Gaw Capital Partnersは運用中のファンドを通して、コンソーシアムのパートナーと共に、2018年3月と2019年3月に、29件の香港ベースのコミュニティーショッピングセンターと関連施設を取得しました。Gaw Capital Partnersは、公共不動産付近の29件以上の資産と施設の運営を正式に開始し、「民坊（People's Place）」を構築しました。「民（People）」は一般人と住居を表しており、「坊（Place）」は巧みに管理されたコミュニティーのみならず、美徳と伝統がある場所に対するイディオム的な中国の表現を意味しています。また、「坊」は、現地の近隣の団結も暗示しています。「民坊（People's Place）」は活気に溢れ、居心地の良い生活環境で見知らぬ者を団結させ、気持ちや思いやりが豊かな場所を表しています。「民坊（People's Place）」は、空間を時代遅れの商用施設をクリエイティブで活気あるコミュニティーハブに転換させることを目指しています。
中国で経験豊かな教育者と提携し、Gaw Capitalは中国での国際的な芸術教育プラットフォームであるStellart International School of Arts （SISA ）の開発と運営に投資してきました。このプラットフォームは、広州南駅から国内的に優れた接続性を有する仏山の南海にある三山ニュータウンにある便利な商業用地で誕生しました。敷地は約50,000m²の総床面積を有しています。SISAブランドで運営され、Gaw Capital Partnersにより開発されたこのスクールは6階建ての校舎と7階建ての寮に最大600人の高校生を収容します。 
Hong Kong, March 1, 2021 – Gaw Capital Partners is delighted to announce that it has won three awards at the PERE Awards 2020. The firm was named ‘Capital Raise of the Year: Asia’, ‘Office Investor of the Year, Asia’ and ‘Alternatives Investor of the Year: Asia’ after receiving the largest number of votes in a public ballot of the real estate industry.
The firm won in the ‘Capital Raise of the Year: Asia’ category for Gaw Capital Partners’ Gateway Real Estate Fund VI. The firm raised US$2.2 billion in total equity for its sixth Greater China/Asia-Pacific opportunistic vehicle, in addition to US$800 million in sidecar co-investment, making it its largest fund to date.
The ‘Office Investor of the Year, Asia’ was awarded for the firm’s HK$9.845 billion acquisition of Cityplaza One, a 21-story office tower in Hong Kong’s Taikoo Shing area, with consortium partners, as well as the acquisition of Euro America Financial City Tower 6 in Hangzhou for US$312.5 million. Followed by the purchase of stakes in Cityplaza Three and Cityplaza Four at the end of 2018, the acquisition of Cityplaza One is a strong addition to Gaw Capital’s commercial portfolio in Hong Kong. Euro America Financial City Tower 6 is Gaw Capital’s first property acquisition in Hangzhou, highlighting the firm’s confidence in China’s rising tech and e-commerce industries.
The firm also received the ‘Alternatives Investor of the Year: Asia’ accolade for an over US$1.3 billion fundraise for its data center platform, which targets to invest in a portfolio of projects in China. Gaw Capital has seen good results in internet data center (IDC) space. Amid the backdrop of the pandemic and the rapid adoption of 5G in China, there is strong demand for data processing services due to the increasing use of data because of the social distancing measures. As a focused sector, Gaw Capital has further plans to grow its IDC investments into other Asia regional markets.
Ms. Christina Gaw, Managing Principal and Head of Capital Markets of Gaw Capital Partners, said, “We are honored to be recognized as the winners of the Global PERE Awards and would like to express our sincere thanks to our investors, partners, teams and PERE magazine.”
She added, “2020 has been a tough year with the global economic slowdown and the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. However, despite these highly challenging conditions, Gaw Capital remains positive on quality assets. We are thankful for the continued support from our investors and partners, which have shown their strong vote of confidence in Gaw Capital’s approach to adding strategic value to a diverse range of real estate assets throughout Asia Pacific region and the ability to deliver consistent returns for our investors.”
The Global PERE Awards recognize significant achievements in the global real estate industry and is highly respected across the global real estate private equity industry.