Washington, DC-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group has acquired 110 villas in Shanghai, the group’s first property investment in China, according to local press reports.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
Following the addition of Mark Karlan, CBRE Investors continues to expand its team in Asia with the hiring of Hao Zhou to head up its investments in China.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
Is Vietnam an ‘emerging China’- on the private equity front as well? By Judy Kuan.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Fresh from its deal to buy into UK ports group Peel Ports, the global real estate manager has announced its involvement in a residential scheme in Zhuhai.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
If the investment bank hits its target it would surpass the current high-water mark, the $5.3 billion fund raised by The Blackstone Group this summer.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may be turning a new leaf. After giving up his pursuit of WMDs, the one-time enemy of the West is sponsoring a new real estate development on the country’s northeastern coast.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The India-focused fund has completed two projects in the last month, raising their total investment in property on the subcontinent to $1bn.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
China's property markets are luring investors from around the world, but corruption and kickbacks can make any real estate a tricky proposition. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 23 January 2013
Influencing history 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Last month, alongside new memoirs by such well-known names as US Senator Barack Obama, <italic>The Corrections</italic> author Jonathan Franzen and humorist and travel writer Bill Bryson, another less-anticipated book hit the shelves at Barnes & Nob
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms are looking to capitalize on Hong Kong's recovery. But as China's development continues unabated, will the mainland's economic emergence eventually threaten the city's prosperity? By Robin Marriott
10 min read · 23 January 2013
