Sponda Plc Stock Exchange Release 20 November 2007 14:00 Sponda sells residential building rights in Helsinki for roughly EUR 13 million Real estate investment company Sponda Plc has sold to VVO group and Tapiola Mutual Life Assurance Company a plot of land designated for housing production in the Itäkeskus district of Helsinki for approximately EUR 13 million. The site has building rights of about 25,000 square metres and is located in Vanhanlinnantie road in the same block in which Sponda is building the new Prisma shopping centre for HOK-Elanto. Sponda is recording a profit on the sale of EUR 8.5 million. In this transaction Sponda is selling land that is designated for residential accommodation and not in line with its strategy. In accordance with the company's strategy, Sponda is focusing on owning office, retail and logistics property. Sponda Plc Further information: Kari Inkinen, President and CEO, tel. +358 20 431 3311 Tapio Järvi, property development manager, tel. +358 20 431 3350 Sponda Plc is a real estate company specializing in commercial properties in the largest cities in Finland and in Russia. Sponda's business concept is to own, lease and develop office, retail and logistics properties into environments that promote the business success of its clients. The fair value of Sponda's investment properties is approximately EUR 2.4 billion euros and the leasable area is around 1.3 million m². Sponda is the largest real estate investment company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
Sponda sells residential building rights in Helsinki for roughly EUR 13 million
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