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Renta Corporación Fattens Up its Socimi with Flats Acquired through Suquía’s Bankruptcy

24 February 2018 – Voz Pópuli

The Socimi Vivenio, created by Renta Corporación and the Dutch pension fund APG, has reached an agreement with the Suquía group to acquire homes in Vallecas (Madrid) for a price of more than €13 million.

The real estate company Suquía, which is headquartered in San Sebastián and which was declared bankrupt two years ago, has recently reached a payment agreement with its creditors, the majority of which are financial institutions, to avoid the bankruptcy situation in which it is immersed.

During the negotiations to reach the agreement with its creditors, the company has made several deals to sell assets, including one with the Socimi Vivenio, which has agreed to purchase more than 100 homes located in a building on Calle Arte Pop, in the Vallecas neighbourhood of Madrid, for €13.54 million.

The agreement between Renta Corporación’s Socimi and Suquía values most of the homes at a price of less than €200,000, with the exception of the penthouses, which are reportedly worth more than €300,000. The sale agreement is pending authorisation by the judge of Mercantile Court number 1 in San Sebastián, which is in charge of Suquía’s bankruptcy proceedings, after having already requested it during the insolvency administration.

The creditors of the real estate company include Sareb, which has agreed that its mortgages on the homes that Vivenio is going to purchase may be cancelled simultaneously, as part of the bankruptcy process

Promociones Suquía was constituted in 1986, with a registered office for corporate and tax purposes in San Sebastián. It was declared bankrupt in December 2015. In 2016, according to the accounts filed by the company with the Mercantile Registry, to which this newspaper has had access through Insight View, it recorded losses of €1.8 million. The company ended that year with non-current bank debt amounting to €39.2 million and current bank debt of €8 million. Sources close to the real estate company indicate that following this agreement and the authorisation from the court, the company will continue with its property development activity in Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Madrid.

Renta Corporación, which has joined forces with the Dutch fund APG, plans to debut Vivenio on the stock market next year. The Socimi has set itself the objective of acquiring assets worth €1.5 billion in total, primarily properties in Madrid and Barcelona, with a minimum investment of €10 million.

Original story: Voz Pópuli (by Alberto Ortín)

Translation: Carmel Drake