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...
Singapore’s home prices rise for first time in four years
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s home prices rose for the first time in four years, snapping a record run of declines and confirming recent signs that...
Davao City landowners to cash in on property boom through JVs
DAVAO CITY — Long-time landowners in this city, not wanting to let go of their properties but recognizing the potential gains amid the real...
Davao’s Santos Land investing P1.2B in condo-hotel project
DAVAO CITY — Home grown firm Santos Land Development Corp. is spending P1.2 billion for a condominium building with a hotel component in the...
EDGE-certified homes of Imperial Homes blaze a trail
Jocelyn Sta. Ana
Real estate residential developers have a certain influence in the property landscape. By prioritizing the interests of home buyers, developers deliver high quality community...
Small cities benefit as southern China project takes off
HONG KONG — Investors are rushing in to a sleepy city on the southern coast of China thanks to a government policy that has...