Dubai’s Nakheel sells its stake in Australia’s Mirvac
Dubai’s Nakheel sells its stake in Australia’s Mirvac

It was put forward by the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday that last of Dubai state-owned property developer Nakheel's stake in Australian developer Mirvac Group has been sold for A$200 million dollars ($167.6 million).

A regulatory filing by the exchange specified that Nakheel's 172 million shares in Mirvac were bought by Deutsche Securities Australia, at A$1.16 a share.

Last year, it was revealed by Nakheel (which has an enormous debt repayment at year-end) that it has mulled to raise its 12.5 percent stake in Mirvac to almost 20 percent.

It should be noted that a sum of $3.5 billion worth of Islamic bonds is held by the subsidiary of state-owned conglomerate Dubai World, which will mature on 14th December. No information was given regarding the government's plans for them.

Back in the month of June, a sum of A$1.1 billion was raised by Mirvac Group in equity; and it declared major asset writedowns, along with scrapping its earnings guidance as the real estate sector was hit by major refinancing problems.