Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Morgan Stanley May Buy Daewoo Building in Seoul for $1 Billion, People Say

(Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, investing a record $8
billion fund in real estate outside the U.S., is in talks to buy
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co.'s Seoul headquarters for
about $1 billion, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Morgan Stanley won exclusive rights to negotiate the
purchase from Kumho-Asiana Group after the New York-based firm
outbid Kookmin Bank, Koramco Reits Management & Trust Co. and
Macquarie Bank Ltd., said the people, who asked to remain
anonymous because the talks are ongoing.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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