Top realtors present exclusive luxury properties at lps shanghai 2013
4,100 highly affluent individuals from around China’s booming Yangtze River Delta region attended the invitation-only event, which is receiving positive reviews from exhibitors and guests alike.
Held inside the JC Mandarin Hotel on West Nanjing Road, LPS Shanghai 2013 opened with a cocktail party celebrating the Italian luxury lifestyle and an extensive program of real estate seminars were among other highlights. This year’s LPS Shanghai was made possible by over 100 eminent show partners, including Qatar Airways, Ferrari, Beneteau Yachts, Shanghai Tang and China’s Interior Design magazine.
Show guests enjoyed browsing through a trove of rare and exclusive residential properties including, for the first time, luxury homes in Austria, Latvia, the Bahamas and Mauritius, as well new real estate and investment opportunities in Canada, USA, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, UAE, China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany and Montenegro.
Private islands offering the ultimate in seclusion and close-to-nature living were among the estates generating the most buzz at LPS Shanghai 2013, and exhibitors reported the sales of several such properties along the Coast of North America.
An abundance of other home types included enchanting historical chateaux, ski resort mansions, properties with private golf courses and luxury apartments in upscale neighborhoods of the world’s international cities.
Top-tier international real estate brokerages such as Sotheby’s International Realty, Savills, Colliers, Re/Max, Alain Pinel and Vladi Private Islands were among the 80 firms from 25 different countries exhibiting these rare and exclusive homes.
Informative programming
Over 50 seminars and forums at LPS Shanghai 2013 provided insider’s tip on where, how and when to invest in specific real estate markets around the world. Among the most popular of these was a forum dedicated to Thailand held in cooperation with the Thai Chamber of Commerce and several of the country’s foremost property developers.
Likewise overfilling the 90 seats of the conference room was a seminar on EB5 investment in the US state of Texas, which was led by Neil M. Bush, the brother of the 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush.
Feedback from exhibitors has been firmly positive.
“We’re very happy about the location, our booth and also the visitors,” said Michelle Zhou, Director at Savills China. “We got some very qualified inquiries, people looking for (homes in) both Australia and London.”
“LPS has been a massive success for our company,” said Emma Symonds from Ballard Property Sydney. “We have met many mainland Chinese who are interested in Sydney. We have found the profiles of the buyers range from young investors to couples who want to take up to the new visa options that our country offers to people who have high net worth and who are looking to buy substantial homes within the Sydney, Australia area.”
Ms. Symonds added that most of the inquiries had received “are in excess of 10 million USD”.
In 2014, LPS will hold 3 editions: LPS Beijing (16-18 May), LPS Guangzhou (September) and LPS Shanghai (December). For more information, please visit www.beijing.lps-china.com.