Macquarie CountryWide Sells Assets in Australia and the USA
Macquarie CountryWide Trust (ASX:MCW) today announced it has signed unconditional contracts for two disposals in Australia totalling A$14.7 million. A further settlement has also occurred on the US portfolio sale to an affiliate of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc (Inland), with the completion of the sale of eight assets for US$144.1 million (A$198.9 million), bringing the total value of this transaction to US$264.1 million (A$380.8 million).
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