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Al Habtoor buys Vienna’s Imperial hotel

Vienna / Bloomberg Vienna’s Hotel Imperial, used by stars including Madonna and Mick Jagger as well as politicians and diplomats, was bought by Dubai’s Al Habtoor Group LLC for US$78.8 million. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. sold the 138-room property, which will continue to operate under its Luxury Collection brand, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company said in a statement on ...

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The intriguing math that turns Manhattan Properties into shekels

Bloomberg What do Israeli investors know about retirement homes in Indiana? Enough to lend them 265 millionshekels. Strawberry Fields, a real estate investment trust whose facilities cater to Alzheimer’s sufferers in the Midwest, is the latest of at least 14 U.S. property companies that have borrowed a combined 8.1 billion shekels ($2.07 billion) in the Israeli market since 2008, securing ...

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Japan’s Mitsubishi, ATR win US$1.1 billion orders

Tokyo / Bloomberg Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., the maker of Japan’s first passenger jet, and propeller-plane maker ATR announced orders from lessors at the Singapore Airshow amid concern that a two-year, multi-billion-dollar order spree could soon start losing steam. Mitsubishi Aircraft signed a letter of intent with US lessor Aerolease Aviation LLC for 10 planes on a firm basis, with an ...

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