The resignation of a veteran Hong Kong executive from a trio of directorships leads this week’s review of personnel moves from around the region, with leadership changes at Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Shenzhen’s Logan Group also making the list.
GIC Buying Back India Business Park From Pimco Prime Partnership for $259M
GIC is returning to familiar territory with an agreement to acquire a southern India business park from a fund managed by Europe’s Pimco Prime Real Estate after being part of a partnership which sold the Hyderabad asset to that venture… Read More>>
Gaw Capital Set to Buy Back San Francisco Offices From Blackstone at Two-Thirds Off
Disruption in the US office market is helping one Hong Kong’s biggest fund managers buy back a San Francisco office project it sold to Blackstone in 2018 for two-thirds off the price from that earlier transaction.
Gaw Capital Partners is… Read More>>
KKR Expands in India with Hire of Former BlackRock Exec to Lead Gurugram Office
US private equity giant KKR is expanding its India footprint by opening a new office in the country’s National Capital Region, and has brought on board a former BlackRock executive to spearhead its Gurugram presence.
“Having a team in Gurugram… Read More>>
CBRE Promotes Takashi Tsuji to President and COO of Japan Business
CBRE’s Japan division has selected new leadership, promoting one-time Mitsubishi executive Takashi Tsuji to president and chief operating officer.
Tsuji, who has been with the property consultancy since 2019, takes over the president role from Eiji Sakaguchi, who has been… Read More>>
Hines Rolls Out Asia Value-Add Strategy with Former GLP Exec Caleb Shen at the Helm
Having grown its Asia team to $7.9 billion in assets under management, US developer and fund manager on Tuesday announced a value-add real estate strategy targetting opportunities in the region.
The new investment vehicle is led by Caleb Shen, the… Read More>>
ESR-Logos REIT Selling Singapore Building for $39M in Ninth Divestment in 10 Months
ESR-Logos REIT said on Monday that it has agreed to sell an industrial building on the west coast of Singapore for S$53 million ($38.5 million) in its ninth sale of a building from its portfolio in the past 10 months.
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2023-10-02
A man pegged to be Singapore’s next prime minister leads this week’s review of personnel updates in the region as Lawrence Wong takes on a new role at sovereign fund GIC. Also making our list is a top-level change at… Read More>>
Evergrande Says Chairman Suspected of Crimes, Subject to “Mandatory Measures”
In an announcement to the Hong Kong stock exchange late on the eve of China’s Mid-Autumn Festival holiday on Thursday China Evergrande Group followed up on media reports that its chairman is in police custody with a confirmation of criminal… Read More>>
Weave Living Acquires Nine Tokyo Rental Residential Properties
Weave Living now has properties in three of Asia’s top real estate markets with the rental housing investor and operator announcing on Thursday that it has acquired nine apartment assets in Tokyo.
The recently completed multi-family residential buildings add 352… Read More>>