Lehman’s Bankruptcy Estate Preparing Bid for Archstone Stake: Report
The bankruptcy estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is preparing to make a $1.33 billion bid for part of apartment owner Archstone that it does not already hold, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal reported the bid Lehman was putting together was for a cash deal.
The move was designed to keep real-estate mogul Sam Zell from buying a piece of the company, which owns stakes in 77,084 apartments in major cities across the United States and Europe.
Lehman, already the owner of 47 percent of Archstone, is looking to purchase another 26.5 percent in the deal.
Zell’s Equity Residential concurred this month to purchase 26.5 percent, or one-half the interest Barclays Plc and the Bank of America Corp. hold in Archstone, for $1.325 billion.
But Lehman dismissed the Equity Residential deal as too low, ill-timed, and in violation of its agreements with its co-owners.
(Reporting by Mark Weinraub; editing by Anthony Boadle)
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