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. 
Gaw Capital Partners made its debut in the “PERE 50″ list, jumped to 37th from 84th last year, thanks to its excellent performance in terms of fund-raising and asset management in the survey of global real estate private equity fund manager conducted by PERE magazine in May.
What cemented Gaw’s place in PERE 50 was its $1 billion Gateway
Real Estate Fund IV, which closed in October and attracted investors from all
over the world. In fact, investor demand was so strong for that vehicle that
the firm had to exclude its own $25 million GP commitment from the total,
bringing the hard cap to $ 1.025 billion.
Gaw Capital Partners real estate fund IV adopts opportunistic
investment strategy , focusing on real estate assets city-center
retail assets with high pedestrian traffic as well as centrally located
commercial assets in Tier I and Tier II cities in China where the government’s
tightening policy has taken effect and created attractive pricing. It also
focus on other Tier II cities with good economic infrastructure and large
long-term demand, and other Asia Pacific region with great potential such
as Hong Kong, Macau , Taiwan , Japan, Korea and and elsewhere.
Gaw Capital Partners also have eye-catching performance in US fund
management, as well as assisted Asian institutional investors with cross-border
investment in Europe. In 2013 , Gaw Capital Partners assisted China’s Ping An
Insurance in the purchase of the Lloyd’s of London and provided consulting
services for Korean investors to acquire Waterside House
in Paddington London.
Therefore, Gaw Capital Partners ranks the the forth among global
real estate private equity fund manager in terms of acquisition volume in
PERE’s survey by virtue of total $ 2.5 billion acquired assets this year.
Previously, Gateway Real Estate Fund IV was also awarded
of ” Best launch real estate (private) by AsianInvestor; Gaw Capital
Partners also won two Asia private equity awards from PERE Asia Firm of
the Year 2013 and Goodwin Gaw, Asia Industry Figure of the Year 2013.