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  • Lippo Malls to purchase two Indonesian centres

    Lippo Malls to purchase two Indonesian centres

    Singapore-headquartered Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Belief is to purchase two purchasing centres in  Indonesia.

    The properties are Palembang Icon and Lippo Plaza Batu, collectively value $83.33 million (or Rp1.06 trillion).

    The Batu Metropolis mall is a small centre with 12,324 sqm internet lettable space however consists of the suitable to construct a further 6500 sqm of area on the rooftop. Batu Metropolis is in Malang province in East Java with a inhabitants of 190,000.

    Palembang Icon is a five-storey 35,797 sqm retail mall outfitted with a sports activities centre, situated in Palembang Metropolis in South Sumatera.

    LMTR says the retail malls will probably be purchased at costs lower than unbiased valuations they usually have secure tenants.

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  • Vincom Retail wins US$100m PE funding

    Vincom Retail wins US$100m PE funding

    Vietnam’s largest mall operator, Vincom Retail, has secured US$100 million in funding from a consortium led by private equity company Warburg Pincus.

    It takes the US PE company’s combined investment in the Vietnamese property developer to $300 million.

    Vincom Retail, the largest shopping mall operator in Vietnam, currently has 20 malls in operation or under development. Together with a robust pipeline in prime locations nationwide, the company has the only true national mall network.

    The existing prime assets of Vincom Retail include Vincom Dong Khoi and Vincom Thu Duc in Ho Chi Minh City, Vincom Ha Long, Vincom Ngo Quyen (Da Nang), plus Vincom Ba Trieu, Vincom Long Bien, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City and Vincom Mega Mall Times City in Hanoi.

    Vingroup CEO Duong Thi Mai Hoa said Vincom Retail has more than tripled the size of its portfolio since it first partnered with Warburg Pincus in 2013.

    “The follow-on investment by the Warburg Pincus Consortium is a vote of confidence from our investors in our strong performance to date and our long-term vision for both Vincom Retail and Vietnam. Warburg Pincus has been a great partner to date, and we believe this investment will help us to further accelerate the buildout of our malls as well as our broader retail platform, which includes VinMart, VinDS, VinFashion and VinPro, on a national basis.”

    Vingroup Joint Stock Company is Vietnam’s largest publicly-traded real estate operator and one of the largest companies by market capitalisation.

    Vincom Retail’s properties have attracted leading global and local brands, as well as world class F&B and entertainment operators. The Vincom Retail malls are home to more than 700 domestic and international brands, with major tenants such as Robins Department Store, Marks & Spencer, CJ CGV, Mango, DKNY, French Connection, BCBG Maxazria, Karen Millen, GAP, Lacoste, Nike, Adidas, Emigo, VinMart, VinPro and Vinpearl Land.

    Jeffrey Perlman, MD of Warburg Pincus, said his company was impressed by the growth and performance of Vincom Retail since its initial investment.

    “We believe strongly in the long-term economic prospects for Vietnam on the back of continued urbanisation and emerging middle class consumption. With its best-in-class management team, leading integrated retail platform and unrivaled local expertise, Vincom Retail is poised for strong growth over the next five years. We look forward to continuing to work closely with the Vingroup and Vincom Retail management teams to build the preeminent retail franchise in Vietnam.”

    Vingroup and its subsidiaries boast a market capitalisation of US$3.2 billion as of June 2015.

    It develops and manages real estate, hospitality and entertainment properties in Vietnam across six business divisions – Property: Vinhomes luxury apartments & villas, Vincom and Vincom Mega Mall shopping centers, and Vincom Office space for lease; Hospitality and entertainment: 5-star Vinpearl Resort, upscale Vinpearl Luxury resorts, Vinpearl Land amusement parks and family entertainment centers, Vinpearl Premium resorts and villas, and Vinpearl Golf Club; Retail: VinMart supermarkets, VinMart+ convenience stores, VinFashion, VinDS chain of specialty retail stores, VinPro electronics and appliance stores, and Adayroi comprehensive E-commerce platform.

    Vingroup also operates in Healthcare: Vinmec quality healthcare services; Education: Vinschool quality education, and Agriculture: VinEco – Trusted quality source of food and the Group’s newest sector.

