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MONTREAL – The real estate subsidiary of the Quebec pension fund (Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec) has sold 18 hotels in Europe to an investment fund affiliated with Apollo Global Management.
Terms of the deal between real estate company Ivanhoe Cambridge and Apollo European Principal Finance Fund II were not disclosed.
The hotels include 11 in Germany, two in Spain, two in the Netherlands and one each in Austria, Belgium and France. They operate under the Crowne Plaza banners, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express IHG .
“This transaction is in line with our strategy of rationalizing our overall hotel exposure and reinvesting our capital in our core asset classes and in key markets globally,” said Ivanhoe Cambridge vice-president Sylvain Fortier.
“This sale brings to a conclusion a long-term investment for Ivanhoe Cambridge, and we are very pleased with the transaction process.”
Ivanhoe Cambridge has $40 billion in assets primarily in Canada, the United States , Europe , Brazil and Asia…

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The group, which was bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis, has made steady progress in recent months, with the government stake in the institution now at 25 per cent.
Underlying profit for the quarter ending in March rose 22 per cent to 1.8 billion pounds ($3 billion) from 1.479 billion pounds in the same period the year before.
The bank said Thursday it is on track to float off its TSB business by the summer and expects to apply for permission to start paying dividends again in the second half of the year.
Britain injected billions of pounds into its banks to shore up the system during the crisis.
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