Beijing-based real estate developer Soho China reported a 47 percent drop in profits for the second half of 2013, as the developer which made its name building office complexes and then selling off individual units, struggles to switch to… Read More>>
Soho Sells 2 Buildings in Shanghai for RMB 5.23B – Misses Price Target
Beijing-based real estate company Soho China announced on Friday that it is selling two commercial projects in Shanghai for RMB 5.23 billion ($851 million). The sale price is well below what the developer asked for, as the market for commercial… Read More>>
Pan Shiyi Courts the Press and Tests Pollution on Shanghai’s Subway
Real estate developer and attention-seeker Pan Shiyi led the media on a pollution-checking tour of Shanghai’s subway on Friday in an apparent attempt to ensure the public that the city’s public transport was pretty ok.
Pan’s day job may be… Read More>>
Zaha Hadid-Designed SOHO Wangjing Nears Completion in Beijing
The most radically designed project of China’s most flamboyant real estate developer is largely finished, and the Wangjing area of Beijing’s Chaoyang district will soon feature 3 hump-shaped towers that have been likened to Chinese fans, or ship’s sails.
Wangjing SOHO was designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, and consists of three curved towers reaching as high as 200 metres.
SOHO China’s Zhang Xin Beats Out Brad Pitt to Buy NY Townhouse
Not content to merely own a chunk of the GM building in New York, SOHO China CEO Zhang Xin bought a Manhattan mansion recently for US$26 million. Other potential buyers looking at the five bedroom, 19th century townhouse included Brad… Read More>>
Fosun Pays US$725 Mil for Chase Manhattan Building and the Big Buyer Trophy
Fosun International Ltd became the latest Chinese company to acquire a US trophy asset last week when it agreed to purchase 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza from JP Morgan Chase for US$725 million.
With the acquisition the closely-held Shanghai firm now… Read More>>
Real Estate Personality Pan Shiyi Cowed by Govt Crackdown
SOHO China may not be China’s largest real estate developer, but it has become one of the country’s best known, thanks in no small part to the flamboyant style of the company’s leadership couple, Chairman Pan Shiyi and his wife/CEO… Read More>>
Softer office markets cloud China property outlook – and more of Today’s China Real Estate Links | August 22, 2013
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
Commercial property developers Soho China and Franshion Properties (China) posted robust half-year results… Read More>>
Soho China Says 1st-Half Profit Soared – and more of Today’s China Real Estate Links | August 21, 2013
Here is a list of the day’s latest China real estate news collected from around the web:
Soho China, the Beijing-based real estate developer led by billionaire couple… Read More>>
SOHO’s Pan Shiyi Visits the Mayo Clinic – Is He OK?
Much has been written about wealthy Chinese individuals establishing a foothold overseas for the purposes of lower taxes, diversifying investment portfolios or securing better education for their kids.
But what about going to the US to make sure that you’re… Read More>>
