萬達集團表示擬退出房地產開發活動

Dalian Wanda, China’s largest commercial property group, said it plans to pivot away from its core property development activities, as part of a $5.4bn deal with some of the country’s biggest tech groups designed to ease pressure on its cash flow.

中國最大的商業地產集團萬達集團(Dalian Wanda)表示，它打算退出核心的房地產開發活動，這是它與中國幾家大型科技集團達成的54億美元交易的一部分。萬達此舉旨在緩解其現金流方面的壓力。

A consortium led by Tencent and ecommerce company together with property developer Sunac and retail company Suning has taken a 14 per cent equity stake in Wanda’s main subsidiary, Dalian Wanda Commercial Property for Rmb34bn ($5.37bn). Wanda hailed the transaction as a strategic shift which would see the property unit shift from a development role to a management company.

由騰訊(Tencent)和電商企業京東()牽頭、攜手房地產開發商融創(Sunac)和零售商蘇寧(Suning)組成的一個財團，斥資340億元人民幣（合53.7億美元）收購了萬達主要子公司大連萬達商業地產(Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties) 14%的股權。萬達稱讚這筆交易是一次戰略轉型，將把這個地產業務子公司從開發商轉型爲管理公司。

To emphasise the change Wanda announced it would change the name of the subsidiary that owns the majority of its land reserves and real estate to Dalian Wanda Commercial Management.

爲了強調這一變化，萬達宣佈將把這家擁有其大部分土地儲備和房地產的子公司更名爲萬達商管集團(Dalian Wanda Commercial Management)。

Its rationale for the transaction, however, appeared to be as much about financial restructuring. The company confirmed the 14 per cent stake involved in the deal was held by private investors who backed Wanda’s $4.4bn delisting of its main property arm from the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2016.

然而，該筆交易的邏輯似乎也在於財務重組。該公司證實，這筆交易涉及的14%股權本來由私人投資者持有。當大連萬達商業地產2016年從香港交易所(HKEx)退市時，這些私人投資者支持了萬達的44億美元退市交易。

As part of that deal, Wanda had agreed to start paying those investors up to 12 per cent annual interest on their investment, if the property business, which is the biggest owner of shopping malls in China, had not relisted on the mainland by September 2018.

作爲退市交易的一部分，萬達同意，作爲中國最大購物中心所有者的大連萬達商業地產，如果到2018年9月還不能在中國內地上市，萬達集團將開始按投資額向這些投資者支付高達12%的年利息。