Hines opens Hong Kong office

Hines has opened an office in Hong Kong to target additional real estate investment, development and management opportunities.

The office will serve as the firm’s Asia Pacific headquarters.

The firm first entered the region with an office in Beijing, China, in 1996 and remains one of the few American real estate developers doing business there. Since that time, Hines’ development and acquisition experience in the Asia Pacific region totals 12 million square feet, valued at more than $2.4 billion. The firm’s 15 projects in the region include the recently-completed One Museum Place in Shanghai, a 60-story class A tower in the Jing’an District, designed by Gensler.

Hines will continue to build on its exceptional track record in Australia, under the leadership of David Warneford, managing director.

“We continue to see excellent investment and development opportunities in Australia. The opening of the new Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong will b