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  • Dutch purchase into China mall proprietor

    Dutch purchase into China mall proprietor

    Dutch civil service pension fund subsidiary APG has invested euro 311 million in Chinese language mall proprietor and operator Chongbang.

    Canadian property investor Ivanhoe Cambridge has taken a euro 445 million stake within the Chinese language enterprise on the similar time. The 2 corporations will be a part of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC on the shareholder register.

    APG’s head of personal actual property investments in Asia-Pacific area, Sachin Doshi, stated the funding fitted with the fund’s technique of investing in “city-specific platforms in key gateway city centres around the globe” and dealing with locally-based companions with native market experience.

    “Speedy urbanisation, rising disposable incomes and continued rebalancing in the direction of home consumption are recurring themes in China, and Shanghai will lead this consumption story,” he stated.

    “We like Chongbang’s deep understanding of shopper preferences and the robust way of life themed retail complexes they’ve constructed and operated efficiently underneath the Life Hub model.”

    Chongbang, based mostly in Shanghai, was based in 2003 by a gaggle of Hong Kong and Singapore buyers led by Henry Cheng, the corporate’s CEO, and Stephen Wong. The corporate now owns 428,000 sqm of combined use retail and residential belongings and business area in Shanghai. It was an extra 417,000 sqm underneath improvement.

    Cheng says Chongbang goals to greater than double its portfolio in coming years, cementing its place as a most popular landlord for top grade retail and way of life tenants in Shanghai.

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  • Wangfujing, Bailian to launch 300 retailer China chain

    Wangfujing, Bailian to launch 300 retailer China chain

    Wangfujing Division Retailer, Bailian Group and Li & Fung plan to launch a 300-strong chain of retail shops in China in a three-way three way partnership.

    The businesses say they plan to “rework China’s retail business” by way of enhancing provide chain effectivity.

    Li & Fung Buying and selling (China) Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong listed Li & Fung stated the JV can be based mostly within the Shanghai free commerce zone.

    Li & Fung could have a minority 20 per cent curiosity within the new enterprise, with the bulk evenly balanced between the opposite events.

    The core enterprise of the JV shall be creating and managing personal labels and licensed manufacturers. Within the first three-year plan, the JV will concentrate on menswear, womenswear, childrenswear and residential merchandise, creating as much as three personal labels and as much as six licensed manufacturers. It “might contain” the opening of as much as 300 shops or store-in-stores and realising as much as 1 billion yuan in gross sales.

    Li & Fung will use its international sourcing experience to design, supply and produce personal labels and licensed manufacturers tailor-made to the retail companions’ necessities.

    The corporate says the partnership displays the growing competitors in a fast-evolving retail market and the rising significance of eCommerce that are driving Chinese language multi-brand retailers to look to develop personal and proprietary manufacturers with which to distinguish themselves from rivals, improve margins and enhance buyer loyalty.

    “In the long term, the JV goals to be on the forefront of a brand new breed of brand name improvement and administration corporations giving robust own-brand capabilities to conventional retailers that may contribute to the transformation and sustainable improvement of China’s retail business,” Li & Fung stated in a press release.

    “Via this strategic partnership, Li & Fung is ready to prolong the worldwide provide chain into a considerable retail community that serves a big rising center class in China,” stated William Fung, group chairman.

    “The three way partnership goals to introduce globally sourced merchandise that provide Chinese language shoppers a greater variety of overseas items,” he added.

    Shanghai Bailian Group owns greater than 6 million sqm of economic area, with 5000 gross sales retailers in additional than 20 provinces and cities all through China, masking quite a lot of retail codecs together with malls, supermarkets, comfort shops, purchasing malls, low cost shops and franchise shops. Its basic merchandise division operates 47 department shops in China, together with Shanghai First Division Retailer, Wing On Division Retailer, No. 1 Yaohan Division Retailer, Oriental Division Retailer, Bailian Buying Mall and Bailian Retailers.

    Beijing Wangfujing Division Retailer operates 45 chain shops in numerous retail codecs in 30 cities, together with department shops, purchasing malls, retailers and eCommerce.

  • Wanda crowdfunding raises $807m

    Wanda crowdfunding raises $807m

    Chinese language property developer Dalian Wanda Group has raised US$807 million by way of a crowdfunding app which might be used to spend money on 5 new Wanda Plaza buying malls.

