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Japan's real estate market would be one of the main beneficiaries of "Abenomics," if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is successful in his attempts to grow the economy, Japanese billionaire Akira Mori said this week in an interview with the Bloomberg news service. Read More »
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A Chinese asset management firm has raised $683 million to invest in Chinese retail property, defying critics who say the sector may be overbuilt. Citic Capital Holdings has already invested $250 mill... Read More »
Commercial property investments in the Asia Pacific region totaled $109.8 billion during the first quarter of 2013, a 50.2 percent increase from the previous quarter, according to data released today ... Read More »
A rule change in Taiwan is likely to spur capital flow out of the country and into overseas property markets. As of early May, insurance companies-- which could previously only buy domestic property -... Read More »
Brookfield Asset Management, the Canadian real-estate giant, has launched an aggressive expansion plan that will see the company invest and develop a client base in Asia. The company-has already estab... Read More »
Philippine's SM Investment Corporation announced today it is consolidating three of its main property businesses under SM Prime, the country's largest shopping mall operator, to create the country's b... Read More »
A trickle of Web reports and a tantalizing video suggest a Chinese company is moving ahead with plans to build the world's tallest building. China Broad Group could begin construction on the 838-meter... Read More »
BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm, is buying Singapore-based property investment firm MGPA in a move that will establish its presence in Asia and almost double its global real estat... Read More »
With a rapidly ageing population, China is facing a dramatic demographic shift that is attracting overseas hospital operators and developers to the senior living industry. But despite attractive raw s... Read More »
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments has purchased a 31-story office tower in Chicago, marking its first investment in Chicago. The fund paid $218 million for the tower at 225 W. Wacker, which... Read More »
What does Tokyo have in common with the Miami and Dubai property markets? A tidal wave of foreign property investment is flooding the market due to currency exchange rate fluctuations. Read More »
Singapore-listed developer GuocoLand has revealed details for the 290-meter Tanjong Pagar Centre, which will be the tallest building in Singapore. The project is positioned as Singapore's next major b... Read More »
Leasing activity was mostly flat in Asia Pacific's top office markets during the first quarter of 2013, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's latest Asia Pacific Office Index. Combined rental growth in th... Read More »
Greenland Holding Group has announced plans to purchase a 60 percent stake in luxury property developer SPG Land Holdings, a move which may herald a new wave of consolidation among China property deve... Read More »
Direct investment in global real estate hit the highest level since 2008 in the first quarter, led by a surge in investment in Asia Pacific commercial property. More than $27 billion was directly inve... Read More »
Driven by potentially high returns, U.S. investors are increasingly targeting funds that invest in foreign commercial and residential property. During the first quarter of 2013, investors put $2.6 bil... Read More »
The return of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his monetary policy known as "Abenomics" is jump starting the country's sluggish property sector, many analysts believe. After years of austerity, Mr.... Read More »
China's investment in overseas commercial property is growing at an unprecedented rate. In 2012, Chinese capital directed at overseas commercial investment totaled $4 billion, a 33 percent increase fr... Read More »
The number of shopping center in development around the world is up 15 percent from a year ago, with more than half of the projects in China, according to new data released by CB Richard Ellis. Read More »
Blackstone Group aims to raise the largest real estate fund devoted to China and Asian markets, despite reports of a looming slowdown in the market. Blackstone plans to raise $4 billion devoted exclus... Read More »
Japanese REITs focusing on apartments performed better than other property sector over the last five years, new data shows. Apartment REITs in Japan produced a risk-adjusted 3.2 percent in the five-ye... Read More »
