French PE Ardian opens 4th Asian office in Seoul

Paris-based private equity house Ardian has opened a Seoul office as its fourth Asian base, as South Korean institutional investors such as pension fu...

Ascendas buys $69 mn Seoul hotel from KTCU-backed fund

Singapore’s Ascendas Hospitality Trust has acquired a hotel in downtown Seoul for 77.5 billion won ($69 million) from a South Korean real estate fund ...

KKR, NPS to invest $700 mn in $1.9 bn Seoul real estate project

Private equity firm KKR & Co and South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will make an equity investment of 800 billion won ($704 million) in ...

NH Investment named as preferred buyer of Seoul Square in $873 mn deal

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. was chosen as the preferred buyer for a landmark Seoul office building, according to the South Korean brokerag...

Alpha Investment in talks to sell Seoul building for over $850 mn

Singapore-based Alpha Investment Partners is in negotiations with Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. to sell a landmark office building across S...

ADIA seeks to exit Seoul office building as new supply fuels competition

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will put a 14-story office building in Seoul up for sale, in a deal expected to fetch between 550 billion and 60...

NPS tipped to buy Goldman Sachs’ new Europe HQ for over $1 bn

  The National Pension Service (NPS) has been recently picked as the preferred buyer of Goldman Sachs’ new European headquarters in London, ...

World’s first real estate blockchain expo to take place in Seoul

Real Estate Blockchain Expo 2018 (RBE 2018), the world’s first real estate blockchain expo, will be held in Seoul this coming September. The exp...

NPS says in bidding for Goldman Sachs’ new London head office

The National Pension Service (NPS) confirmed its bid for Goldman Sachs’ new headquarters in London, after media reports said that the South Korean pen...

Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $650 mn in loan from Korea

Goldman Sachs’ latest real estate credit investment vehicle has raised $650 million in senior loans from a pool of South Korean institutional investor...

M&G Real Estate to buy $1 bn Seoul building as KKR backs down

M&G Real Estate of London-based Prudential Plc. will sign an agreement soon to buy new twin office towers in Seoul for around 1.1 trillion won ($1...

Hyundai Motor hires Goldman, top law firm to fend off Elliott’s reform call

Hyundai Motor Group has bolstered the roster of its advisors with the addition of Goldman Sachs and US law firm Latham & Watkins LLP to step up fi...

KKR consortium poised to buy $1 bn Seoul office tower

A consortium of KKR & Co. and South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. Ltd. on March 30 was selected as a preferred buyer of twin office towers in ...

Blackstone, Korea Post among bidders for $1 bn new office tower in Seoul

Twin office towers under construction in Seoul, worth an estimated 1.1 trillion won ($1 billion), have attracted Blackstone Group, Korea Post and five...

Anbang Life-backed fund buys Seoul building for $225 mn

A fund led by a South Korean unit of China’s Anbang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. has bought a prime office building in Seoul for 240 billion won ($22...

IFM Investors opens Seoul office; upbeat on renewable energy

Australia’s IFM Investors opened its eighth global office in Seoul on Nov. 30, at a time when key South Korean asset owners stressed the importance of...

Ascendas-Singbridge buys mid-sized building in Seoul for $92 mn

Singapore’s Ascendas-Singbridge Group closed the acquisition of a newly-built office building in Seoul for S$124.3 million ($92.3 million) this week, ...

KIC CIO to speak in global real estate, infrastructure summit in Seoul

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) Chief Investment Officer Shinwoo Kang will give a keynote speech in a global real estate and infrastructure summit ...

PAG buys Seoul office building from POBA-led fund for $270 mn

Asia-based investment firm Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) has bought an office building in southern Seoul from a fund led by the Public Officials Bene...

Goldman and KKR mezzanine funds seen to raise up to $1.14 bn from Korea

Goldman Sachs’s new mezzanine fund, which aims to raise $10 billion, is expected to gather an aggregate $800 million to $1 billion from South Korean i...

Goldman taps retirement funds to resell $178 mn loan to Korea e-commerce firm

Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group (SSG), which invests in and lends to distressed companies, is in talks with South Korean retirement savings fu...

Carlyle to consolidate Seoul office, putting ADT Korea back up for sale

The Carlyle Group will consolidate its South Korean operations divided into buyout and growth capital units by combining them, after the three-men gro...

Goldman Sachs’ real estate debt fund raises $100 mn from Korea

South Korea’s institutional investors, including the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA), have committed $100 million to Goldman Sachs...

Korea construction crews’ fund gives $70 mn mandates to Park Square, Goldman

South Korea’s Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMAA) has selected Park Square Capital for 40 billion won ($35 million) private debt inves...

Veteran Korean real estate investor sees growth in Seoul office building market

Low foreign ownership, swelling assets at South Korean institutional investors and small office space per worker all point to growth potential for...

US Prudential unit to buy Seoul office building for $157 mn amid vacancy concerns

PGIM Inc. a unit of U.S. Prudential Financial Inc., will acquire an office building in central Seoul for 184 billion won ($157 million) from a South K...

GIC, NPS invest $136 mn each in Korea’s retail complex near Seoul

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and the National Pension Service (NPS) have bought equity stakes in a fund launched to buy a ...

Korean funds mull $260 mn mezzanine financing for Brookfield’s IFC Seoul purchase

Brookfield Asset Management is in talks with the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU) and a state-run mortgage lender to secure 300 billion won ($261 ...

Brookfield tipped to buy IFC Seoul for about $3 bn: CIC, NPS may join financing

Asset management firm Brookfield has made a bid “far higher than market expected” to buy a landmark in central Seoul, IFC Seoul, from the ...