Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng's CDL Yuav London's Iconic St. Katharine Docks Rau $468 lab

Lub Nroog Developments Ltd. (CDL) - tswj los ntawm billionaire Keng Leng Yog-hais rau hnub Thursday nws tau txais qhov chaw keeb kwm ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv St. Katharine Docks hauv Central London rau £ 395 lab ($ 486 lab) los ntawm cov nyiaj tau qhia los ntawm US private equity giant Blackstone.

Ameslikas tsim nyob rau hauv 1828 ntawm 23-acre freehold mix-siv marina vaj tse nyob rau hauv tus dej Thames, St Katharine Docks muaj ntau tshaj 500,000 square feet (46,450 square meters) ntawm chaw ua hauj lwm qhov chaw, 400 tsev nyob, thiab ib tug marina nrog berths mus txog rau 185 yachts ua. Overlooking Tower of London, cov cuab yeej yog ib puag ncig los ntawm khw, khw noj mov thiab chaw ua si.

Qhov kev nrhiav tau txhim kho Lub Nroog Kev Txhim Kho 'qhov muaj peev xwm rov ua dua cov nyiaj tau los xauj tsev, Sherman Kwek, CDL Group CEO, tau hais hauv ib tsab ntawv. daim ntawv qhia. Cov tsev ua haujlwm hauv St Katharine Docks muaj qhov muaj zog nyob ntawm kwv yees li 90%, thiab qhov hnyav nruab nrab ntawm cov nqi xauj tsev yog tshaj 8 xyoo.

Kwek, tus tub hlob ntawm CDL tus thawj tswj hwm Kwek Leng Beng tau hais hauv nqe lus hais tias "Qhov tsis paub tseeb tam sim no hauv tebchaws Askiv tau muab txoj hauv kev rau peb kom tau txais cov cuab tam tseem ceeb thiab nthuav peb cov ntaub ntawv. Tom qab qhov tau txais, tus tsim tawm hauv Singapore yuav muaj txog 1 billions tus nqi ntawm cov khoom muaj nqis lag luam hauv Central London xws li prime freehold Grade A office buildings Aldgate House thiab 125 Old Broad Street.

CDL tau npaj los txhaj cov khoom lag luam hauv UK rau hauv vaj tse kev ntseeg siab uas yuav tsum tau sau npe hauv Singapore, tab sis IPO raug ncua Thaum muaj kev lag luam nce siab thiab kev lag luam macroeconomic headwinds. Cov cuab yeej txhawb nqa lub tuam txhab cov tswv yim tswj nyiaj txiag thiab muab kev xaiv los txhaj cov cuab tam rau hauv cov npe lossis ib lub platform uas tsis muaj npe nyob rau lub sijhawm tsim nyog, tus hluas Kwek tau hais.

Tus txwj laus Kwek kuj yog tus thawj coj ntawm Singapore's Hong Leong Group, uas tau tsim los ntawm nws txiv xyoo 1941. Nws tus kwv tij. Quek Leng Chaw, kuj yog ib tug billionaire, khiav ib pab pawg nyob rau Malaysia, kuj hu ua Hong Leong. Nrog rau cov nuj nqis ntawm $ 9.3 nphom uas nws koom nrog nws tsev neeg, Kwek, 82, tau nyob qib 5 ntawm cov npe. Singapore's 50 Richest uas tau luam tawm nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanburgos/2023/03/09/billionaire-kwek-leng-bengs-cdl-buys-londons-iconic-st-katharine-docks-for-468-million/