    The Wanda crowdfunding app ‘Secure earner No 1’ is the corporate’s first foray into web finance. It raised 5 billion RMB in simply three days, creating a brand new international crowdfunding document within the course of after its June 12 launch.

    Wanda raised RMB500 million in a primary wave of funding from particular person buyers and contributed to the sudden on-line “seckill” – inside the first 50 minutes of the launch the RMB 100 million mark had been damaged. On-line subscribers included institutional buyers who contributed a complete of RMB4.5 billion.

    Wanda says some individuals who missed out on the restricted quota referred to as Wanda executives urging them to proceed the fund elevating past the restrict.

    “So far, the traditional funding limits set by giant scale crowd funded tasks all over the world reaches into the tens of millions, however a challenge on this scale is decidedly uncommon. For a product to launch and promote out so shortly is sort of a feat,” stated Wanda in a press release.

    Wanda launched ‘Secure Earner No. 1’ in partnership with 99Invoice, an organization it just lately acquired that gives on-line cost platform providers. It bought models in 1000 RMB multiples.

    In comparison with the oversaturated marketplace for monetary funding merchandise, the benefit of ‘Secure Earner No. 1’ lies in the truth that capital funding can stream instantly into Wanda Business’s Wanda Plaza tasks, and presents a a lot larger safety than these investing on the inventory market, the 2 corporations submit.

    “And this is the reason the product was named Secure Earner. It isn’t merely a no-lose deal; unpacking it, we will see that solely on secure foundations are you able to stand to realize. Firstly, the challenge invests in the actual financial system. There are presently too many merchandise available on the market that lean too closely on digital belongings, and for some merchandise buyers don’t even perceive the specifics. The Secure Earner No. 1 Wanda Plaza challenge is according to the nationwide path of business improvement, and considers the present nationwide financial transformation and the larger image of home consumption and urbanisation,” the businesses said.

    “Secondly, we need to urge transparency. The funds raised from Secure Earner No. 1 will all be used solely in development operations for Wanda Plazas. Buyers can get hold of all of the related monetary info from Wanda Business’s revealed supplies.

    “Thirdly, we provide secure returns. Beneath Wanda Group’s robust model attraction, the annual occupancy charges and rental assortment charges from its business actual property enterprise common over 99 per cent. That is sufficient to make sure that buyers can get hold of a secure annualised fee of return of six per cent.”

    Buyers can commerce their crowdfunding shares on 99Invoice’s platform after three months. Long run Secure Earner No. 1 could be transformed right into a REIT or bought by a 3rd social gathering after three years, all choices giving shareholders a return on their capital funding.

    Wanda Group retains the suitable to buy the whole shares after seven years at 1.5 occasions the difficulty worth.

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  • Luxurious Qingdao MixC Mall a landmark

    Luxurious Qingdao MixC Mall a landmark

    The brand new Qingdao MixC Mall simply accomplished, is described as probably the most vital retail scheme but for proprietor China Assets Land.

    Occupying an space of 450,000 sqm, Qingdao’s MixC Mall is the most important of its type in China, establishing an thrilling landmark within the nation’s northeast.

    Its inside design was accomplished by Benoy, the worldwide studio of architects, masterplanners, inside and graphic designers.

    Built-in into the China Assets Centre, the broader mixed-use improvement is a outstanding business addition for the town. The scheme can also be an important element of the Metropolis Crossing improvement, the main landmark constructing group in Qingdao.

    “We’re proud to ship CRL’s new flagship for his or her high-end retail model. Because the sector continues to evolve, Benoy is happy to be on the forefront of designing the guts of those main mixed-use schemes. MixC Mall in Qingdao is a very built-in expertise which unites Retail and Leisure for the town,” commented Craig Menzies, director at Benoy.

    Masking seven ranges and three underground ranges, the retail-led podium has one of the in depth packages for purchasing centres within the nation; bringing collectively retail, meals and beverage, leisure, schooling and tradition. The event includes a roof backyard and sunken plazas, an Olympic-standard ice skating rink, a devoted youngsters’s space and the primary SEGA indoor theme park in China.

    Benoy’s Inside Design drew inspiration from Qingdao’s waterfront panorama with the inside areas formed by undulating, wave-like varieties. The curved flooring sample, function ceilings and essential atrium have all embodied parts of the ocean to offer hanging focal factors all through the design.

