Gaw Capital Partners, through its funds under management, and its consortium partners, acquired 29 Hong Kong-based community shopping centers and associated facilities in March 2018 and March 2019.
Gaw Capital Partners officially started to operate over 29 assets and facilities near the public estates and established “People’s Place”. “People” stands for the public and the residents, whereas “Place” here is an allusion to the idiomatic Chinese term for a location of virtue and tradition, as well as a well-governed community; “Place” also connotes the solidarity of the local neighborhood. All in all, “People’s Place” stands for a place rich in sentiments and compassion, bringing strangers together in constructing a vibrant, cozy living environment. People’s Place aspires to transform obsolete commercial facilities into vibrant community hubs by creatively utilizing its space and bringing brand new experiences to residents, tenants and community stakeholders.
In partnership with experienced educators in China, Gaw Capital has invested in the development and operations of Stellart International School of Arts (SISA), an international arts education platform in China. The platform is initially seeded by a commercial site conveniently located in Sanshan New Town in Nanhai, Foshan, which has excellent connectivity nationally via the Guangzhou South Station. The site has a GFA of c.50,000 sqm in total. Operating under the SISA brand and developed by Gaw Capital Partners, the school houses up to 600 full-time high school students in its 6-storey tall academic block and 7-floor dormitory. 
7 March 2024, Singapore — Real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners and award-winning Singaporean data center heat removal solution provider KoolLogix signed an MOU today to collaborate on integrating KoolLogix technology into Gaw Capital’s multi-tenanted data center in Nongsa, Batam. KoolLogix will support specific customer requirements for high density rack deployment. The under-construction data center in Batam is expected to ready for service (RFS) in Q4 2024. A section of the data hall has been allocated for the installation of the KoolLogix system to accommodate the high-density rack requests.
The agreement was signed by Kok Chye Ong, Head of IDC Platform, Asia (ex-China) for GAW Capital, and Chun Keat Cheong, CEO and Co-founder of KoolLogix, in a ceremony at Gaw Capital Partners’ office in Singapore.
Kok Chye Ong, Head of IDC Platform, Asia (ex-China) for GAW Capital, said, “As a multi-tenanted data center in the colocation industry, we have to accommodate our clients’ diverse needs. By implementing the KoolLogix system in a portion of our data center, we are able to meet high specification client demands while also supplying the data center with additional cooling.”
Chun Keat Cheong, CEO of KoolLogix, expressed his enthusiasm for deepening partnerships to meet Gaw’s clients’ needs: “We are optimistic about the potential for numerous opportunities to deploy KoolLogix technology across regional data centers. We can expect a significant reduction in energy usage for cooling data centers after installing the KoolLogix system, paving the way for data centers to not only meet but exceed their sustainability objectives.”
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About Gaw Capital Partners
Gaw Capital Partners is a uniquely positioned private equity fund management company focusing on real estate markets in Asia Pacific and other high barrier-to-entry markets globally.
Specializing in adding strategic value to under-utilized real estate through redesign and repositioning, Gaw Capital runs an integrated business model with its own in-house asset management operating platforms in commercial, hospitality, property development, logistics, IDC and Education. The firm’s investments span the entire spectrum of real estate sectors, including residential development, offices, retail malls, serviced apartments, hotels, logistics warehouses and IDC projects.
Gaw Capital has raised seven commingled funds targeting the APAC region since 2005. The firm also manages value-add/opportunistic funds in the US, a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, a European hospitality fund, a Growth Equity Fund and it also provides services for credit investments and separate account direct investments globally.
Gaw Capital has raised equity of US$22.3 billion since 2005 with assets of US$33.7 billion under management as of Q3 2023.
About KoolLogix
Founded in 2018, KoolLogix is an award-winning data centre thermal management company with a paradigm-shifting heat-removal solution that delivers improved energy efficiency and lower carbon emission. This is ideal for data centre operators and their clients in achieving better operational returns and environmental sustainability goals. With headquarters in Singapore, KoolLogix has successfully deployed its solution to colocation, enterprise, and supercomputer data centres, servicing low to high power density ecosystems.
For more information, please visit: www.koollogix.com