GIC buys office tower in Brazil
Quality asset in prime location suits fund as a long-term investor, says regional head
Singapore
SINGAPORE's sovereign wealth fund GIC is buying an office building in Brazil in its first wholly-owned investment in Latin America.
The building - Eco Sapucai, in downtown Rio de Janeiro - is being developed by private equity real estate fund manager Hemisfério Sul Investimentos (HSI). Construction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.
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