| Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is among the final three bidders for an Irish property portfolio valued at an estimated $1.8bn. Project Jewel, a loan portfolio that includes debt secured on Dundrum Town Centre, a 12 ha shopping centre in Dublin, among others, is controlled by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the government body that took over the country’s distressed real estate assets during the downturn.
The final bidders for the portfolio have all come from overseas, with KIA lodging a joint bid with US investor Hines. The two other bids have come from US firm Colony Capital and a joint bid by Germany’s Allianz Real Estate and UK property investment giant Hammerson, according to the Irish Independent newspaper...............................................Full Article: Source
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