Space Matrix to enter China market by buying design firm

Singapore

SINGAPORE-BASED Space Matrix is entering China by buying a local interior design and construction company called Muraya, as the workplace design and consultancy guns for growth on the back of the Chinese office market.

The purchase will give Space Matrix a headcount of over 400 across its offices in eight markets: Singapore, India, Hong Kong, China, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and the US.

Muraya, which has a headcount of 45, has offices in Shanghai and Beijing and has delivered more than 500 projects in China in the l…