Malaysian EPF drops bid to buy LDO

The Malaysian Employees Provident Fund’s intention was to buy the entire London Designer Outlet development but Quintain only put up a 50% stake.
  • For a 50% stake bidders will initially pay for half of Quintain’s development costs to date, thought to represent a payment of around £50m, and then a year after completion they will be required to pay half of the scheme’s valuation.
  • The sovereign wealth fund was understood to be keen to buy the entire retail development, whereas Quintain was marketing just a 50% stake.
  • Other bidders understood to have been looking to invest in the 350,000 sq ft London Designer Outlet include Resolution Property and Rockspring.

David Goodwin has been blogging since 2010 and is the author of Blog on the Block where he covers civic & social topics. Goodwin hosts the podcast, Pod on the Block. He is the founder and company director of user experience consultancy Uxfam Ltd.

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