Country Garden Leads Mingtiandi’s headline roundup today, with a Reuters report indicating that China’s central government is arranging a sale of the company to Ping An Insurance. Also in the news, Korea’s National Pension Service invests in a US fund… Read More>>
Speaker Bio: Chester Foo of Frasers Hospitality MTD TV Productions
Chester is the Head of Investment, North Asia at Frasers Hospitality. He leads the investment strategy implementation including acquisitions, portfolio management and capital partnerships for North Asia region, and is also responsible for Frasers Hospitality’s corporate strategy planning and portfolio… Read More>>
Frasers Hospitality Teams With Tishman, Alyssa to Buy $126M in China, Japan Apartments
Frasers Hospitality is tying up with Tishman Speyer and Tokyo-based Alyssa Partners to enter Asia’s rental residential sector through separate joint ventures in China and Japan involving S$170 million ($126.4 million) in build-to-rent homes.
The pair of deals will give… Read More>>
Frasers Promotes Eric Gan to FHT CEO as Eu Chin Fen Takes Over Hospitality Division
Following the failed privatisation of Frasers Hospitality Trust last September, sponsor Frasers Property has made a change at the top with the appointment of Eric Gan as CEO of the Singapore-listed REIT’s managers, succeeding Eu Chin Fen.
Eu in turn… Read More>>
Frasers Hospitality Trust Privatisation Fails as Vote Falls Just Short
Frasers Property’s take-private scheme for Singapore-listed Frasers Hospitality Trust came up short by the barest of margins at a Monday vote, as unitholders representing 74.88 percent of the trust’s stapled securities approved the proposal, narrowly missing the 75 percent threshold… Read More>>
Row of Singapore Shophouses Sells for $50.6M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, a row of shophouses in Singapore’s Lavender Street sells for $50 million as an entire floor at the Suntec City office complex hits the market. Meanwhile, Frasers Hospitality Trust lays out contingency plans… Read More>>
Evergrande Restructuring Timetable Stays on Track and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, China Evergrande says it will unveil its restructuring scheme by the end of July as planned, as the debt-saddled developer receives new terms from the Hong Kong bourse to avoid a delisting. Meanwhile,… Read More>>
Singapore’s Frasers Property Makes $970M Buyout Offer for Hospitality Trust
Frasers Property is proposing to take SGX-listed Frasers Hospitality Trust private in an all-cash deal that values the REIT at S$1.35 billion ($970 million), according to a joint announcement on Monday, as the hospitality sector continues to face headwinds.
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Korea’s Mirae Buys 8 Amazon Warehouses for $520M and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, South Korean investor Mirae acquires eight Amazon-leased US warehouses, the Thai billionaire who controls Singapore-listed Frasers Hospitality Trust reportedly plans to take the REIT private, and Chinese developer Sunac moves to delay an… Read More>>
R&F Pulls Plug on 10,000-Home Brisbane Project and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, China’s R&F Properties scraps a high-profile residential project in Brisbane, Hong Kong developers throw their weight behind Beijing’s preferred candidate for chief executive, and home prices in Asia’s most expensive cities ease after… Read More>>