Press & Media
Dec 2023 / Stars HK – Dash Living on Hollywood, a co-living residence, officially opens to meet the needs of stylish accommodation for long-term and short-term rentals in the heart of Hong Kong
Dec 2023 / HKET – Dash Living co-living project in Sheung Wan opens with monthly rental starting from NT$15,000
Dec 2023 / 163.com (Netease) – Dash Living Dash Living on Hollywood in Central is currently over 90% occupied
Dec 2023 / Toutiao – Dash Living Dash Living on Hollywood in Central is currently over 90% occupied
Dec 2023 / Mingpao Finance – Dash Living Sheung Wan co-living complex involves 148 suites with an occupancy rate of over 90%
Dec 2023 / Mingpao Daily News – Dash Living’s Sheung Wan co-living project rents from 15,000 per month
Nov 2023 / Yahoo Finance HK –Dash Living, Schroders joint venture acquires strategic seed assets in Tokyo
Nov 2023 / Real Assets IPE – Dash Living and Schroders partnership buys Japan residential asset
Oct 2023 / The Beat Asia – Dash Living’s CEO Aaron Lee Wants to Solve Renting for You in Asia
Aug 2023 / Deal Street Asia – HK-based Dash Living rebrands six Japanese co-living assets after M&A with IntheHood
Apr 2023 / Now Finance -【都會藍圖】內外不一的服務式住宅
Apr 2023 / Now Finance FB -【都會藍圖】內外不一的服務式住宅
Nov 2023 / MingTianDi – Schroders, Dash Living Tie Up to Buy Tokyo Residential Property
Mar 2023 / Mingtiandi – Hines Opens Tsim Sha Tsui Project As First Hong Kong Rental Residential Venture
Oct 2019 / MingTianDi – Hong Kong Residential Start-up Dash Living Secures $10M in MindWorks-led Funding Round
Oct 2022 / Tech in Asia – Exclusive: Dash Living buys HK hotel via Mindworks JV
Jul 2022 / Tech in Asia – Dash Living buys proptech firm to expand into Japan
Jan 2022 / Tech in Asia – Dash Living inks deal with Hong Kong-based Travelodge
Mar 2021 / Hong Kong Economic Journal – Dash Living創辦人李灝庭表示，集團現已於本港8個地點建立住宿社群，帶來科技、共同工作、生活時尚及其他方面的優勢。奧華酒店集團創辦人兼行政總裁Girish Jhunjhnuwala表示，公司的目標是與Dash Living緊密合作，確保住客在所有接觸點都享受到貼心周到的和諧體驗，無需再考慮其他的選擇。
Mar 2021 / Nikkei Asian Review – Unscathed by pandemic, Dash Living eyes Tokyo and Sydney. A Hong Kong co-living space operator is looking to venture into Tokyo, Sydney and other major Asia-Pacific cities after raising $8.8 million amid sustained demand from young professionals and expatriates
Mar 2020 / Nikkei Asian Review – Co-living companies see bright future even as industry shakeout looms. Co-living is seen as one solution to the housing crises in crowded cities like Hong Kong.
Mar 2021 / eDigest – 本地共居品牌Dash Living，現時在港共設六個地點、合共提供逾400個單位，透過科技面對疫情挑戰，包括虛擬睇樓、線上入住，並以手機應用程式（App）作為門匙。品牌已進入新加坡市場，兩地合共提供近1,200個單位，2020年的整體入住率達到九成以上，很受年輕世代歡迎。
May 2022 / EdgeProp – Dash Living opens two co-living properties in Singapore
Jan 2022 / EdgeProp – Dash Living to convert Hong Kong’s Travelodge Central into co-living property
Aug 2021 / EdgeProp – Co-living player Dash Living is partnering 20 hotels in Singapore and Hong Kong, where some portion of the hotels’ inventory will be set aside for Dash Living’s long-stay customers.
Jun 2021 / EdgeProp – Co-living operator Dash Living has taken over Hmlet St Peters in Sydney, a property previously managed by Hmlet, another co-living player.
Apr 2021 / EdgeProp – Undeterred by the pandemic, co-living player Dash Living has its eyes on expansion. Just this year, the business announced a tie-up with Ascott; acquired Easycity, a Singapore-based co-living operator; and secured over $8.8 million in Series A funding to grow its roots across the Asia Pacific.
Mar 2021 / EdgeProp – Co-living operator Dash Living collaborates with Ascott. Six Ascott properties in the two cities will be made available for booking on Dash Living’s website: Somerset Victoria Park Hong Kong, Citadines Ashley Hong Kong, Ascott Raffles Place Singapore, Citadines Balestier Singapore, Citadines Fusionopolis Singapore, as well as, lyf Funan Singapore.
