In the past decade, Chinese investment in the US commercial realestate market was like riding a roller coaster, rising up rapidly from theground in 2011, peaked at $16.2B in 2016 then dropped over 55% in 2017 afterChina's government announced efforts to restrict outbound investments inforeign real estate, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Holly Yang, senior vicepresident of Kidder Mathews, the largest private commercial real estate companyin the west coast of the U.S., shares her experience and knowledge about theindustry, and tips on working with Chinese investors such as Create World Groupin commercial real estate projects. Toseize the opportunities with China, Holly founded the China Services Group atKidder Mathews Seattle to provide bilingual brokerage solutions to US andChinese developers, investors, and owners in the Great Seattle region. Over the past few years, the team hassuccessfully represented over 300 transactions with near $1 billion values inthe region.
Ms. Holly Yang is a senior vicepresident and shareholder of Kidder Mathews, the largest private commercialreal estate company in the west coast of the US. She grew up in China, came to the US forhigher education in the 1990s, earned the CPA certification, and worked as a financialauditor and consultant in one of the Big Four Accounting Firms Ernest &Young. Holly enteredthe commercial real estate in 2007 after her family moved to Settle, and sincethen she has earned multiple national recognitions as a leader and influencerin the field. She started the ChinaServices Group at Kidder Matthews in Seattle, and teamprovides bilingual brokerage solutions to US and Chinese developers, investors,and owners in the Greater Seattle region. Besides her professional service, Holly is actively involved incommunity services and serves on the board of multiple NGOs such as WashingtonState China Relations Council.
