Category Archives: Overseas Property

TA Global to create hotel chain

TA Global Bhd, set to become Malaysia’s fifth-biggest listed property group, plans to double the number of hotels it owns in five years, adding to a portfolio that includes the Radisson Plaza in Sydney and the Westin Melbourne.

Ms Tiah: ‘I want to buy hotels in gateway cities like London’

It wants to build at least two hotels in Kuala Lumpur and make acquisitions in overseas markets from the UK to Canada, said Alicia Tiah, managing director and co-founder of its parent company, the Malaysian brokerage TA Enterprise Bhd.

‘Definitely we want more. We want to develop our own chain. I want to buy hotels in gateway cities like London,’ she said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. ‘But some are not cheap, some too big, some too small; it takes time to get the right fit. I want people to show me what they have.’

TA Enterprise, whose shares have more than doubled this year, folded all its property assets into TA Global, which will be listed on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange on Nov 23 to tap a resurgent stock market. Continue reading

Evergrande to raise US$769m in IPO

Chinese property developer Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited plans to raise up to US$769 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters yesterday.

The Guangzhou-based property developer, which focuses on residential properties, is selling 1.5 billion shares, including 900 million new shares and 611 million secondary shares, at a price range indicated between HK$3 and HK$4 per share, according to the term sheet.

The developer is expected to price its shares on or around Oct 28, with trading expected to begin on Nov 5. Evergrande tried to raise US$2.1 billion in a flotation in March last year but cancelled the deal due to lack of interest. BofA-Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and BOC International are handling the deal.

More Chinese property IPOs are on the way, with Yuzhou Properties, Fantasia, Longfor Properties, SCE Property and Sunac China also preparing listings.

Source : Business Times – 20 Oct 2009