Mivtach Real Estate Will Invest $13 Million in Chennai

Israeli firm Mivtach Real Estate, a subsidiary ofshares in the project.
investment company Mivtach Shamir, will investMr. Meir Shamir, Chairman and CEO of Mivtach
about $13 million out of the total $30 million inShamir, said the company "continued to tighten its
Chennai real estate to construct offices, hotelshold of investments in Indian infrastructure and
and commercial centers.real estate".
Mivtach Shamir Holdings Ltd. is an Israel-basedMivtach Shamir did not disclose how much the
investment company. Mivtach Shamir invests inproject would cost to build or what the expected
industry, technology, communications and realsales proceeds are.
estate companies, including Tnuva, Tefron, SolbarThis is not Mivtach Shamir's first investment in
and Gilat. Several weeks ago, the companyIndia. Two months ago the company announced
completed a private offering of a series ofthat it would invest $15 million in the Tower Vision
non-negotiable bonds at NIS 263.8 million (aboutCompany, which builds and operates cellular
$64.43 million) to institutional investors.antennas in India.
The firm has purchased 275 acres of plot in theIt also announced that it would invest up to $25
city and plans to build 24 million sq ft of officemillion in the INMB Company, which plans and
space, hotels and commercial centers on the sitebuilds hotels in the business sector across India.
with Indian partners and will own 32 per cent