Colin Galloway

Colin Galloway is a long-standing journalist who has covered China and the Asia Pacific region for a variety of international publications for many years. Based in Hong Kong, he currently works as an analyst and consultant for ULI Asia Pacific.

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Resilience and Sustainability
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ULI Asia Pacific
Driving Down Whole-Life Carbon Emissions: The View from the Asia-Pacific Region
As owners and investors face mounting pressure to make new projects compliant with modern environmental standards, the concept of “whole-life” carbon has become a focus of increased interest. The model approximates the total emissions of a structure, both during construction and over its lifespan. A panel at the 2024 Asia Pacific Summit in Tokyo took a hard look at the implications of this approach.
July 17, 2024
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Colin Galloway
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific Lenders See Pockets of Opportunity
The final day of the 2024 ULI Asia Pacific summit in Tokyo featured a capital markets panel with leaders from both European and North American funds, who shared their insights into the region’s real estate markets—and how those markets stack up against their global counterparts.
July 1, 2024
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Colin Galloway
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
As Japan Sees Higher Rates on the Horizon, Investors Remain Bullish, Focused
Since global central banks began hiking interest rates in 2022, Japan’s lower cost of capital has made it a magnet for global investors seeking deals in one of the very few major markets still offering positive yield spreads.
June 20, 2024
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Colin Galloway
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
India’s Investor Appeal Comes Into View as Interest Rates Remain High and Growth Continues
For many years, India’s real estate markets languished in the shadow of booming Mainland China, with investors flocking there to buy real estate and tap into emerging demand. More recently, as China has struggled to mediate structural oversupply in real assets, investment flows are moving increasingly in a southerly direction. A panel at the ULI’s 2024 Asia Pacific Summit in Tokyo addressed the dynamics of current investment landscapes in each market.
June 17, 2024
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Colin Galloway
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
Investors Favor Affordable Housing Plays in the Asia Pacific Region
With investors across the Asia Pacific continuing to avoid mainstream asset classes as they seek out higher returns and more reliable income streams, attention has turned increasingly to “living assets”—a broadly defined concept that includes the multifamily, senior living, and student housing sectors.
June 3, 2024
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Finance & Investment
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Finance – Cross-Border Investment and Development
Investors Say Asia Pacific Real Estate Decoupled from Global Markets
The 2023 ULI Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore brought together a panel of prominent investors to discuss how a fast-changing global macro environment is impacting Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate markets. Panelists noted that current conditions are uncharted territory for an industry conditioned by 40 years of falling interest rates and inflation.
June 12, 2023
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Colin Galloway
Resilience and Sustainability
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Asia Pacific
Investors Need More Data, Better Methodology to Assess Carbon Risk
As the real estate industry focuses increasingly on the mantra of carbon efficiency, owners and occupiers are scrambling to find ways to reduce carbon footprints. A recent ULI conference in Hong Kong brought together experts across a range of disciplines to discuss the migration to net zero for both new and retrofitted buildings.
April 13, 2023
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Colin Galloway
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
The Changing Face of the Modern Workspace
Over the last 18 months, COVID-19 has affected Asia Pacific real estate markets in profound but often quite different ways. For offices, rents in some markets have taken a significant hit, but asset values remain generally resilient as banks continue to extend credit and investors resort increasingly to traditionally safe-haven asset classes. While office sector fundamentals have remained relatively stable, under the surface the pandemic is acting as catalyst for profound change.
October 8, 2021
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Colin Galloway
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Asia Pacific
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Capital Markets and Finance
Bringing Greener Finance to the Asia Pacific Region
In a recent ULI webinar, a panel of experts discussed the dynamics of the Asia Pacific region’s fast-growing market for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) related debt. While the growth of the green finance market regionally still lags that in Europe, the pace of adoption is picking up rapidly.
April 23, 2021
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Colin Galloway
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Industry Voices
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Urban Design
UL Interview: ULI Asia Pacific Chairman Nicholas Brooke
Reflections on a storied, globe-spanning career—and thoughts on today’s Hong Kong.
June 3, 2019
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Colin Galloway
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