    “Qingdao has been described as one in every of China’s most habitable cities and so our design aimed to attach guests with the pure panorama. We celebrated the mall’s proximity to the outside by means of using pure stone, timbers, skylights and glass curtain partitions,” defined Emily WS Wong, Benoy senior affiliate director and venture design chief.

    Situated in Qingdao’s well-established business centre, the scheme offers the advantages of being a Transit Oriented Improvement, with seamless connectivity to 2 metro strains. Interested in the business benefits of the scheme’s location and wider integration, over 85 per cent of the event’s retail models have been rented by 2013, two years previous to the mall’s opening.

    MixC Malls are on the prime of the CRL retail portfolio. The distinguished schemes are already working in main cities comparable to Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Chongqing with Qingdao now the main improvement of the collection.

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  • Hong Kong’s Golden Emperor opens first retail shop focusing on Thai property

    Hong Kong’s Golden Emperor opens first retail shop focusing on Thai property

    Despite higher net yields in Bangkok, the market is not liquid but does offer value to long-term investors, agents say.

    An increase in interest among Hongkongers in buying overseas properties has prompted an agent primarily focused on Thai properties to open a branch in the city.

    “We used to sell properties via exhibitions, but we noticed that the buying interest in overseas properties from the public was on the rise,” said Terence Chan Cheuk-ming, a partner at Golden Emperor. “These people do not prefer to go to property exhibitions, they enjoy visiting street shops and talking to agents, so we decided to open our first retail outlet.”

    The company was formed last year by Chan, who had been helping friends and investors to invest in overseas properties for five to six years, and Kingston Li, a former executive director at Morgan Stanley Hong Kong.

    The new shop, in Sheung Wan, offers properties in more than 30 projects, with 60 per cent from Thailand, thanks to a partnership with Sansiri, one of the largest real estate developers in the Southeast Asian country.

    The Thai developer will help manage clients’ properties and act as a leasing agent.

    Chan said the growing buying interest offshore was mainly triggered by higher rental yields.

    In Bangkok, net yield is about 5 per cent to 7 per cent, against 2 per cent to 3 per cent in Hong Kong.

    Hong Kong buyers were looking for Bangkok properties ranging from HK$1 million to HK$2 million for investment, Chan said, adding that the Sheung Wan shop catered to both locals and expatriates.

    “Retailers of dried seafood like abalone are very rich,” he said. “They are interested in buying overseas properties.”

    The firm also offers flats ranging from HK$10 million to HK$12 million in Australia and from HK$4 million to HK$5 million in Britain.

    Despite the higher yield, some local agents said it was not easy to resell assets in Thailand.

    “The market is not liquid compared with Hong Kong and China,” one agent said.

    Golden Emperor said Thai property prices had risen only about 24 per cent in the past 10 years – less than in key Asian markets such as Hong Kong and Singapore – and offered attractive investment values to long-term investors.

    This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as Golden Emperor opens retail shop with Thai focus

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  • UP Town Center rises

    UP Town Center rises

    It’s the first and only university town center in the Philippines,” says Rowena Tomeldan, vice president and head of operations at Ayala Land. Since it opened two years ago, the UP Town Center has served as a vibrant hub of leisure activity for the large student population and academic community from the premier schools along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, such as the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, and Miriam College.

    This May, just in time for school opening, more retail stores and casual dining outlets opened their doors, as well as a department store and supermarket on 26,000 sq. m. floor plan, as part of its second phase development. The first phase, covering 4,700 sq. m, consists primarily of restaurants and a couple of retail stores. The last phase, covering 37,000 sqm, which will house more retail stores, restaurants, four cinemas as well as offices, is expected to be completed in 2016.

    “Ayala Land first entered into a lease agreement with the UP to develop the 7.4 hectares located within the campus grounds, and to build the shopping complex where the UP Integrated School formerly stood,” Ayala Land director Antonio Aquino, noted. “We kept the trees that were there. At least 40 percent of the total land area is preserved as open space. The buildings are low rises.”

    The place is secure and parents can feel that their children are safe in the mall.”

