In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore’s GIC enlists high-powered help for the potential sale of its Australian retirement village business, an ESR fund snaps up eight logistics properties Down Under, and Chinese data centre operator GDS weighs an… Read More>>
Citadel Leases Two More Floors in Hong Kong’s IFC and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Hong Kong’s stumbling office market looks like a bargain to at least one major US investment manager, with Chicago-based Citadel said to be tripling its footprint in the IFC. Also in the news today, Swire Properties has announced plans for… Read More>>
Fosun Tourism IPO Scrapes Up $428M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Fosun Tourism Group went to market on Friday with its IPO, returning with a valuation of $2.44 billion, after pricing its shares at the low-end of the expected range. The lean listing for the owner of the Club Med resort… Read More>>
Taubman Asia Brings Home ICSC Marketing Prize for Zhengzhou Mall
The Asian arm of US mall operator Taubman Centers has won recognition for the launch of its second Chinese shopping centre, which drew on everything from magic shows to partnerships with mobile ride-sharing platforms to lure shoppers to the new… Read More>>
China’s Housing Statistics Join the Struggle Against the Bubble
For the first time ever, the National Bureau of Statistics released data mid-month as the keeper of China’s economic figures painted a picture of cooling home prices in its survey of average housing markets in 70 leading cities across the… Read More>>
China Housing Prices Up For 17th Straight Month – BOC Sounds Bubble Alert
Housing prices in mainland China rose an average 2.83 percent in September compared to the August, as more experts warn of a housing bubble. The Bank of China was the latest to raise concerns over the country’s real estate market,… Read More>>
Shanghai Home Prices Now Up 31% in 12 Months as Housing Fever Rages
Home prices in Shanghai, including government subsidized housing, rose by 4.4 percent last month, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Prices in the city have risen 31.2 percent in the past 12 months as the government’s stimulus… Read More>>
Property Developer Nabbed for Bank Heist and More China Real Estate Headlines 2015-10-28
Every day Mingtiandi scans the web and curates the day’s biggest stories for you. Here’s what we found today:
China Real Estate Tycoon Nabbed for 1999 Bank Robbery
An influential billionaire was among five people who were nabbed in connection… Read More>>
China Housing Price Slide Slows as Shenzhen Said to Recover
China’s housing prices fell for the eighth straight month in December, according to data released today by the National Bureau of Statistics. However, the average monthly rate of decline in prices of new housing (including subsidised units) slowed slightly –… Read More>>
Apple to Open Latest China Retail Store in Chongqing
Apple will open its eleventh store in China on Saturday as the US electronics firm continues to enjoy mad popularity in the world’s second-largest economy, despite recent criticism from local media.
The latest official outlet for Apple will be at… Read More>>