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#metro holdings

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Real Estate

May 22, 20181 min read

Metro Holdings buys 35% of JV that’s acquiring Shanghai mixed-use building

Metro Holdings, together with other JV partners, is acquiring a 90 per cent stake in Shanghai Plaza for RMB2.9 billion (US$613 million). The mixed-used commercial building, with a gross floor area of 40,693sqm spans seven floors in Huai Hai Zhong Road, Huang…

General

Feb 3, 20161 min read

Metro Holdings group MD, Jopie Ong, dies

The group managing director of retailer and property firm Metro Holdings, Mr Jopie Ong Hie Koan, died last night. Mr Ong, who was in his 70s, had helmed Metro Holdings since 1973. He was the son of the late Ong Tjoe Kim, who founded the Metro chain of…