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Who can claim Gulliver?
As was reported earlier, Gulliver has been put up for sale with a starting price of $207 million. It’s hard to assess its real value under wartime conditions, but experts believe it can generate at least $1,5 million in monthly income. The owners of Gulliver are state banks: Oschadbank (80%) and Ukreximbank (20%), whose “effective management” and conflict with the former owner Polishchuk may have led to the huge mall closing its doors to visitors in November–December, causing entrepreneurs to suffer colossal losses.
There are many who want to buy this asset, but the list of real contenders willing to pay any substantial money is fairly limited. A year ago names mentioned included Hennadiy Butkevych, Andriy Zhurzhiy, and even Oleksandr Yaroslavsky.
Another potential lucky buyer was said to be Maksym Kryppa, who bought a number of attractive properties in the central part of the capital. For example, Kryppa acquired the Parus business center from Vadym Stolar, who, together with Vasyl Astion, is currently featured in an NABU investigation. The speculation about Kryppa’s interest in buying Gulliver arose a year ago, when lawyer Serhiy Boyarchukov suddenly appeared in the story around the troubled mall — the lawyer gave a sharp interview to the publication Hlavkom, which Kryppa himself had purchased a year earlier. Boyarchukov’s increased involvement with Gulliver coincided with the start of his cooperation with political consultant Yaroslav Zharenov.
At the moment Kryppa has publicly denied interest in buying Gulliver; other potential market participants are waiting for the start of the auctions. They may be hoping for a price drop on the asset due to the lack of real buyers at the initial auctions. And a lower price could widen the circle of real contenders. The outcome will come very soon.
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