Lone Star to Pay $1.1B for UK Developer
ByQuintain’s Wembley Park development includes the Alto multifamiuly complex now underway.
LONDON—Quintain Estates & Development said Wednesday it would accept a GBP700-million offer fromLone Star Funds to take the developer private. The all-cash deal for 131 pence per share, equivalent to approximately US$1.1 billion, represents a 22% premium over Quintain’s share price at the close ofTRADING ONTuesday. Dallas-based Lone Star is acquiring Quintain through its fourth real estate fund, which closed at $5.8 billion this past April.
In a regulatory filing with the London Stock Exchange, Quintain notes that it operates through three synergistic businesses: residential sales, residential investment and commercial investment. Two of those businesses are centered on Quintain’s redevelopment of London’s Wembley Park, which includes plans to build an additional 5,000 homes there…