Thailand's Government Counting on Low-Income Earners to Boost Ailing Real Estate Market
Thailand's real estate market faces challenges due to a slowing economy, reduced tourism, and declining foreign investment. To revive the ma
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Feb 12
CapitaLand Invests in Thailand Logistics Expansion Through $270M Fund
CapitaLand doubles down on its Southeast Asia real estate portfolio with investment in Thailand logistics to create Thailand's largest indus
Feb 7
WeWork Founder Adam Neumann Wants His Company Back
WeWork has rebuffed previous offers by Adam Neumann to purchase his former company out of bankruptcy. The latest was for $1 billion in...
Feb 5
Colombia's Juan Valdez is an Emerging Multinational Juggernaut
Many are predicting that Colombia's Juan Valdez coffee brand is the top contender to take on and dethrone Starbucks. The brand and name are
Feb 1
A Parched Mexico City's Real Estate is Sinking Like a Stone
Mexico City has the unfortunate distinction as the fastest-sinking city on Earth. The city is sinking because it was built on top of a recla
Jan 31
Barry Sternlichts of Starwood Capital Bemoans "Everyone is Back to Work Except for Americans" (WATCH)
On January 24, Barry Sternlicht was interviewed at the iConnections Global Lodging Conference where he discussed what he's seeing in the...
Jan 29
Blackstone's Multibillion-Dollar Wager on Data Centers
Blackstone is not alone in its ambitions to rapidly expand its data center holdings. Firms like KKR, Digital Realty, and Brookfield are also
Jan 28
Retail Titan Family In Thailand Launching $300 Million Hospitality Fund
A new $300 million fund targeting Thailand hospitality investments has been launched by Thailand's wealthiest family, the Chirathivats. The
Jan 26
Gen Z's Social Cravings Are Saving Malls
A recently released report from the International Council of Shopping Centers ("ICSC") made the surprising conclusion that Gen Z, people fro
Jan 24
"Mortgage Coming Due" on Large-City Office Buildings
At the same time as office occupancy and utilization rates are at all-time lows, capital is harder to come by and becoming more expensive by
Jan 22
Apollo Exiting Asia Real Estate Private Equity Fund Business
Apollo is exiting its equity real estate business in Asia, but sticking by the credit strategy for the asset class. It raised an equity fund
Jan 22
DFC Approves Loan of $17.1 Million for New Hotel in Zambia
One of the Development Finance Corporation's 17 most recently approved investments, totaling $3.3 billion, will be for real estate in Zambia
Jan 15
Nestlé Invests Further $100 Million in Vietnam to Expand Coffee Production
Nestlé has a strong presence in Vietnam to make products to sell to the Vietnamese consumer, but particularly with coffee, export is also th
Jan 15
Fitch is Cautiously Optimistic About Latin American Real Estate in 2024
GDP growth is expected to be less than what was experienced in 2023 (2.8%), and considerably less than in 2022 (4.0%). Fitch expects the...
Jan 13
Marcos Taps Real Estate CEO to Oversee New Philippines Economic Agency
The new agency is aimed at coordinating economic and investment policies and will be headed by Frederick Go, CEO of Robinsons Land Corp. Mr.
Jan 13
South Korea Invests $14 Million in Logistics Center in Vietnam
The South Korean Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries announced the investment in the logistics center which aims to help South Korean small- and
Jan 13
Western Cape Industrial Sector Shines in South Africa
Not much is going right in South Africa but the Western Cape is bucking the trend boasting solid residential and industrial real estate tren
Dec 17, 2023
Fairytale of Office-to-Residential Conversions
Converting underutilized offices to residential is difficult to pull off and in most cases cheaper to demo and build the apartment...
Nov 11, 2023
Coworking Is Not The Holy Grail
The biggest news in real estate this week was the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by WeWork. Let’s take a look at the coworking office business
Sep 30, 2023
Mexico Industrial Might be the Biggest Bubble in the History of LATAM Real Estate
Bubbles in the investment world occur when a surge in asset prices is driven not by fundamentals, but instead by hype, wishful thinking, ove
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