Mind you, though prices are high so are standards. But one Tokyo property owner had a brainwave: a high-rise up-market hotel as a ryokan. The minimalist reception desk at Tokyo’s Hoshinoyo Hotel. The result is arguably one of Japan’s oddest hotels ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Commercial Property Prices Triple Over Past Decade
Prices in Manhattan and London’s West End have almost doubled, the report showed. The Global Cities Composite of Real Capital Analytics’ Commercial Property Price Indices rose 8.3 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, led by strong gains ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: China’s property market properly handled by authorities
The Imperial Palace, located in the center of Tokyo, for instance, was said to be worth all the ... and limiting the number of homes that people can buy in big cities. The property market in the country has also shown signs of cooling as prices have ... ( read original story ...)
TPP chief negotiators to meet in Tokyo without U.S.
Chief negotiators from the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries will gather in Tokyo next week to discuss proposals ... government procurement and the protection of intellectual property, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyu Land to build 92 MW plus storage in Japan
The installation is being built on 163 hectares of land near the city of Kushiro. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ will help to finance the project, but did not disclose financial details. Tokyo-based Fuji Electric will serve as EPC contractor. The PV module ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s logistics market sees increased supply in 2018
At the same time, logistics property stock has been increasing aggressively to meet the growing demand from investors and some occupiers. “At this stage supply is outpacing demand – especially in Tokyo and Osaka where vacancy rates are starting to ... ( read original story ...)
World’s 10 Most Expensive Office Markets Revealed, Hong Kong Tops List Again
New York (Midtown Manhattan) and Beijing (CBD) rounded the top five, with Tokyo (Marunouchi/Otemachi), Shanghai (Pudong ... all transaction activity in the first half of 2017. Commercial property investors are allocating more capital to real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s resort real estate introduced to Japanese investors
Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnam’s resort real estate market has strong potential to develop, Japanese investors remarked at an event held by the property developer FLC Group in Tokyo on September 7. Director General of the FLC Group Le Thanh Vinh said with more ... ( read original story ...)
Where Do the Wealthy Live in Japan? Check Out These 6 Glamorous Suburbs in Tokyo
Tokyo is famous for being an expensive city ... Ever since the world started developing at a faster pace in the 1990s, the property prices in this suburb went through the roof with many elitists constructing larger houses with a lot of space. ( read original story ...)
Rauner: China, Japan businesses interested in Illinois, though high taxes a concern
Japan has more than 430 companies in Illinois, employing more than 50,000 people. He said business owners there have the same complaints about Illinois that local businesses do. "Business leaders expressed their concern about the property taxes in ... ( read original story ...)
Astro Japan Property : Proposal Update – Distribution Record Date
Astro Japan Property Group (ASX: AJA) advises that as a result of the approval of all resolutions put to the General Meeting of securityholders held on 13 September 2017, which related to a proposal for Blackstone to acquire all of AJA's interests in its ... ( read original story ...)
Astro Japan securityholders vote to sell REIT to Blackstone
Securityholders in the Astro Japan Property Trust have voted overwhelmingly to sell the trust and its $1.1 billion portfolio of Japanese retail, office and residential properties to US private equity giant Blackstone for $430 million. Almost 100 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Astro Japan Property : General Meeting – Address to Securityholders
Astro Japan Property Group is a listed property group which invests in the Japan real estate market. It currently holds interests in a portfolio comprising 29 retail, office, residential and hotel properties. Asset management services in Japan are ... ( read original story ...)
Astro Japan Property : Results of General Meeting
Astro Japan Property Group (ASX: AJA) advises that all resolutions put to the General Meeting of stapled securityholders held today, which related to a proposal for Blackstone to acquire all of AJA's interests in its Japanese assets (Proposal), were ... ( read original story ...)
School operator couple demanded discount on land deal; did finance bureau comply?
We will work things out to make the price as close to that figure." The audio recording reveals the Kagoikes, who wanted to buy the property in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, to open an elementary school, start claiming that the soil at the property is ... ( read original story ...)
15 years in, Mitsubishi Estate finds cash cow with central Tokyo revamp
... In the 15 years to the day Wednesday since Mitsubishi Estate rebuilt the Marunouchi Building in central Tokyo, the Japanese property developer has grown lease revenue in the immediate area by over 70%. That skyscraper launched a rash of redevelopment ... ( read original story ...)