Founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortega, continues its activities with Pontegadea, its investment arm. investment property in London, It is in negotiations to buy the BBC’s former headquarters for around £80m (almost €90m), according to the ‘CoStar News’ broadcast.
Special, founder inditex Abrdán may own the property in question located at 33 Foley Street.
From Pontegadea they refused to make There are no comments about the operation.
Ortega’s latest acquisition It took place at the end of 2022 with the purchase of a luxury residential skyscraper in Seattle, in the United States, for $ 324 million. (approximately 305 million euros).
Specifically, the building purchased by the founder of Inditex, Close to Amazon headquarters was the Kiara tower, with 461 rental apartments.
Strengthening real estate operations
ortega thereby strengthening its operations in Seattlewhere it has already invested approximately $1,500 million (1,412 million euros).
last October, The founder of Inditex also closed the purchase of luxury apartment skyscrapers in New York for close to 500 million dollars (505 million euros).
In 2022, it also bought an office building in Glasgow (Scotland) for £200m (approximately 237m euros). The iconic skyscraper Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto (Canada) costs close to 1,150 million Canadian dollars (over 874 million euros).
to these assets Added more logisticians in the USA: A platform in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, occupied by FedEx for $35 million (about €34 million) and a $148 million (about €147 million) distribution center in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).
The founder of Inditex invests some of his dividends from the textile company in the real estate sector through the investment company Pontegadea Inmobiliaria.
Ortega owns Spain’s largest real estate agency, which focuses on the acquisition and management of large buildings. a portfolio of non-residential office buildings predominantly located in the heart of major cities in Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Asia.