Gazit-Globe sells Mills Corp. stake for $139m

Gazit-Globes’ Canadian subsidiary First Capital Realty has bought four shopping centers for C$133 million.

Gazit-Globe Ltd. (TASE: GLOB) has sold its stake in The Mills Corporation (NYSE:MLS) for $139 million. The company sold its 5.5 million shares at $25.25 per share as part of the offer to purchase by Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) and Farallon Capital Management LLC.

According to Gazit-Globe’s financial report for 2006, the company bought the stake for NIS 609 million, which means that it has made no profit on the deal.

Meanwhile, Gazit-Globe’s Canadian real estate investment trust, First Capital Realty Inc. (TSX:FCR) has bought three neighborhood shopping centers in Montreal, Calgary and Halton Hills, Ontario, for C$63 million. Two weeks ago, the company bought a shopping center in Edmonton, for C$70 million. The company also raised C$100 million in a bond issue.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on April 1, 2007

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