Italy's Pirelli Real Estate and Deutsche Bank's property unit RREEF are considering launching a EUR 4.5 bn offer for a 49% stake in Arcandor's department store properties, market sources said at EXPO REAL in Munich. The two investment partners would be competing with other four bidders who are also in the running to acquire the 85 department stores and other assets.
Italy's Pirelli Real Estate and Deutsche Bank's property unit RREEF are considering launching a EUR 4.5 bn offer for a 49% stake in Arcandor's department store properties, market sources said at EXPO REAL in Munich. The two investment partners would be competing with other four bidders who are also in the running to acquire the 85 department stores and other assets.
Arcandor, KarstadtQuelle's holding group, said earlier that it expects proceeds from the sale to amount to at least EUR 800 mln. The deal is expected to go through by the end of the fourth quarter.
Essen-based retailer KarstadtQuelle transferred most of its real estate to a new company it set up with Goldman Sachs’s Whitehall funds in March 2006. The US investment company Goldman Sachs paid about EUR 3.7 bn to get a 51% stake in the new company, which in July took the name of Arcandor.
In July, Pirelli RE and Deutsche Bank's property unit RREEF joined forces to acquire Baubecon’s residential portfolio in Germany for about EUR 1.7 bn. Pirelli RE announced earlier this year that it was going to increase its exposure to the German market. The Italian company has spent some EUR 3.8 bn in Germany over the last 12 months.