TH Real Estate: USD250bn invested by foreigners in China’s real estate markets since May 2005
A report by TH Real Estate, ‘THINK: China’, explains how foreign investment in Chinese real estate over the last decade is estimated to be USD250bn. Development sites accounted for about three quarters of this. Investment in office and retail projects accounted for another 20% or so. Some 70% of the funds came from or through Hong Kong, while another 15% came from or through Singapore. Some 7% of inflows came from the US. Large US players include Blackstone and Carlyle Group, as well as Silverstein Properties, which formed a joint venture (JV) with Qianhai International Energy Financial Center Co. Other investors include HSBC, Grosvenor, Deutsche Bank, SEB Group and TH Real Estate.
Source : August 2015/THRE/Shanghai/GEN