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US Capmark joins Wuxi property development
By Zheng Lifei (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-26 09:40
Capmark Financial Group Inc, a US-based real estate financial company,
has teamed up with a Chinese developer for a property project in Wuxi,
its first foray into the country's property market.
The US firm will invest more than $30 million for a minority stake in a
residential project, which will be jointly developed with Shanghai-based
Chiway Holding.
The Wuxi project in East China's Jiangsu Province, scheduled to be
completed by 2010, covers 323,530 square meters and comprises 2,800
residential units, according to Chiway Holding, which acquired the land
last August.
Chiway will be responsible for the development of the Wuxi Regent Town
project, which is located in the city's New District.
"We see urbanization, the emergence of growing middle class, and
availability of residential mortgage as important factors contributing to
the long-term growth of the residential market in Wuxi," said a statement
by Dawson Steven Lin, president andCEOof Asia operations, Capmark
Financial Group Inc.
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"We continue to believe in the long-term prospects of the Chinese economy
and its real estate market."
Capmark, one of the largest mortgage service providers in the United
States, will mainly focus its investment in eight Chinese cities
including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, according to Daniel Li,
managing director, Capmark Finance Inc China.
Residential development will be Capmark's major focus, but it will also
explore opportunities in the commercial buildings business in China, said
Li.
Investment in China's property market amounted to 721.4 billion yuan in
the first five months of this year, up 27.5 percentyear-on-year, figures
released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed, 504.2 billion yuan
of which was poured into residential projects.
A growing number of both local and overseas property developers are
moving into China's second-tier and third-tier cities, attracted by the
relatively low land prices and the untapped market there.
Kerry Properties, a Singapore-based developer, this month said it has
bought two plots in Chengdu for 1 billion yuan for a residential project,
its first move in the city.
Capmark, which has three core business areas - lending and mortgage
banking, investment, and fund management - opened its Shanghai office in
2005. The office has a staff strength of 15.
(For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)
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