    For its young target market, popular fashion brands which have opened shop at the UP Town Center include Bench, Penshoppe, Bratpack, Birkenstock, Rookie USA, Artwork, Bambu, Claire’s, Tickles, Shoe Salon, Flying Dutchman, Just G., Bucket Feet, and Coalitions.  While for sports apparel, gear and equipment, which they need for their active lifestyle, there’s Planet Sports, Arena, Grind, Saucony, Urbangiz, Titan and Urban Athletics.

    Gadgets and accessories are part and parcel of millennials’ lives and at UP Town Center, there are stores to meet every techie’s needs, such as Digital Walker, Datablitz, Wonder Photo Shop, and Take Your Pic. And for good old-fashioned stationeries, there’s National Book Store, Paper Stone, and Papemelroti.

    For personal grooming and head-to-toe pampering, there’s Nail Tropics, Hey Sugar, and Sports Barber. Even pets get special treatment in this pet-friendly mall, at Uptown Animal Center.  There’s Qualimed, the mall-based health care center as well as shops to cater to lifestyle needs such as Visions Expression and Sewing Room. Kids will also be glad to find Toys R Us among the newly opened stores.

    Of course, the UP Town Center is not only for students and faculty but also for their families as well as residents in the area, and even visitors coming from other parts of the metro. It offers a number of affordable dining options as well as new dining concepts such as Pepper Lunch, Recovery Food, Jamba Juice, Sbarro, Rita’s, Wing Stop, Crisostomo, Ramen Nagi, and The Clean Plate.

    Time was when students could count with their fingers the number of places they could go to nearby at lunch break or after school, to grab a bite or simply relax after long hours inside the classroom. There was the ordinary school cafeteria which left much to be desired, and one or two restaurants outside the campus that served predictable meals. Not anymore. UP Town Center changes all that. More than a destination, UP Town Center promotes a thriving community where its denizens gather to learn, play, and live.

  • DFS to Open T Galleria Store near Angkor Wat

    DFS to Open T Galleria Store near Angkor Wat

    Today, BoF can exclusively reveal that luxury travel retail company DFS is set to open an 8,000-square-metre retail complex near the world heritage site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia in 2016.

    Luxury travel retailer DFS is set to enter Cambodia in 2016 with a 8,000-square-metre ‘T Galleria’ retail complex (the ‘T’ stands for traveller) to be housed in a building shared with the Angkor National Museum in the provincial capital of Siem Reap, gateway to the world heritage site Angkor Wat which accounted for almost 30 percent of the 4 million international visits to the country in 2013.

    The new retail space will sell fashion and accessories, watches and jewellery and beauty from brands in DFS’s portfolio of over 700 brands including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton and Bottega Veneta, alongside a selection of locally crafted pieces.

    “T Galleria by DFS Angkor will be a prime attraction for visitors, particularly in the hottest periods of the day. Visitors will be able to indulge their taste for renowned international luxury brands and local artisanship in pleasant surroundings that pay homage to local culture and design, reflecting the rich traditions of this unique destination,” said DFS chairman and CEO Philippe Schaus.

    In recent years, travel retail has become a highly lucrative component of a successful luxury strategy, with growth outstripping that of the luxury market as a whole. “Travel retail has been growing at about 12 percent in the past few years. A similar growth is expected in the next two to three years, putting it at double the growth rate for the luxury goods market,” Luca Solca, head of luxury goods research at financial services firm Exane BNP Paribas, told BoF earlier this year.

    DFS has kept a close watch on Cambodia, where the tourism industry increased contributions to the country’s overall GDP by 10.2 percent in 2014, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. What’s more, in the first six months of the year, an increase in direct flights between Cambodia and China boosted visits between the countries by 20 percent.

    “A significant number of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian and Western visitors are already visiting each year and numbers are expected to grow further, especially from China,” added Schaus. “We expect the total number of visitors to Cambodia and to Siem Reap to double by 2020, according to sources including the Asian Development Bank.”

    In September, DFS announced plans to enter Europe with a full restoration of Venice’s Fondaco dei Tedeschi, first built in 1228, which will house another T Galleria, also set to open in 2016. “It’s too early to announce any other plans for world heritage sites but we are keeping a close eye on every destination that our customers visit,” commented Schaus.

    Majority-owned by LVMH’s Selective Retailing Division, DFS boasts a global network of over 420 locations on three continents and continues to operate a dual business model, comprised of duty-free stores at major airports and ‘Galleria’ stores located in global travel hubs, though over time the company’s strategy has shifted away from duty-free stores towards full-priced retail.

