Deals

The ‘thoroughfare of China’ is now known internationally as the birthplace of an epidemic that has now infected more than 120,000 worldwide.

The Munich-based insurance powerhouse is moving its Allianz Real Estate platform into its PIMCO asset management business.

The findings of CBRE’s fourth-quarter capital markets report show a steep decline in entity-level deals in the US last year.

Korean investors’ increase in outbound investing, growing appetite among Asian investors for alternative real estate and Paris replacing London were the notable trends from the broker’s annual research.

The $300m sale of RMB Westport's assets to a core-style vehicle run by a joint venture including bank Investec is expected to precede an IPO within six years. an IPO within six years.

Korean securities firms are now leading the country’s international real estate investing, but some question their business model.

The rapid spread of coronavirus has thrown a spotlight on the country’s growing need for healthcare facilities, a sector of the local real estate market that remains undercapitalized.

The London-headquartered emerging markets manager has acquired the Sheraton Casablanca and further North African outlays are targeted.

Two founding investors are planning to offload over 40 percent of shares in the Shanghai-based mixed-use developer and operator.

As investors shift their focus from retail to industrial, the sector’s deal activity for 2019 looks likely to exceed $160bn – a record level, observes Real Capital Analytics’ Jim Costello.