Subrata Roy Sahara, chairman of the Sahara Group, is putting up for sale the Plaza Hotel and Dreams Downtown Hotel in New York, as well as London’s Grosvenor House, to make the US $1.66 billion bail to get him out of jail.
According to The Economic Times, at least one of the properties, the Marriott-operated Grosvenor House, could be the subject of a three-way bidding war. It reports that Indian billionaire father-son duo Cyrus and Adar Poonawalla has already made a firm offer, while sources directly involved in the negotiation have identified an investor group linked to the Qatari royal family and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei as rival bidders.
According to global hotel consultancy HVS London, total hotel transactions across Europe reached a value of €7.7 billion (US $10.6 billion) in 2013, with Middle Eastern buyers accounting for 30% of the activity.
Qatar-based Katara Hospitality recently acquired five IHG properties in key European markets, including the Intercontinental Carlton Cannes and the Intercontinental Amstel Amsterdam.
Plaza Hotel New York (managed by Fairmont)
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