Real Estate: Chinese Cash Pours Into U.S. Real Estate

WSJ Real Estate View this email in a web browser Real Estate By WSJ Real Estate COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Chinese Cash Pours Into U.S. Real Estate Greenland USA The venture of Greenland Holding Group, Ping An Trust and other investors paid $171 million last month for a 42-acre strip of waterfront land 10 miles south of downtown San Francisco. Over the past three years, Chinese investors have plowed money into some of the highest-profile developments in the U.S. The flow of cash from China into U.S. commercial property is continuing unabated as companies seek to diversify. Real-Estate Shares to Get Own Sector Richard B. Levine/ZUMA PRESS On stock markets around the world, real-estate companies have been lumped into a category with banks and insurance firms since 1999. But property will break free from the financial sector on Thursday into its own dedicated group. Analysts say the move is likely to increase the attention investors pay to real-estate investment trusts. Shopping Malls’ New Product: Fun Destiny USA Entertainment offerings at malls have generally been limited to dining and maybe a multiscreen movie theater alongside the main draw of traditional retailers. But many U.S. malls, like Syracuse’s Destiny USA, are experimenting with entertainment-focused tenants more likely to be found in an amusement park than a shopping center. Investors Pay $150 Million for Office Property in Miami U.S. Home Prices Continued Strong Gains in June What Happens When a Central Bank Buys Property Stocks Housing Market: Why Millennials Are Getting Priced Out MANSION Feeling Like a Guest at Home in Portugal Christoph Haiderer for The Wall Street Journal For their first vacation home, Belgian couple Cornelius Verbakel and Marina Smits wanted no work and all play. To achieve that, they looked to coastal Portugal. The result is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom, concrete-and-copper villa, with sea views and an outdoor pool. How Overseas Buyers Can Get a Mortgage for a U.S. Home Chris Gash Rising U.S. home prices and a strong dollar mean overseas buyers will need more money to buy a home here. While most lenders, including big banks, see the prospect of chasing a delinquent borrower overseas as too risky, some offer nonconforming loans to affluent foreign borrowers and then sell them to an emerging market of nontraditional lenders. Late Republican Adviser’s Palm Beach, Fla., Property Seeks $26 Million KF Media Group The Palm Beach, Fla., home and guest house of the late Max M. Fisher, a wealthy philanthropist who advised a number of Republican presidents, will list for roughly $26 million. The mansion is a 9,841-square-foot French Regency-style home on the Intracoastal Waterway. Luxury Homes With Recording Studios Pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger’s Serene Texas Home Mucinex’s John Q. Adams Sr. Seeks $16 Million for Colorado Property HOUSE OF THE DAY A Southern Highlands House With Its Own Teppanyaki Grill Saul Goodwin This modern home comes with a kitchen dedicated to the Japanese style of cuisine, an arcade room stocked with classic games and a pool table. Advertisement GREATER NEW YORK REAL ESTATE Developers Bet Big on Brooklyn Office Demand Steelblue An investment group has obtained the necessary financing to break ground on a $400 million office and industrial development in Williamsburg, marking the latest big bet on Brooklyn’s growing popularity as a workplace. Real-Estate Investors Leave Comfort Zones Peter J. Smith for The Wall Street Journal New York’s pricey and competitive rental residential investment market is pushing local investors to get creative. Reflecting these market pressures, Treetop Development LLC and its affiliate company are expanding its dual investment strategy targeting affordable- and market-rate apartment buildings. What’s the Deal: Two Tenants Expands Office Tower Space DESIGN Can These Two Clashing Living-Room Pieces Live Together? The conflict: She loves her Chippendale-style sofa covered in a bohemian Suzani print. He won’t give up his streamlined stainless-steel-and-marble coffee table. Three designers suggest peacemaking pieces. The Secrets to Subtly Mixing Prints in Décor Amy Neunsinger Interior designer Mark D. Sikes takes pattern cues from the profusion of flowers just outside this California master bedroom’s windows—without letting things grow too wild. Follow WSJ Real Estate Follow WSJ Unsubscribe• Newsletters & Alerts• Contact Us• Privacy Policy• Cookie Policy SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS TO WSJ.COM SIGN UP FOR THIS NEWSLETTER You are currently subscribed as jasajuejejeje@gmail.com For further assistance, please contact Customer Service at support@wsj.com Copyright 2016 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.