Carlos Slim dumps 9900 Wilshire site

The Mexican billionaire's Bank Inbursa has sold the parcel to Hong Kong private equity firm Joint Treasure International for $148.3 million. The property, which was the site of the Bev Hills Robinsons-May, had been slated for a condo/hotel development from the Nicholas and Christian Candy. But that was right before the credit meltdown (they bought the site for $500 million in 2007). The plan is to build luxury residences. Looks like they have some players. From the press release:

Joint Treasure was acting on behalf of three of its consortium partners: Chow Tai Fook Group of Hong Kong, the holding company for publicly held New World Group, a well known company with investments ranging from transportation to hotels and department stores; Wee Cho Yaw Family Group of Singapore that invests in banks, commercial properties and hotels; and David Chiu of Far East Consortium International Limited, a commercial property and hotel developer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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