Hines has acquired a northern Singapore logistics asset in partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsui & … Read More>>
Featured Stories
BlackRock Acquires Private Markets Data Provider Preqin for $3.2B
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, a London-based provider of private markets data for £2.55 billion ($3.2 billion) … Read More>>
Sponsored Features
Asia Pacific Dominates Global Land and Development Site Investments: Global Capital Flows Q1 2024
Asia Pacific’s Top Capital Destinations and Sources Four of the top five global cross-border capital destinations for … Read More>>
Unlocking Tangible Office Real Estate Savings
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Breaking News
Hines Teams With Mitsubishi, Mitsui to Buy Singapore Warehouse From Tobacco Giant
Hines has acquired a northern Singapore logistics asset in partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsui & Co, marking the US developer and investment firm’s second industrial deal in the … Read more>>
BlackRock Acquires Private Markets Data Provider Preqin for $3.2B
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, a London-based provider of private markets data for £2.55 billion ($3.2 billion) in cash, as the world’s largest investment manager seeks to bolster its … Read more>>
Lendlease Continues Global Retreat With $320M Sale of US Military Housing Business
Lendlease has agreed to sell its US military housing business to American investment firm Guggenheim Partners for A$480 million ($320 million), as the Australian developer carries out a plan to scale … Read more>>
Singapore Private Home Price Growth Slows to 1.1% as Sales Flatten
Flash data showed that Singapore’s private home prices rose 1.1 percent in the second quarter of 2024, easing from 1.4 percent growth in the first three months of the year as transaction volume … Read more>>
Temasek-Backed Tikehau Buys French Retail Assets for $215M, Finalises Nikko Tie-Up
Tikehau Capital, the Paris-based alternatives investment manager backed by Singaporean state-owned investor Temasek Holdings, has agreed to buy a portfolio of 30 French hypermarket and supermarket … Read more>>
KKR Acquires Controlling Stake in Indian Hospital Chain and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
KKR leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today as the global investment firm acquires a controlling stake in an Indian hospital chain, Baby Memorial Hospital. Also making the list, Hong Kong’s property … Read more>>
Gaw Positioned to Take Full Ownership of Hong Kong Office Complex as Partner Falters
Hong Kong’s higher for longer interest rates and declining office market could be setting up private equity shop Gaw Capital Partners for a significant windfall in the city’s Quarry Bay area. The … Read more>>
University Buys Hong Kong Hotel for $128M as Mainland Enrollment Surges
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) has acquired a 255-key hotel in Kowloon’s Hung Hom area for use as student housing, as the educational institution seeks to expand its accommodation space amid … Read more>>
Real Estate Finance
Hines Teams With Mitsubishi, Mitsui to Buy Singapore Warehouse From Tobacco Giant
Hines has acquired a northern Singapore logistics asset in partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsui & … Read More>>
BlackRock Acquires Private Markets Data Provider Preqin for $3.2B
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin, a London-based provider of private markets data for £2.55 billion ($3.2 billion) … Read More>>
Lendlease Continues Global Retreat With $320M Sale of US Military Housing Business
Lendlease has agreed to sell its US military housing business to American investment firm Guggenheim Partners for A$480 … Read More>>
Singapore
Hines Teams With Mitsubishi, Mitsui to Buy Singapore Warehouse From Tobacco Giant
Hines has acquired a northern Singapore logistics asset in partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate and Mitsui & … Read More>>
Singapore Private Home Price Growth Slows to 1.1% as Sales Flatten
Flash data showed that Singapore’s private home prices rose 1.1 percent in the second quarter of 2024, easing from 1.4 … Read More>>
David Teo’s Apricot Capital Leads Funding Round for Singapore Co-Living Operator
Singapore’s The Assembly Place has raised S$5.33 million ($3.9 million) from a pre-Series A funding exercise anchored by … Read More>>
Shanghai
Rockefeller JV Selling Shanghai Bund Buildings to Tencent, Ant-Backed Insurer for $199M
