安邦保險擬65億美元收購黑石豪華酒店資產
HONG KONG — The Chinese owner of the Waldorf Astoria is placing a bigger bet on high-end lodging in the United States.
香港——華爾道夫(Waldorf Astoria)的中國老闆正在增加對美國高端住宿服務的押注幅度。
The Blackstone Group has agreed to sell Strategic Hotels and Resorts in a deal valued at $6.5 billion just months after buying it, according to a person with knowledge of the deal who was not authorized to comment. The buyer is Anbang Insurance Group, which bought the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York for $1.95 billion in 2014.
據一名無權發表評論的消息人士透露，黑石集團(Blackstone Group)同意以65億美元的價格出售幾個月前剛買下的戰略酒店及度假村(Strategic Hotels and Resorts)，買家是安邦保險集團。後者曾於2014年出資19.5億美元，買下紐約的華爾道夫酒店。
With the deal, the Chinese insurance company would clinch a real estate investment trust that owns and invests in high-end properties. They include Four Seasons hotels and resorts in the Silicon Valley area, Washington and Jackson Hole, Wyo. Strategic Hotels also owns the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel near Central Park in Manhattan.
通過這筆交易，中國這家保險公司將能獲得一家房地產投資信託機構。該機構擁有並投資高端房地產，包括硅谷地區、華盛頓和懷俄明州傑克遜霍爾的四季(Four Seasons)酒店和度假村。曼哈頓中央公園附近的JW萬豪埃塞克斯之家酒店(JW Marriott Essex House Hotel)也是戰略酒店及度假村旗下資產。
Details about the deal were not available.
交易細節尚不得而知。
The deal is a quick turnaround for Blackstone. Just six months ago, the New York private equity firm struck a deal to buy Strategic Hotels valued at about $6 billion, including the assumption of debt.
對黑石來說，這是一次迅速的換手。就在六個月前，這家位於紐約的私募股權公司才達成購買戰略酒店的協議，包括承擔其債務。那筆交易對戰略酒店估價約爲60億美元。
With growth slowing at home and the renminbi weakening, Chinese companies have been looking overseas. When it bought the Waldorf two years ago, Anbang said it was eyeing stable investment returns from property in North America. Anbang has been active with its money in other industries in the United States, snapping up Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company late last year.
在國內增長放緩，人民幣走弱的情況下，中國公司把目光投向了國外。兩年前買下華爾道夫時，安邦稱期待北美的房地產給其帶來穩定的投資回報。安邦也一直在積極投資美國其他行業。它曾於去年底迅速收購美國信保人壽保險公司(Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company)。
The insurance company has grown quickly in recent years and has assets worth 1.65 trillion renminbi and has about 30,000 employees. It has also expanded its services in banking and asset management.
近年來，這家保險公司增長迅速，現擁有價值1.65萬億元人民幣的資產，員工約3萬人。該公司還擴展了在銀行和資產管理領域的服務。
Anbang’s deal with Blackstone was reported earlier by Bloomberg.
早前，彭博(Bloomberg)也報道了安邦與黑石集團的這筆交易。
