Melvin Chay
Director, International Capital | Asia
Capital Markets & Investment Services
About
Professional Summary
As a real estate professional with more than a decade of experience in the real estate industry, Melvin has developed a successful track record in managing acquisitions and investments across Asia.
Prior to Colliers, Melvin was with CDL and responsible for investment, asset management and funds management across multiple asset classes in Asia.
As Director, International Capital for Asia at Colliers, he is responsible for growing cross-border capital within Asia Pacific and has a keen focus on the Singapore market. Besides direct real estate transactions, he is also familiar with platform acquisitions, capital sourcing, equity capital raising and deal structuring.
He will be instrumental in engaging investors across borders as we continue to invest in relationships to deliver enduring value to our clients.
Accomplishments
Some of Melvin's deal highlights are as follows:
- Acquisition of mixed-use project (office, retail and serviced apartment) in Shanghai Hongqiao, China (RMB 1.75B)
- Acquisition of office building in Shanghai Hongqiao, China (RMB 900M)
- Acquisition of office building in Shanghai North Bund, China (RMB 120M)
- Asset Management for portfolio of China commercial projects in tier 1 and 2 key gateway cities with AUM of RMB 19B across GFA of 880,000 sqm
- Asset Management of Quayside Isle, W Hotel Residences for Blackstone and CIMB (~SGD 2B)
- Asset Management for luxury residential project, Nouvel 18 for Gaw Capital (SGD 977M)
- Asset Management for portfolio of 3 commercial properties with AUM of SGD 1.2B – Manulife Centre, Central Mall and Tampines Grande
- Divestment of Manulife Centre, Singapore (SGD 555M)
- Divestment of Tampines Grande, Singapore (SGD 395M)
- Redevelopment of mixed-use site at Central Mall, Singapore (~ SGD500M)
- Equity investment in Distrii, leading co-working operator in China (~SGD 150M) with MOIC of 3x
- Equity investment in CF Group, leading accommodation provider in China (~SGD 150M) with MOIC of 2.5x
- Acquisition of residential development site at Handy Road, Singapore (SGD 212M)
- Acquisition of residential development site at West Coast Vale, Singapore (SGD 472M)
- Acquisition of residential development site at Amber Park, Singapore (SGD 906M)
- Acquisition of residential development site at Tampines Ave 10, Singapore (SGD 370M)
- Divestment of Extra Space self-storage portfolio in Singapore, Malaysia and Korea (SGD 100M)
- Divestment of Chijmes, Singapore (SGD 177M)
- Divestment of 78% stake in AA Centre (SGD 62M)
- Sale and Leaseback of industrial property, 20 Kian Teck Lane (SGD 22M)
- Sale of Starhub Green (SGD 210M)
Education
Singapore Management University (SMU) Bachelor Degree, Economics
Services
Property Type
My Team
My Team
John Howald
Executive Director, Head of International Capital, Asia Pacific
Capital Markets & Investment Services
Singapore
An accomplished leader in real estate cross-border investments and advisory, John brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and track record from over 15 years of successfully securing investment opportunities and divesting large scale assets and portfolios for global capital.
John is the Executive Director, Head of International Capital across Asia Pacific for the Capital Markets & Investment Services business at Colliers. In this role, he is responsible for growing cross border investment activity from Asia Pacific in collaboration with the global capital markets teams. He leads international client relationship development and provides real estate investment and divestment advice, including origination and completion of investment transactions with global capital sources.
Prior to Colliers, John led Jones Lang LaSalle’s International Investment team in Japan, focusing on cross-border investment and structuring advice for direct real estate transactions and equity raises. John had previously worked as a real estate, hospitality and M&A advisor for a global consultancy in Tokyo and New York, as well as at a US-based developer.
WeiLeng Tang
Managing Director | Head of Capital Markets Singapore
Capital Markets & Investment Services
Singapore
WeiLeng is the Managing Director | Head of Capital Markets in Singapore and is responsible for the growth of Colliers' Capital Markets & Investment Services team. An exceptional leader of great entrepreneurial spirit, WeiLeng possesses strong capital markets expertise and proven track records. She is adept in advisory and brokerage, as well as principal real estate. With more than 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, she excels in building deep client relationships and extensive industry network.
WeiLeng has a strong collaborative culture and regional outlook, which enables her to fully connect Colliers Singapore to our other businesses within Asia Pacific and across the global platform. It creates added value for clients who now demand highly effective solutions spanning from country to country.
Capital Markets is her expertise. Her first foray into real estate began nearly three decades ago when she was headhunted by government service. She has since accumulated a wealth of experience in selling buildings, hotels and development land. She sold her first office building at 20 Malacca Street at Raffles Place – just barely one year into her new role. That same relentlessness saw her through many more deals, some bigger, others smaller. Over the years, she has developed an excellent network and invested in strong relationships.
She often gets the question, "What drives you?", which she usually answers, "the inexplicable joy I see on my clients' face when I close a deal!" By building trusted relationships, she has successfully entered into joint ventures with both CapitaLand and City Developments Limited (CDL), during her stint on the buy-side with Wells Fargo (then Wachovia Real Estate).
Having three daughters of her own that are coming of age, she understands her people's aspirations and recognises the acceleration of success of her people as one of her key focuses, where she mentors and nurtures them in becoming the next generation of leaders.
Colliers has given her tremendous space to accelerate her success, and she would like to accelerate yours too. Connect with her today!
Lingwei has over thirteen years’ experience in the real estate sector and vast market knowledge of both APAC and EMEA markets (Capital & Leasing Markets). LingWei worked in Paris, London and currently in Singapore.
LingWei provides strategic investment advisory and brokerage services to clients, focusing on investment-grade properties. She provides the best strategic solutions and advice to clients so that they can maximise all real estate investment opportunities in Singapore.
Prior to joining Colliers Singapore, LingWei worked in the JLL Asia Capital Markets team (based in Singapore) and led the Capital Markets Core Client Program.Through this program, Lingwei worked with wider team to create and share client insights and developed effective account plans.The program covered 35 top regional clients with combined AUM over USD217 billion, clients including Allianz, ARA, Blackstone, Brookfield, Nuveen, PGIM and others. Lingwei facilitated personalised and intelligent client conversations, and ultimately won more business and growing share of wallet with these core clients. Lingwei also looked after the Singapore capital who is actively looking for investment opportunities outside the AP region.
John has about 8 years of experience in the real estate industry, primarily in the areas of investment sales and advisory in both in Singapore and the UK.
Based in Singapore, John’s portfolio focuses on a range of transactions and serves a versatile clientele of investors from overseas fund managers, local developers, institutional buyers and family offices. John has closed transactions from collective land sales, commercial buildings, JTC property, hotels and shophouses.