安邦65億美元收購美國酒店資產
Chinese insurer Anbang has struck its biggest deal for prime US property, agreeing to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts for $6.5bn only three months after private equity group Blackstone took the luxury hotels collection private.
中國安邦保險(Anbang Insurance)已達成該公司最大一筆收購美國高端地產的協議，同意斥資65億美元收購Strategic Hotels & Resorts，僅3個月前，美國私人股本集團黑石(Blackstone)將這些豪華酒店收歸私有。
The acquisition is the latest sign of China’s unprecedented march on foreign assets at a time when the world’s second-largest economy grapples with turbulent economic conditions.
此次收購是在中國艱難應對動盪的經濟環境之際，世界第二大經濟體以空前規模向海外資產進軍的最新標誌。
It also suggests that Anbang, which along with investment conglomerate Fosun International and real estate group Dalian Wanda have spearheaded many of China’s most ambitious deals, is undeterred in its acquisition spree in spite of a political backlash over some dealmaking attempts.
此舉還表明安邦——與投資企業集團復星國際(Fosun International)及地產集團大連萬達(Dalian Wanda)一道帶頭敲定了中國許多最雄心勃勃的收購交易——並未在其收購熱潮中退卻，儘管該公司的某些交易嘗試遭遇了政治阻力。
Strategic Hotels & Resorts owns 16 luxury US hotels including San Diego’s waterfront Hotel del Coronado and New York’s JW Marriott Essex House Hotel, which sits on the southern board of Central Park. Blackstone, which is also the largest shareholder in hotel group Hilton, closed a deal to acquire the company for $6bn in December.
Strategic Hotels & Resorts在美國擁有16家豪華酒店，包括位於聖地亞哥海濱的科羅拉多大酒店(Hotel del Coronado)以及坐落於紐約中央公園南側的艾塞克斯豪斯JW萬豪酒店(JW Marriott Essex House Hotel)。去年12月，黑石——同時還是希爾頓(Hilton)酒店集團第一大股東——以60億美元完成了對Strategic Hotels & Resorts的收購。
The transaction may be announced as soon as Monday, according to a person close to the matter. Blackstone declined to comment and Anbang could not be reached for comment. In late 2014, Anbang bought New York’s Waldorf Astoria from Blackstone for nearly $2bn, or about $1.3m per room in the hotel.
知情人士表示，該交易最早可能在週一宣佈。黑石拒絕對此置評，記者聯繫不上安邦請其置評。2014年末，安邦斥資近20億美元（平均每間客房約130萬美元）從黑石手中收購了紐約華爾道夫酒店(Waldorf Astoria)。
Subsequently, Anbang continued its global buying spree, snapping up a majority stake in South Korea’s Tongyang Life for $1bn and a series of office buildings in Toronto and Vancouver for about $100m each.
收購華爾道夫酒店之後，安邦繼續大舉進行全球收購，以10億美元價格獲得韓國東洋人壽(Tongyang Life)多數股權，並在多倫多、溫哥華以每筆1億美元左右的價格拿下多棟寫字樓。
