Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels advise on the EUR315 million sale of InterContinental Hotel Paris
LONDON, UK, September 8, 2005. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels advised InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("IHG") today in the sale of the InterContinental Hotel Paris to an affiliate of GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd ("GIC"), the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, for a price (before transaction costs) of EUR315 million in cash (approximately lb214 million), EUR65 million (approximately lb44 million in excess of net book value). The transaction is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2005.
IHG will continue to own its flagship InterContinental in Paris, the 477 room InterContinental Le Grand, which has been recently refurbished. Andrew Cosslett, Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group, commented, "In line with our strategy, this sale further reduces the capital IHG has invested in real estate and with the presence of the flagship InterContinental Le Grand Paris the Group retains excellent distribution in this key city."
Since Separation in April 2003, including today's announcement, IHG will have sold or agreed to sell 139 hotels with proceeds of approximately lb2.2 billion. Five properties remain on the market.