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  • Singapore’s iconic Ku De Ta undergoes big makeover

    Singapore’s iconic Ku De Ta undergoes big makeover

    Ku De Ta – the swanky bar perched on the boat-shaped rooftop of Singapore’s iconic casino resort Marina Bay Sands – is undergoing an extreme makeover, including a name change.

    Now called Ce La Vi, the nightspot will go through a major refurbishment this summer as its owner L Capital Asia, the private-equity fund backed by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, looks to enhance the customer experience and cement its position as a leading “adult playground.”

    The name is a play on the French phrase, ‘c’est la vie’ which means ‘this is life’.

    L Capital Asia, which bought a majority stake in the bar last year, has been involved in the ongoing litigation over the name Ku De Ta, already being used by a popular beachfront bar in Bali.

    Ce La Vi restaurant, overlooking the Singapore skyline.

    In December, the Singapore Court of Appeal ruled that the “Ku De Ta” trademarks registered in Singapore should be transferred to the Bali partnership, according to the Straits Times. These marks had been registered by a company set up by an Australian businessman Arthur Chondros, one of the partners of Ku De Ta Bali.

    L Capital Asia will launch other nightspots under the brand Ce La Vi as it looks to grow its presence in the high-end dining and entertainment scene in the region.

    So far, the firm has secured a space on the top three floors of Hong Kong’s California Tower, located in the city’s main dining and entertainment district – Lan Kwai Fong. The venue will be open for business in July.

    The company has plans to launch the brand in other key urban centers around the world, with expansion into Dubai and Taipei already under way.

    “As the company builds this global dining and entertainment brand, we are on the lookout for sites in cosmopolitan capitals further afield, from Europe to the USA and wherever opportunities arise,” Ravi Thakran, managing partner at L Capital Asia, said in a statement.

    “We will only select locations that are the most coveted spot in the city, nothing less than a commanding presence with breathtaking panoramic views in the world’s lifestyle capitals,” he said.

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  • Japan’s 7-Eleven says to open first Dubai store in September

    Japan’s 7-Eleven says to open first Dubai store in September

    The first 7-Eleven convenience store will open in Dubai in September as part of a franchise deal with Seven Emirates Investment, it has been announced.

    Khamis Al Sabousi, president of Seven Emirates Investment, said the opening is part of plans by the Japanese convenience store brand to launch more than 820 stores in the region over the next 10 years.

    In a joint statement with Dubai’s Department of Economic Development (DED), Al Sabousi said bringing a leading retailer like 7-Eleven to the region is part of his company’s efforts to develop existing supply chains, provide innovative nutritional solutions, and encourage young people to explore franchising as a business model.

    “Franchising promotes growth of private businesses and helps ambitious youngsters achieve their goals, while ensuring their participation in the development of the retail sector,” he said.

    Omar Bushahab, CEO of Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector at DED, added: “We are delighted to see Seven Emirates Investment taking off with the opening of the first 7-Eleven store set for September. It’s a critical step forward for Seven Emirates Investment, which also underlines the ease of doing business in Dubai and its successful economic policy on one hand and the confidence international companies have in the emirate on the other hand.”

    Bushahab also spoke of Dubai’s continuous efforts to help businesses overcome obstacles and continue growing, which he said plays a major role in attracting companies such as 7-Eleven.

    There are currently more than 56,000 7-Eleven stories in 16 countries worldwide.

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  • LVMH sells L’Avenue Shanghai stake

    LVMH sells L’Avenue Shanghai stake

    LVMH and Stanley Ho have reportedly bought their stakes in luxurious Chinese language shopping center L’Avenue Shanghai to non-public fairness investor Blackstone.

    In line with Chinese language media reviews over the weekend, Ho’s STDM enterprise, which owned 50 per cent of the retail and workplace tower, was dissatisfied with the return on its two yr previous funding.

    Shanghai-based on-line information service thepaper.cn final week reported the transaction value exceeded RMB5 billion (US$806 million). The event commenced in 2009 with an estimated worth of $500 million. It opened in 2013.

    Ho, the Macau playing tycoon, and L Actual Property, a part of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey Group, purchased the land on which the event was constructed, promoting it in 2007 and taking a joint curiosity within the complicated.

