{"id":70870,"date":"2017-11-03T19:18:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-cassettes-mini-buses-to-the-worlds-priciest-tower-a-peek-at-hong-kongs-buyers-of-the-center\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:03:59","slug":"from-cassettes-mini-buses-to-the-worlds-priciest-tower-a-peek-at-hong-kongs-buyers-of-the-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-cassettes-mini-buses-to-the-worlds-priciest-tower-a-peek-at-hong-kongs-buyers-of-the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"From cassettes, mini buses to the world\u2019s priciest tower: a peek at Hong Kong\u2019s buyers of The Center"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA consortium called C.H.M.T Peaceful Development Asia Property agreed to pay tycoon Li Ka-shing a record HK$40.2 billion (US$5.15 billion) for The Center office block in Hong Kong, in what agents say is the world\u2019s most expensive transaction for a single building.
\nThe consortium, 55 per cent owned by a unit of the mainland\u2019s state oil behemoth, is behind the purchase, with the remaining 45 per cent shared by four Hong Kong businessmen.
\nWho are the Hong Kong buyers?
\nThe South China…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…From cassettes, mini buses to the world\u2019s priciest tower: a peek at Hong Kong\u2019s buyers of The Center<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A consortium called C.H.M.T Peaceful Development Asia Property agreed to pay tycoon Li Ka-shing a...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ir4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81209,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-center-is-back-in-hong-kong-hands-as-mainland-firm-pulls-out-of-buying-worlds-costliest-tower\/","url_meta":{"origin":70870,"position":0},"title":"The Center is back in Hong Kong hands as mainland firm pulls out of buying world\u2019s costliest tower","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Two Hong Kong-based tycoons have emerged to replace a mainland Chinese shareholder in the consortium that bought Li Ka-shing\u2019s The Center tower, barely three months after the C.H.M.T Peaceful Development Asia Property group hogged the media spotlight as owners of the world\u2019s priciest office building. 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