Singapore is a prime new investor target, according to two reports from private equity real estate investment firms experienced in the region. But that news isn’t all good for the city-state. The opportunity is present because office and residential prices… Read More>>
Logos Property Buys SG Warehouses in Southeast Asian Push
Ivanhoe Cambridge-backed warehouse developer Logos Property has completed its first acquisitions in southeast Asia by purchasing a pair of logistics facilities in Singapore together with local firm Yang Kee Logistics.
The developer, which already has projects in Australia and China,… Read More>>
BlackRock Confirms Sale of Asia Square Tower 1 for S$3.4Bil
BlackRock has confirmed the sale of Asia Square Tower 1 to the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) for S$3.4 billion ($2.45 billion). The US alternative investment manager and the Qatari sovereign wealth fund announced the sale in a joint release this… Read More>>
BlackRock Said Selling SG Office Tower to Qataris for Record $2.6Bil
BlackRock is said to be on the cusp of selling Asia Square Tower 1 to the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA) for a record S$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion).
An agreement on the sale of the 1.29 million square foot (120,000 square… Read More>>
Is Li Ka-shing Fleeing Mainland Political Risk for Sunny Singapore?
Li Ka-shing has spent much of the last few years selling off property assets on the mainland and Hong Kong, while simultaneously fending off accusations that he is pessimistic about the outlook for Greater China.
Now Li’s Cheung Kong Property… Read More>>
Jonathan Davis Takes on Business Operations Role with JLL in Singapore
Long-time China real estate executive Jonathan Davis headed south this week from Shanghai to Singapore, where he will start work as JLL’s new National Director for Business Operations in Southeast Asia starting from March 1st.
Davis, who served most recently… Read More>>
Gaw Adds London Office Complex and SG Hotel to Growing List of Deals
Private equity real estate firm Gaw Capital Partners has added another $921 million in new deals to its growing list of cross-border property acquisitions by picking up an office block in London and a hotel in Singapore, according to media… Read More>>
Tang Wei Leng Takes Over at Colliers Singapore
Colliers International Group announced on Tuesday that Tang Wei Leng has been appointed as managing director of the company’s Singapore business. The new hire represents a return to Colliers for the veteran agency operative, who takes over the post vacated… Read More>>
Shanghai Investor Buys Singapore Office Tower for Over $150M
An office building in downtown Singapore has sold to a mainland Chinese investor for more than S$210 million ($150 million), through acquisition of equity in the company that owns the freehold building near the city’s upscale Marina Bay commercial area.
Singapore Govt Questions Feasibility of Chinese Development in Malaysia
The quantity of new homes being built in Malaysia’s Johor state, just across the border from Singapore, now exceeds the entire stock of privately owned housing in the entire city-state, according to a statement last week from a Singaporean government… Read More>>