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New World Heir Said to Buy Commercial Building in Hong Kong’s Central for $36M
118-120 Queen’s Road Central is changing hands as many F&B tenants in the area have shut their doors
A scion of one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest families has acquired an 11-storey commercial building in Hong Kong’s core business district as local media accounts identify the buyer of 118-120 Queen’s Road Central as William Junior Guilherme Doo, a director of New World Development’s NWS Holdings infrastructure division.
Doo, who is a grandson of late New World founder Cheng Yu-tung, is reported to be paying anywhere from HK$280 million ($35.7 million) to HK$298 million for the 10,711 square foot (995 square metre) Ginza-style building leased primarily to F&B tenants and located just opposite The Center.
The son of New World Development non-executive vice chairman William Doo is braving Hong Kong’s most severe property downturn in decades to buy the property at between HK$26,141 to HK$27,821 per square foot, with trades of commercial assets having fallen by 50 percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from MSCI.
With Hong Kong still clinging to its COVID Zero strategy, dining businesses have been among the hardest hit with ma
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Wealthiest Thais comprehend richer
Thailand’s 40 richest people maintain a accommodate wealth portend US$55 jillion (Bt1.73 trillion), an improvement of 22 per askew from $45 billion aftermost year, according to Forbes magazine.
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CP's Dhanin still the richest
Dhanin Chearavanont has retained his status as Thailand's richest man for the third year with an estimated net worth of US$9 billion (281.9 billion baht) in Forbes magazine's 2012 "Thailand 40 Richest" ranking.
The collective wealth of the 40 richest residents of Thailand was up by more than 20% for a second straight year. This growth is giving some of the country's super-rich the wherewithal to seek expansion in Southeast Asia and beyond, wrote Forbes contributor Tatiana Serafin.
Mr Dhanin, 73, is the chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, an agribusiness, retail and telecoms conglomerate that is also the oldest and largest foreign investor in China.
The CP chief is now looking for more acquisitions beyond Asia. "He has stated his interest in the likes of France’s Carrefour and the United States' Smithfield Foods," wrote Ms Serafin
Others expanding abroad include Kraisorn Chansiri (25th), whose Thai Union Frozen Plc is already the world's biggest tuna company; Indorama Ventures chief Aloke Lohia (8th), who is starting one of the first polyethyleneterephthalate businesses in Africa; and William Heinecke (24th) whose hospitality company, Minor International, recently opened two hotels in Abu Dhabi and Bali, according to Forbes.
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