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. 
Hong Kong, May 19, 2016–Gaw Capital Partners has been recognized by Preqin
in its 2016 Global Real Estate Report as a most consistently performing private
real estate fund manager – for three consecutive years.
The firm has been recognized as both “Most
Consistent Performing Closed-End Private Real Estate Fund Managers” and “Most
Consistent Performing Opportunistic Closed-End Private Real Estate Fund
Managers”.
Gaw Capital Partners is also the only fund manager in
Asia Pacific to be included by this report.
“We’re honored and delighted to be recognized by
Preqin three years in a row as Preqin is the ‘Standard and Poor’s/Moody’s’ of
the real estate private equity sector,” said Goodwin Gaw, Chairman and Managing
Principal of Gaw Capital Partners. “We’re also honored and humbled to be the
only firm in Greater China – and Asia Pacific – to be recognized by Preqin for
three consecutive years; this type of fund consistency is very sought-after and
valued by our LPs, which include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and endowments
…etc. from all over the world,” Gaw said.
According to Preqin, in a crowded and competitive
fundraising market, fund managers with a long and consistently successful track
record are often the most able to stand out from the crowd – a consistent track
record demonstrates to the investor community that a fund manager has been able
to outdo its peers in both good and bad markets.
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