Mar 2021 / 經濟日報 – Dash Living業務遍及香港及新加坡為亞洲提供卓越服務式住宿社群的集團，今日宣布與Ovolo 奧華酒店集團合作。推出兩個分別座落於香港仔及上環的嶄新服務式租住項目，一方面顯示 Dash Living 致力夥伴與不同物業合作發展亞太區業務，同時反映 Ovolo 奧華酒店集團靈活地滿足巿場需求。
Apr 2021 / SCMP – Dash Living has secured US$8.8 million in its second round of funding from new and existing institutional investors as the co-living operator looks to expand beyond its current focus on the Hong Kong and Singapore markets. Co-working space operator theDesk is seeking more capital as it anticipates markets to return to more normal conditions.
Mar 2021 / SCMP – More business opportunities have emerged for Dash since the coronavirus outbreak and it is collaborating with six hotels. “We did not have third-party hotel partners before Covid-19, and we [have grown] pretty quickly over the last three months, actually,”
Sep 2020 / SCMP – Vastly different Hong Kong, Singapore housing markets find common ground in booming co-living segment
Mar 2021 / e27 – Gobi Partners and Taronga Ventures, besides existing investors Clearmind Capital, Mindworks Ventures and a group of individual investors, also co-invested. The capital will help Dash Living launch its serviced rental solutions in Japan and Australia.
Mar 2021 / e27 – Once Dash engages with tenants through online and offline touchpoints, it focuses mostly on creating user-generated content, user-generated engagement, and events.
Feb 2020 / e27 – Dash Living, Hong Kong’s serviced living community, announces that it has signed its second co-living project in Mong Kok with 36 units in the Dash Coliving Argyle project, shortly after officially launching its TST project on Carnarvon Road. The newly announced Dash Coliving block is situated on Argyle Street Mong Kok.
Mar 2021 / Deal Street Asia – Asia Digest: Dash Living, nimbly raise funding for expansion
Mar 2021 / HospitalityNet – the launch of two major new Hong Kong projects in Aberdeen and Sheung Wan in collaboration with designer hotel group Ovolo. The two additions to the portfolio demonstrate how Dash Living is developing new multi-property partnerships in the region and how Ovolo Group is adapting to new market conditions.
Sep 2020 / Hong Kong Economic Times – 新冠肺炎爆發後，大家更關心居住環境的衞生水平。李灝庭分享，旗下共居設施加強善用數碼平台維持與住客互動，並提供虛擬睇樓等。「入住手續綫上完成，以手機App作為門匙，與住客互動亦是以綫上為主。」
Jan 2020 / Business Insider – Backed by MindWorks Ventures, with US$10 million of funding to date, Dash Living will have over 900 units across two of the most vibrant cities in the Asia-Pacific region, with the new addition of 200 units from its Singapore entity.
Jan 2020 / Serviced Apartment News – The acquisition brings its number of units in Asia-Pacific to 900, with the addition of 200 units located at Geylang, Paya Lebar, Farrer Park, Balestier, Pasir Panjang and Clementi in Singapore. The founders of Easycity, Alex Liu and Wesley Wen, have been appointed as the executive management team for Dash Living Singapore.
Other Media Mentions
- Asia One | Co-living spaces in Singapore: Fully renovated to live out your BTO renovation and more
- Home and Decor | 11 Best Co-Living Singapore: Homey, LYF, Cove, Hmlet, Coliwoo, and more
- Deal Street Asia | PGIM Real Estate joins Mindworks-backed Dash Living to snap up $108m HK hotel
- The Strait Times | High property prices prompt more S’poreans to look at renting co-living spaces
- South China Morning Post | Your bedroom is all that’s your own, but big ‘co-living’ units are proving so popular that operators are rushing to boost supply
- iPlayHK | [香港住宿] 超近尖沙咀海滂飯店｜ DASH Hotel on Minden
- Hong Kong Economic Journal | 科技扭轉酒店業運作 善用商務卡服務 成業務發展後盾
- Sassy Hong Kong | 10 Serviced Apartments to Stay at in Hong Kong
- Hive Live | DASH: Coliving Tech Solutions
- MoneyHero | 比較香港 服務式住宅 精選十間平、靚、正 Serviced Apartment
- South China Morning Post | Dash Suites offers ‘sweet spots’ for expatriate executives as Central Shorts focuses on basics in Hong Kong’s older buildings
- MoneyHero | “Be World Class” – Aaron Lee, Founder of Dash Serviced Suites & Internet Industry Veteran
