Hong Kong’s ESR to Acquire Warburg-Backed ARA Asset Management for USD5.2b

Source(s): AVCJ

Hong Kong-based logistics real estate platform ESR agreed to acquire ARA Asset Management, a Singapore-based real estate asset management company backed by Warburg Pincus, in a stock and cash deal worth USD5.2b. As part of the deal, Warburg Pincus will receive USD2.1b in ESR shares and USD273.8m in cash. Warburg seeded ESR in 2011 and exited the company in Q1 2021. Read more