Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano is selling off a lot of its property assets. Last Wednesday, a draft agreement for the sale of its Barcelona office in Paseo de Gracia was drawn up. The Andorran Reig family is reported to have paid 73m for the building. Other bidders included Inditex shareholder Amancio Ortega and Enric Vives, owner of Boulevard Rosa in Barcelona.
Expansion, 28 March 2003, p19