Posts by Chantel Gomes-Knight
Asia Real Estate Private Equity Investment Landscape.
In 2025, Asia’s real estate private equity sector finds itself at a pivot point. With macro-headwinds, evolving capital flows and the rise of new asset classes, sophisticated investors must be nimble, deeply informed and ready for strategic opportunity. For institutional investors, high-net-worth players, construction/engineering firms and digital infrastructure specialists active in Hong Kong and Singapore,…
Read MoreData Centre Outlook in Asia
Rising Demand & Accelerating Growth Asia’s data centre sector is in the midst of a major boom. Key drivers include: AI, Cloud & Digital Transformation: Rapid adoption of AI, machine learning, big data, SaaS, and cloud computing is pushing demand for hyperscale, high-capacity data centres. 5G & Connectivity: As connectivity improves, more data is generated…
Read MoreTop 10 Resources for Hong Kong Construction Specialists
Career development, the process of acquiring self-knowledge, exploring roles and working to achieve set career goals, should be an ongoing process as honing skills and building experience requires a consistent, methodical approach. Given the rapidly evolving nature of available roles for Hong Kong construction specialists, the result of rapidly advancing technology like artificial intelligence, changing…
Read MoreReal Estate Workforce Analytics to Protect the Industry across Asia
This article looks at the latest developments in real estate workforce analytics. Read on to find out how real estate firms are boosting productivity and therefore profits with new analytics services. Recent seismic changes prompted by the global pandemic saw existing trends, such as the adoption of digital, data-led workforce analytics solutions, accelerate. The advent of…
Read MoreHong Kong PropTech Jobs Insights and Hot Tips
Hong Kong PropTech, which encompasses the application of technological innovations and platforms to real estate markets, is a growing part of the city’s FinTech pie. For example, the PropTech Alliance of Hong Kong was formed in 2019 by four members and it has since expanded to more than 15 across the region, reports the SCMP. This…
Read MoreCareers in Sustainable Real Estate in Asia
The Sustainable Real Estate agenda is coming out of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) held in Glasgow, Scotland. With the climate emergency climbing up the business agenda, many countries and companies are turning their attention to implementing Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles into their practices, including real estate companies across…
Read MoreSmart City Careers in Hong Kong
Smart City careers are pre-defined by the environmental pressures and a steadily increasing population in many urban areas, including Hong Kong. The city of the near future needs to address numerous challenges and transform itself into a Smart City built on new tech like artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, 5G, and fast…
Read MoreGreater Bay Area Integration to Boost Hong Kong’s Construction Sector
Hong Kong’s position as an increasingly integrated component in the GBA is opening up new and varied opportunities for the SAR’s construction sector. This is in turn creating long-term demand for skilled workers in Hong Kong’s construction sector. Though China faces pressing economic challenges and the country’s real estate market industry experienced bouts of turbulence over…
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