Chinese Real Estate Investors

Chinese investment firm Fosun Property Holdings have acquired stake in French property firm Paris Realty Fund (Paref) for $48 million.

French firm Paref Group operates in two areas of commercial/residential investments and management on behalf of third parties. At the end of 2016 Paref Group owned €167 million in property assets and managed assets worth €1.3 billion on behalf of third parties. (Fosun Property has more than 120 projects in 40 cities across the globe. Total asset under management is around $38 billion).

Fosun is listed in the Chinese Investors Directory with the code MA156.

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Chinese investment firm SinoFortone Group has acquired The Plough at Cadsden, a famous pub near UK leader's countryside residence, for around $2.5 million.

The Plough at Cadsden hit the headlines late last year when David Cameron took China's President Xi Jinping there for a visit. As SinaBeat reported back in 2015, SinoFortone, which is a Joint Venture between Chinese firms Sinolinks Group and Fortone Group, has plans to invest around $328 million in UK tourism sector with Dr. Peter Zhang as managing director.

Sino Links Group is listed in the Chinese Private Equity and Venture Capital Directory with the code CAU67

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Celona Capital, a Chinese private equity firm, has acquired land in Seaport Square development in Boston for $100 million.

Seaport Square is the largest master planned project in the history of Boston, Massachusetts. It spans 8.5 million square feet and 23 acres of land. Celona is specializing in distressed assets, and real estate investing. Celona finances investment opportunities worldwide between $50 million to $250 million per transaction.

To see a list of investors from China similar to Celona Capital, check the Chinese Private Equity and Venture Capital Directory

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SinoFortone Group, a Joint Venture between two Chinese investment firms, and the London Trading and Development Group, has announced investments of up to $328 million in the UK tourism sector.

SinoFortone, which is a Joint Venture between Chinese firms Sinolinks Group and Fortone Group, has already bought Lakeview Country Club for £12.5 million. Other projects are planned near London, Edinburgh and in the Lake District.

Sino Links Group is listed in the Chinese Private Equity and Venture Capital Directory with the code CAU67

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Bank of China has made a deal to buy a Manhattan office building for nearly $600 million - The Wall Street Journal is reporting.

With a total area of 470,000 square feet on 28 floors, the glassed office block is at the intersection of 40th Street and Sixth Avenue. According to data firm Real Capital Analytics, Chinese investors have spent more than $5 billion on New York City properties since early 2013, up from less than $300 million in 2012.

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One of China's largest hotel investment firms, New Century Tourism Group, has acquired 37-hectare Chateau de Birot in Bordeaux France.

Financial details have not been disclosed, but local government figures show that the price of vineyard land in this area in 2013 was between 7,000 and 30,000 euros per hectare. New Century Tourism Group owns 160 luxury hotels across China.

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Chinese investors of Zhong Ya Group Hebei acquired a full ghost town in Canada's British Columbia for around $850,000.

The town is called Bradian, has 22 buildings on 50 acres and is a 4 hour drive from Vancouver. It was one of many towns built in the area during its mining heyday. Title to the town, complete with streets, fire hydrants, vacant lots, and all of its 22 homes, transferred to China Zhong Ya Group Hebei Canada-China. Several Canadian towns have been put up for sale in recent decades after being abandoned following the closure of a local mill or mine.

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Chinese investors of Anbang Insurance Group has acquired Hilton's Waldorf Astoria New York for $1.95 billion.

This is the largest-ever sale of a US hotel and also the largest US real estate purchase by a Chinese investment firm. The 47-story 1,413 room Waldorf Astoria was the tallest and largest hotel in the world when it opened at its current location in 1931. Anbang Insurance Group is based in Beijing with more than $114 billion in assets.

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