A joint venture controlled by New York’s Rockefeller Group has agreed to sell a pair of office buildings on Shanghai’s … Read More>>
Warburg Pincus-Backed Rental Housing Platform Outperforms in Shanghai
Vlinker, an apartment operator backed by Warburg Pincus, has built Shanghai's largest portfolio of rental housing while … Read More>>
Warburg Pincus, VLinker to Take the Stage After Opening 8,000 Apartments in April
China’s housing market has faced a historic slide over the past year, but a major US private equity firm is set to take … Read More>>
Projects
Mitsui Fudosan Buys Two-Thirds Stake in $1.3B Sydney Office Project From Mirvac
Mitsui Fudosan has acquired a 66 percent stake in a Mirvac office project near the Sydney harbourfront with an estimated … Read More>>
Singapore to Release Development Sites for 5,050 Homes in Second Half of 2024
Singapore on Tuesday announced a second-half confirmed list of the Government Land Sales programme that would bring … Read More>>
Hong Kong’s Wang On Adds Chevalier as JV Partner for $243M Kowloon Residential Project
Hong Kong-based developer Wang On Properties is bringing on local conglomerate Chevalier International Holdings as a … Read More>>
Asia Outbound
Singapore’s Elite Partners Capital Buys German Logistics Park From TPG AG JV
Singapore-based fund manager Elite Partners Capital has acquired a logistics park near Germany’s automotive capital of … Read More>>
GIC Takes 62% Haircut on Sale of Stake in UK Megamall to Landsec for $152M
GIC has sold its 17.5 percent stake in the UK’s fifth largest mall to London-based developer and property investor Land … Read More>>
Data Centres
Alibaba Shutting Down Data Centres in Australia, India as Sovereignty Issue Sharpens
Alibaba will cease operations at its data centres in Australia and India, with the Chinese e-commerce titan’s cloud arm … Read More>>
Equinix Grows India Footprint With $65M Chennai Data Centre
Equinix on Tuesday announced its further expansion in India with the digital infrastructure giant’s first data centre … Read More>>
GLP-Backed Ada Gets Nod for 210MW Data Centre Campus in East London
Ada Infrastructure, the data centre platform backed by Asian industrial specialist GLP, has received approval to build a … Read More>>
Japan
Fosun’s Yuyuan to Sell Hokkaido Ski Resort for at Least $236M
A unit of mainland conglomerate Fosun International is planning to sell a ski resort with three onsite hotels in the … Read More>>
SC Capital-Sponsored Japan Hotel REIT Buying Four Properties in Okinawa, Tokyo for $350M
Japan Hotel REIT plans to acquire two full-service Okinawa properties and two budget hostelries in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward … Read More>>
Avatar Capital Acquires Central Tokyo Luxury Residential Project at 30% Discount
Asia-based Avatar Capital Partners has closed on the purchase of a 70-unit luxury residential development in the … Read More>>
Hong Kong
Gaw Positioned to Take Full Ownership of Hong Kong Office Complex as Partner Falters
Hong Kong’s higher for longer interest rates and declining office market could be setting up private equity shop Gaw … Read More>>
University Buys Hong Kong Hotel for $128M as Mainland Enrollment Surges
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) has acquired a 255-key hotel in Kowloon’s Hung Hom area for use as student … Read More>>
Hong Kong’s New World Secures New Loans, Pays Down Debt in $4.5B Liquidity Boost
New World Development has completed HK$35 billion ($4.5 billion) worth of new loan arrangements and debt repayments … Read More>>
MTD TV
Aussie Logistics Investment to Accelerate as Shed Demand Remains Strong: MTD TV
As Australia’s logistics property sector continues to normalise following a pandemic-driven surge, investment in Aussie … Read More>>
Supply Chain Shifts Continue to Drive India and Southeast Asia Logistics Growth: MTD TV
Demand for sheds in India and Southeast Asia’s developing economies will continue to see strong secular growth on the … Read More>>
Southeast Asia, India and Australia Feature in Mingtiandi Logistics Forum This Week
After exploring the China, Japan and Korea markets this past week, Mingtiandi’s APAC Logistics Forum continues in the … Read More>>
Research & Policy
Singapore Private Home Price Growth Slows to 1.1% as Sales Flatten
Flash data showed that Singapore’s private home prices rose 1.1 percent in the second quarter of 2024, easing from 1.4 … Read More>>
Singapore Home Sales Slip 27% to Lowest in Three Months as Launch Schedule Slows
New private home sales in Singapore fell 27 percent in May to their lowest level in three months, according to data … Read More>>