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Amancio Ortega closes the purchase of a luxury apartment skyscraper in New York for about 500 million

MADRID, 4 Oct.

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Amancio Ortega closes the purchase of a luxury apartment skyscraper in New York for about 500 million

MADRID, 4 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortega, through his investment arm Pontegadea, continues with his real estate investments and has closed the purchase of a luxury apartment skyscraper in New York for nearly 500 million dollars (505 million euros), as reported to Europa Press by sources in Pontegadea.

Specifically, the building acquired by Ortega, at number 19 Dutch Street, is a 64-story luxury tower in the financial district of New York City, owned by Carmel Partners.

So far this year, the founder of Inditex has bought an office building in Glasgow (Scotland) for 200 million pounds (about 237 million euros), as well as the iconic Royal Bank Plaza skyscraper in Toronto (Canada) for about of 1,150 million Canadian dollars (more than 874 million euros).

Added to these assets are other logistics assets in the United States: a platform occupied by the FedEx company in Menomonee Falls in Wisconsin for an amount of 35 million dollars (about 34 million euros) and a distribution center in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), for an amount of 148 million dollars (about 147 million euros).

After these acquisitions, Ortega is considering buying the future headquarters of Meta, the conglomerate that groups Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, in Dublin, for 550 million euros.

In the case of materializing the operation, whose negotiations are advanced, Ortega would become the owner of the Fibonacci Square office project, with an area of ​​100,000 square meters, six buildings and capacity to accommodate 8,000 people.

The founder of Inditex invests part of the dividends he receives from the textile company in the real estate sector through his investment firm Pontegadea Inmobiliaria.

Ortega owns the largest Spanish real estate company, focused on the purchase and management of large buildings, with a portfolio of real estate assets made up mainly of non-residential office buildings located in the center of large cities in Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Asia. .