occupies seven floors in… Read More>>
WeWork Founders Splash Down in Shanghai to Open China Flagship Centre
Shanghai’s fast-growing co-working scene got a touch of celebrity today when WeWork founders Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey visited the city to officially launch the office-sharing company’s China flagship location.
The co-founders of the $16 billion startup presided over a… Read More>>
Warburg Pincus-Backed KaiLong Leases SH Building to WeWork, Flips for RMB 500M
Buy a run-down hotel, fix it up for offices, lease to a co-working superbrand, and double your money by flipping the whole package to another fund. That simple recipe just helped Warburg Pincus-invested Kailong bring in a sum reported to… Read More>>