November 10, 1999 By Nina Suebsukcharoen, VertiNews.com CorrespondentBANGKOK – As Thailand's economy slowly recovers, rents for retail space have returned to levels reached before the financial crisis of 1997.Driving the increased rents is the steady absorption of space, which is ...
November 4, 1999 By Karen Chan of the Hong Kong StandardHONG KONG – After making nearly HK$2 billion (US$259 million) worth of investments on the mainland real estate market since 1994, Wharf Holdings' property investments there will start making contributions ...
November 4, 1999By Nina Suebsukcharoen, VertiNews.com CorrespondentBANGKOK, Thailand – Despite signs that the Thai economy is improving, the country's beleaguered property market remains in a funk, with office rental rates half of where they were in 1991.Property analysts said landlords ...
November 3, 1999 Business Times of MalaysiaUnsold properties in Malaysia totaled 92,000 units of various categories worth RM14 billion as at June this year, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh says. The overhang is largely due ...
November 2, 1999 HongKong StandardChinese Estates Holdings is raising $1.8 billion of mortgage financing through a commercial mortgage-backed securities issue underwritten by Societe Generale.The five-tranche issue of secured notes, due 2003, is denominated in Hong Kong currency. The $1.8 billion ...
November 1, 1999 By Kevin Rafferty of the Hong Kong StandardASIA WorldSources Inc./Associated PressHong Kong may regain the title of the world's tallest building now that the Town Planning Board has approved an application for a 102-story tower above the ...
The opportunity fund pioneer will follow up its fifth fund with a greater focus on Asia, where it believes high yields can still be had.
October 22, 1999 By The Associated Press, Hong Kong Standard Reporter Amy Tse HONG KONG - AMOY Properties, a subsidiary of the Hang Lung Group, has signed a $1.62 billion medium-term financing with Citicorp International and nine other banks for ...
The second-largest European CMBS deal ever has been launched by Deutsche Bank to finance the massive Trafford Centre mall in Manchester, England.
October 19, 1999 NEW YORK – Texaco Inc. sold the headquarters building of its London operations for $136 million (82.5 million pounds), or nearly $627/sf.The 217,000-square-foot building, which is located at Westferry Circus in London's Canary Wharf, was sold to ...
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