Manhattan office leasing picks up as landlords sweeten deals for tenants

MANHATTAN office leasing is on the rise -- thanks in large part to deal sweeteners offered by landlords. With big companies reducing space and new...

HK property seen among riskiest

HONG KONG’s sky-high prices and low affordability rank it as one of the riskiest property markets for Savills Investment Management, which is avoiding the...

Singapore to stop adding cars on its roads in 2018

SINGAPORE — Singapore, among the world’s most expensive places to own a vehicle, will stop adding cars on its roads next year. The government will...

Home to rising tide of migrants, cities invited to shape global pacts

WASHINGTON — Cities could play a formal part in the global response to rising migration, top officials have suggested ahead of next year’s negotiations...

Thai hotels booked up ahead of lavish funeral of revered king

BANGKOK — Hotels in Bangkok’s bustling old town, home to a backpacker enclave favored by foreign tourists, are booked up as Thailand prepares to...

Kushner plan for Fifth Avenue office tower in New York is being blocked by...

NEW YORK — An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner’s family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building as a luxury architectural trophy is...

Home sales in Singapore drop on ‘Hungry Ghost’ month

SINGAPORE — Singapore home sales fell in September as developers marketed fewer projects in a month considered inauspicious by Chinese homebuyers. Developers sold 657 units...

Filling Spaces (10/17/17)

Greener Filinvest City Filinvest City said it is pursuing a “more stringent” certification under the so-called LEED rating system or the Leadership in Energy and...

‘Golden Week’ lackluster as home sales plummet

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG — China’s Golden Week is leaving investors flat as figures from home sales to Macau casino revenue disappoint. Chinese property developers slumped in...

High-rise forests take root beyond Italy

MILAN — As balconies bristle with tree branches and sunshine dapples the leaves of thousands of plants, two apartment buildings in the heart of...

Puerto Ricans find a lifeline in recovery jobs

ALIANA ACEVEDO isn’t collecting a paycheck, because the Ritz-Carlton hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is shut indefinitely. She’s trying to get a job...

Filling Spaces (10/10/17)

Ayala Land’s Cavite estates Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) said two of its latest projects in Cavite have gone “full-swing,” banking on the province’s “continued growth potential.” With...