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Equest Balkan acquires stake in Super Borovets

Equest Balkan (EIB), the Bulgarian property investment company targeting retail and financial services, infrastructure and property development in South East Europe, today announced the purchase of a 33.5% indirect equity holding in Rila Samokov 2004 AD, which is the company that owns the land and development rights for a large property development project in the Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria.

EIB has signed contracts to acquire a 33.5% interest in Rila Samokov, which owns almost 2,000,000 m2 of land for development in Borovets. EIB is paying 25.9 million euros for the property investment, made up of a payment for the equity shares and also a capital injection into Rila Samokov.

EIB owns 50% of Borovets Invest NV, which in turn owns 67% of Rila Samokov. EIB’s partner in Borovets Invest NV is an international institution. The other shareholders in Rila Samokov are the Municipality of Samokov (with 25% shareholding) and one of Bulgaria’s top construction companies Glavbolgarstroy (with 8% shareholding). Read more…

The Sultan of Oman buys into Super Borovets

The state fund of Oman has acquired a 33.5% stake in the Super Borovets property project. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman will participate in the development of a luxurious winter resort called Super Borovets in the Bulgarian Rila mountains. The State Fund of Oman has bought a 33.5-percent-stake in the project from the Rila Borovets 2004 venture. The British investment fund Equest acquired 33.5-percent stake in the Super Borovets project. Read more…

Investment of 70m leva in Borovets ski resort

Borosport AD, the operating company for Borovets ski resort has announced that it will invest 70 million BGN over the next 3 years in developing new ski pistes, ski lifts and installing new snow cannons. The investment is large enough to allow the company to received a First Class Investor certificate. The certificate will help to speed up the issuing of permit and funding to progress the work at the ski resort. The total length of the Borovets ski pistes will be increased to 120 km over the 3 years. Borosport will utilize the higher skiing locations at an altitude between 1,600m and 2,500m where there is no snow shortage. Some of the older lifts will also be replaced with newer models which are more comfortable for skiers. The new ski lifts will be located in the Markudjik ski zone. As part of the investment Boropsort hope to increase the popularity of the resort as a year round location. Borovets property is the location for a selection of property investment projects over the next few years. The largest project of all is the Super Borovets project that will add a number of new ski apartments and ski chalets to the resorts accommodation and also increase the length of the pistes. The list of investors in the Borovets area include investment fund Equest Balkan, local businessman Hristo Kovachki and Bulgarian company Chimimport.

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