Kennedy-Wilson Japan Acquires Class 'A' Property in Central Tokyo With Japan-Based Capital Partner

Press Release: Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.
August 7, 2001
TOKYO -- Kennedy-Wilson Japan, a subsidiary of Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. (Nasdaq: KWIC), an international real estate services and fund management firm, reported yesterday that they have successfully closed on an 86,000 sq. ft. (8,002 sq m) Class ``A'' property located in a prestigious section of central Tokyo's, Chiyoda ward. The transaction represents the first acquisition of new fund formed with a Japan based capital partner. The firm expects this new Yen based fund to compliment the current acquisition funds.

Kennedy-Wilson Japan's asset management division, which currently manages approximately 62 billion yen ($500 million) of Properties, will provide asset management services. Total consideration for the transaction was approximately $50 million USD.

Founded in 1977, Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. is an international real estate services and fund management firm headquartered in Beverly Hills with 20 offices throughout the United States and Japan. The company offers a comprehensive array of real estate services including brokerage, asset management, property management, development, investment sales and acquisition. The firm sources and places debt and equity for the acquisition of real estate through its investment and fund management divisions. Kennedy-Wilson is a strategic investor and manager of value-added and core portfolio investments, both in partnership with institutional investors and in wholly owned projects in the United States and Japan. Kennedy-Wilson provides real estate services to Japanese and international investors from its regional headquarters office in Tokyo.

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SOURCE: Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.