Israel's IDB Corp Buys HSBC Tower In New York For $330 Million
April 14 2010 - 4:49AM
Dow Jones News
IDB Holding Corp. Ltd. (IDBH.TV) said Wednesday that it has
completed the purchase of the HSBC Tower in New York City for $330
million.
IDB made the purchase through two of its subsidiaries, Property
and Building Corp. Ltd. (PTLB.TV) and Koor Industries Ltd.
(KOR.TV). IDB is financing the deal partly with a $210 million
10-year loan from Bank Leumi Le Israel (LUMI.TV).
IDB Holding is a large holding company, which owns 86.5% of
Property and Building, a real-estate and construction company, and
76% of Koor, an investment company.
At 0902 GMT, shares of IDB Holding were up 1.40 shekels, or
1.10%, at ILS128.30 ($34.70); shares of Property and Building were
down ILS3.30, or 1.10%, at ILS297.70; and shares of Koor were up
ILS1.10, or 1.07%, at ILS103.80, in a higher Tel Aviv market.
-By Sara Toth Stub, Contributing to Dow Jones Newswires,
saratoth@gmail.com