Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has agreed to sell three office properties in the Parisian business district of La Défense for a total of €213 mln.

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The firm said it had inked a deal with several French institutional investors for the sale of the Village 3 office building on December 9, before subsequently selling the Village 4 & Village 6 office buildings on December 18.

The offices have a combined GLA of 22,144 m2, and the main tenants are Orange and Orange Cyberdefense.

The price represents a premium to the latest unaffected book value, according to URW. The deals are expected to close in the first quarter of 2021 and form part of URW's planned €4 bn disposal programme.

Upon closing of these transactions and the SHiFT disposal previously announced, the group will have completed €0.8 bn of this target.

The successful sales follow the latest twist in the URW saga, which has seen rebel shareholders take control of the company, replacing much of senior management. 

After the forced departures in November of its supervisory board chairman and chief executive officer, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced the 'retirement' of its chief financial officer Jaap Tonckens earlier this month, to be replaced by Fabrice Mouchel.