    Some 20 retail tenancies within the buying a part of the complicated inventory LVMH manufacturers, together with Louis Vuitton, Dior and Fendi. However the mainland luxurious market has been affected by the federal government’s clampdown on graft and present giving.

    Neither Blackstone or LVMH Group have confirmed or denied the deal as but.

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  • Futuristic Chengde mall planned

    Futuristic Chengde mall planned

    Sunlay Design Group has created a stunning, futuristic design for the planned Chengde mall in China’s Hebei province.

    The modern shopping center has heavy ties to China’s ancient cultural influences, inspired by classical dragon mythology and the principles of feng shui.

    Named the Chengde Tianshan Retail Center, it will offer the Hebei province a mixed-use shopping experience that fuses contemporary form with traditional methodology. Construction is scheduled to commence within a few months.

    In creating the mall’s exterior design, Sunlay faced a major challenge: such is the mountainous nature of the site, a conventional building would have lacked visibility from the street. Whatever design they settled on, the had to also maximise the centre’s usable area.

    The result is best described as “a fluid form” that defines the site’s perimeter and creates a natural flow from indoor to outdoor food and beverage and retail tenancies.

    Sunlay says that by wrapping the building around the site’s edges, the mall gained elevation necessary for it to become a landmark and focal point for the neighbouring city.

    A tall cantilevered wing rests about 20 meters above the mall.

    Besides a retail tenancy mixing local and international brands, Chengde mall, on a 27,535 sqm site, features a cinema complex, restaurants, a karaoke bar and a hotel.

  • Chinese cities make up half of the world’s top 20 shopping center markets

    Chinese cities make up half of the world’s top 20 shopping center markets

    Chinese cities account for half of the top 20 most active shopping center markets globally with a total of 5.7 million square meters of shopping center space completed last year, an industry report released today by CBRE has showed.

    Wuhan in central Hubei Province, among all, saw the largest volume of shopping center space delivered to market with nearly one million square meters spanning 8 projects, said the world’s largest commercial real estate services provider, which has tracked 171 cities globally and is focused on new centers of more than 20,000 square meters excluding retail warehousing and factory outlet centers.

    Chengdu, which topped the list in 2013 by development completions, remained highly active. It closely followed Wuhan with 981,000 square meters of development in 2014. Beijing, with 926,600 square meters, and Chongqing, with 776,000 square meters, are the third and fourth most active markets. Wuhan, Chengdu and Beijing altogether contributed half of the new completions in China last year.

    Globally, more than 39 million square meters of shopping center space were under construction at the end of 2014 with over 32 million square meters being located in Asia Pacific. China, in particular, accounts for over 60 percent of the region’s pipeline and takes 9 spots out of the Top 10 most active markets in the world.

    Shanghai tops the ranking for most new space under construction with 4.1 million square meters, followed by Shenzhen with 3.4 million square meters and Chengdu with 3 million square meters. Each of the three has more than 20 projects in the development pipeline, according to CBRE.

    Around the world, a total of 11.4 million square meters of new shopping center space was completed last year, compared to 10.6 million square meters in 2013.

  • Five Firms Seek to Buy Thiess’s Cinere-Serpong Toll Road Concession

    Five Firms Seek to Buy Thiess’s Cinere-Serpong Toll Road Concession

    Five investors are interested in acquiring an 80 percent stake in the Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) II project from Thiess Contractors Indonesia after the company was unable to work on the concession due to financial difficulty.

    State-controlled toll-road operator Jasa Marga is among the interested bidders, said its president director Adityawarman over the weekend. The company competes with Astratel Nusantara, an infrastructure unit of Astra International, and Indonesian integrated infrastructure company Nusantara Infrastruktur.

    Jasa Marga set aside Rp 2 trillion ($153 million) to acquire the toll road concession and officially proposed a bid to Thiess — a private contractor working in the resource, infrastructure and energy sectors. Jasa Marga offered to take a 55 percent stake, while Waskita Karya would own 35 percent, and Jakarta Propertindo, another construction firm, would take 5 percent.

    Based on data by the Toll Road Regulatory Agency (BPJT), Thiess owns 80 percent of the Cinere-Serpong toll road and Waskita Karya owns the remaining 20 percent.

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