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musk bought a house in beijing? spent 1 billion? the truth is...

2024-09-05

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on september 5, several beijing real estate agencies posted videos on social media platforms, saying that tesla ceo musk bought a house in beijing for us$150 million (approximately rmb 1.06 billion), and purchased the aerial courtyard at no. 8 xiaoyun road, beijing.

in response to the above rumors, a reporter from securities times and china securities journal called the sales office of the project at no. 8 xiaoyun road in beijing to verify the rumors. a staff member responded, "it is true" and "the specific internal information is not convenient to disclose."

in addition, a real estate agent in charge of the project told the securities times and china securities journal reporter: "almost 10 reporters have called to ask about this this morning. we are not in a position to disclose this."

a reporter from securities times and china securities journal learned from the sales office at no. 8 xiaoyun road in beijing that the project was launched two years ago. the recently added building no. 10 is a 450-square-meter flat with a total price starting from 70 million yuan. there are also dozens of 900-square-meter sky courtyards with a total price of about 180 million to 330 million yuan.

the sales office staff also told the securities times/china securities journal reporter that currently capital verification is required to view houses. to view a courtyard house, a capital verification of no less than 50 million yuan is required, such as stocks, real estate, and bonds; to view a flat, a capital verification of no less than 30 million yuan is required.

securities times and china securities journal reporters learned that the project can be purchased in full in the name of the company, and individuals purchasing the house must meet the beijing housing qualifications, that is, have a beijing household registration or five years of social security or personal income tax.

public information shows that beijing hesheng xiaoyun road no. 8 is located on the bustling xiaoyun road in chaoyang district, beijing, with a total planned land area of ​​108 hectares and a planned building area of ​​20 hectares. the project is located in the yansha business district, adjacent to the us embassy and neighbors with 13 ambassadors from the third embassy district. it is home to famous geographical coordinates such as the kempinski hotel, hilton hotel, kunlun hotel, yansha friendship mall, century theater, beijing's first purely foreign-related school (lido international primary school), and beijing's first school independently built by a foreign government (germany). the project faces beijing chaoyang park and will create china's first truly world-class high-end residential area.

in addition, securities times and china securities journal reporters learned from the "manhe beijing" official account that musk's mother, maye musk, came to beijing in september 2023 to participate in the project's activities. maye musk, chairman of the board of directors of hopson development group and co-chairman of manhe china zhu jiruo; president of hopson flagship real estate and director of manhe china liu yunqi; georges chakra, founder and creative director of the georges chakra brand, attended the event together.