Two investment groups announced plans this week to shell out a combined total of more than $460 million in separate acquisitions that will significantly strengthen Puerto Rico's status as a high-end luxury resort destination, government officials hope.
Paulson & Co. Inc., a New York-based investment firm, announced Monday it has acquired a majority interest in the Condado Vanderbilt and La Concha Renaissance Hotel and Tower, and the accompanying Condado Vanderbilt condominium towers in San Juan, for $260 million, including costs to complete construction of the Vanderbilt.
News that hedge-fund magnate John Paulson is in talks to buy the Condado duo took the International Hospitality Enterprises, the hotels' developer and operator, completely by surprise but "It's an offer to (IHE's) best advantage," said a source.
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