Seven of Hong Kong’s ten wealthiest people and almost half of the city’s top billionaires made their fortunes in real estate, according to the latest annual ranking of the city’s 50 richest people by Forbes.
Thanks to a roaring real… Read More>>
New World Keeps Shanghai Complex in the Family with $278M Sale
It’s been a long time since bargains were available in Shanghai’s property market, but a director of Hong Kong-listed New World Development just picked up a mixed-use project in the city’s Zhongshan Park area at an attractive price.
The property… Read More>>
Hong Kong’s New World Wins Guangzhou Site for $314M
New World Group is deepening its commitment to mainland China by paying RMB 2.09 billion ($314.1 million) to acquire a plot of land in the southern city of Guangzhou, where the top Hong Kong developer will build a 250,000 square… Read More>>
Adrian Cheng Promoted as New World Reports 31% Spurt in Net Profit
His grandfather passing just a few months ago and his father ill, heir apparent to the New World Development throne, Adrian Cheng Chi-Kong, led his first earnings briefing for the $54 billion Hong Kong real estate developer last week, reporting… Read More>>
GLP CEO Said Joining CIC Buyout Bid and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The region is back to work this week after a long lunar new year break and the real estate stories are getting fast and furious once again. The mystery of which takeover bid for GLP was being backed by the… Read More>>
New World JV Bets $1.9 Bil on 4 Projects in Shenzhen’s Qianhai
Hong Kong’s New World Development has become the latest builder to bet big on the Shenzhen market following a record-breaking real estate run in China’s southernmost megacity.
The Hong Kong developer’s New World China Land subsidiary on Thursday successfully bid… Read More>>
When Donald Trump Sued Vincent Lo and Henry Cheng for $1 Bil
Earlier this month US presidential candidate Donald Trump said China was “raping” the US with unfair trade practices, and now it has emerged that the New York real estate tycoon may have a history of hurling accusations at Chinese, including… Read More>>
HK Tycoon Henry Cheng Plans £8.4B London Luxury Project
Henry Cheng, chairman of Hong Kong’s New World Development, won approval this week to build 15,000 new homes in London as part of a £8.4 billion ($13 billion) project.
Cheng’s proposal for redeveloping London’s Greenwich Peninsula was given the go-ahead… Read More>>