2014年11月11日
they borrowed to fund the purchase.
The Norman Foster-designed building was completed in 2004 for Swiss Re.
The insurer sold the building in 2006 at the height of the last property boom for £600m.
However, the buyers - a fund managed by Germany's IVG Immobilien and UK private equity group Evans Randall - had been in default for the past five years on the £395m they borrowed to fund the purchase.
Savills and Deloitte Real Estate were appointed earlier this year to sell the Gherkin and fielded interest from some 200 partiesreenex 價錢
.
The Safra Group said: "The acquisition of 30 St Mary Axe is consistent with our real estate strategy of investing in properties that are truly special - at the best locations within great cities.
"While only 10 years old, this building is already a London icon that is distinguished from others in the market, with excellent value growth potential. We intend to make the building even better and more desirable through active ownership that will lead to a range of enhancements that will benefit tenants."
Swiss Re remains one of the largest tenants, occupying half of the 50,000 sq m of office space, along with law firm Kirkland & Ellis.
The structure cost £138m and occupies the site of the former Baltic Exchange that was bombed by the IRA in 1992, killing three people.
Award winner
Its design maximises daylight and natural ventilation and it uses about 50% less energy than a typical office building of the same sizereenex cps
.
Each floor rotates five degrees from the last and the only curved piece of glass on the entire building is at the very top.
The Gherkin won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize in 2004 for its "elegant and impressive" design.
The Safra Group runs banking interests in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia that manage assets worth more than $200bn. 保濕精華
The insurer sold the building in 2006 at the height of the last property boom for £600m.
However, the buyers - a fund managed by Germany's IVG Immobilien and UK private equity group Evans Randall - had been in default for the past five years on the £395m they borrowed to fund the purchase.
Savills and Deloitte Real Estate were appointed earlier this year to sell the Gherkin and fielded interest from some 200 partiesreenex 價錢
.
The Safra Group said: "The acquisition of 30 St Mary Axe is consistent with our real estate strategy of investing in properties that are truly special - at the best locations within great cities.
"While only 10 years old, this building is already a London icon that is distinguished from others in the market, with excellent value growth potential. We intend to make the building even better and more desirable through active ownership that will lead to a range of enhancements that will benefit tenants."
Swiss Re remains one of the largest tenants, occupying half of the 50,000 sq m of office space, along with law firm Kirkland & Ellis.
The structure cost £138m and occupies the site of the former Baltic Exchange that was bombed by the IRA in 1992, killing three people.
Award winner
Its design maximises daylight and natural ventilation and it uses about 50% less energy than a typical office building of the same sizereenex cps
.
Each floor rotates five degrees from the last and the only curved piece of glass on the entire building is at the very top.
The Gherkin won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize in 2004 for its "elegant and impressive" design.
The Safra Group runs banking interests in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia that manage assets worth more than $200bn. 保濕精華
2014年08月18日
China's housing boom is becoming a disaster.
It laid out plans for a huge new town for hundreds of thousands of residents, with Genghis Khan Plaza at the centre of it.
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Genghis Khan plaza
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Ten years later Ordos new town is an empty new city.
And it is merely the most spectacular example of a new Chinese phenomenon, in many cities - unsold flats, unlet shops, empty office blocks.
It looks to outsiders as though the great Chinese building boom is over, the real estate extravaganza that shook the world.
Western financial experts who fear a bursting of the Chinese real estate bubble point out that the Chinese economy is more dependent on house building than the United States economy was, before the sub-prime lending bubble burst in 2007.
Many Chinese local authorities seem to have become dependent on the proceeds of big land sales to developers.
In the eyes of the critics, China's housing boom is becoming a disaster.護髮產品
紅葡萄酒
Well, the authorities in Beijing have taken notice of the direst warnings. They have been taking official action to rein in the speculative buying of multiple apartments over the past two years.卸妝產品
Chinese economic commentators seem much less concerned than the Western doom-mongers. They are still confident that the technocrats in Beijing who have guided China's 30 years of spectacular economic growth will soon be able to balance supply and demand in the housing market.
Ordos Many ordinary people who invested in property, have lost money
The same relaxed attitude was apparent in a couple I met in a spacious apartment in Ordos, in the middle of a building site.
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From Our Own Correspondent
Genghis Khan plaza
Broadcast on Saturdays at 11:30 GMT on BBC Radio 4, and weekdays on BBC World Service
紅葡萄酒
Listen to the BBC Radio 4 version
Download the podcast
Listen to the BBC World Service version
Explore the archive
Ten years later Ordos new town is an empty new city.
And it is merely the most spectacular example of a new Chinese phenomenon, in many cities - unsold flats, unlet shops, empty office blocks.
It looks to outsiders as though the great Chinese building boom is over, the real estate extravaganza that shook the world.
Western financial experts who fear a bursting of the Chinese real estate bubble point out that the Chinese economy is more dependent on house building than the United States economy was, before the sub-prime lending bubble burst in 2007.
Many Chinese local authorities seem to have become dependent on the proceeds of big land sales to developers.
In the eyes of the critics, China's housing boom is becoming a disaster.護髮產品
紅葡萄酒
Well, the authorities in Beijing have taken notice of the direst warnings. They have been taking official action to rein in the speculative buying of multiple apartments over the past two years.卸妝產品
Chinese economic commentators seem much less concerned than the Western doom-mongers. They are still confident that the technocrats in Beijing who have guided China's 30 years of spectacular economic growth will soon be able to balance supply and demand in the housing market.
Ordos Many ordinary people who invested in property, have lost money
The same relaxed attitude was apparent in a couple I met in a spacious apartment in Ordos, in the middle of a building site.
2014年06月07日
ECB announcement saw it
The ECB announcement saw it cut the deposit rate for banks to zero from -0.1% and reduce the benchmark interest rate to 0.15% from 0.25%.Triple accredited MBA
In addition to the interest rate cuts, the ECB will offer a package of cheap long-term loans to banks which are worth up to 400bn euros endocare ampoules.
ECB President Mario Draghi also signalled there may be more easing measures to come.
"Are we finished? The answer is no," he said in response to a question about the potential for more stimulus.
CMC Markets analyst Max Ho called the ECB's moves "well-telegraphed".
"We witnessed history in the making," he said. "While this move to cut deposit rates to a negative is considered to be bold and unprecedented, some observers are not convinced that it will have a significant impact on existing bank lending."external sound card
In addition to the interest rate cuts, the ECB will offer a package of cheap long-term loans to banks which are worth up to 400bn euros endocare ampoules.
ECB President Mario Draghi also signalled there may be more easing measures to come.
"Are we finished? The answer is no," he said in response to a question about the potential for more stimulus.
CMC Markets analyst Max Ho called the ECB's moves "well-telegraphed".
"We witnessed history in the making," he said. "While this move to cut deposit rates to a negative is considered to be bold and unprecedented, some observers are not convinced that it will have a significant impact on existing bank lending."external sound card