Chinese insurer to buy NY Baccarat Hotel at record $2-mn per room
10 Feb 2015 11:14 PM GMT
A Chinese insurer is to buy New York's luxurious Baccarat Hotel for $230 million, setting a record for the most expensive hotel deal on a per-room basis at over $2 million. Beijing-based Sunshine Insurance Group will pay real- estate mogul Barry Sternlicht's firm more than $ 2 million a room for the 114-room mid-town Manhattan property, state-run China Radio International reported.
The valuation is more than the Plaza Hotel, which was sold to India's Sahara Group in 2012 for just over USD two million a room, it said. It is expected that Chinese companies will spend more than USD five billion on hotel investments abroad this year.
Chinese companies spent USD 920 million last year, it said. The opulent hotel will open its doors next
month. Sunshine Insurance Group was founded in 2005 and has since expanded to include departments on asset management and life insurance. The firm agreed to acquire a Sheraton hotel in Sydney, Australia, for USD 380 million in November.
The valuation is more than the Plaza Hotel, which was sold to India's Sahara Group in 2012 for just over USD two million a room, it said. It is expected that Chinese companies will spend more than USD five billion on hotel investments abroad this year.
Chinese companies spent USD 920 million last year, it said. The opulent hotel will open its doors next
month. Sunshine Insurance Group was founded in 2005 and has since expanded to include departments on asset management and life insurance. The firm agreed to acquire a Sheraton hotel in Sydney, Australia, for USD 380 million in November.
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