JERUSALEM: Africa Israel Investments, an Israeli company controlled by the diamond billionaire Lev Leviev, agreed to buy, with its partners, a parcel of land in Las Vegas near the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for $625 million.
Africa Israel will have a 49 percent share in the "mega-project," while its partners, which include the New York real estate investor Steven Witkoff, the Cipriani family and the Credit Suisse Group, will share the remainder, the company said Sunday.
The group plans to build a number of hotels on the land, including one that will carry the Cipriani name, as well as a casino and commercial areas, said the company, which is based in Yehud, Israel.
The project will take about five years to complete, Africa Israel said.
Israeli property companies have been buying real estate abroad, seeking new sources of revenue. Last month, the Israeli tycoons Nochi Dankner and Yitzhak Tshuva agreed to develop a Las Vegas hotel and casino complex for between $6 billion and $8 billion.
Africa Israel has snapped up several high profile U.S. properties this year. It bought the New York Times building in Manhattan for $525 million in April, and became a 50 percent partner in the purchase of the Apthorp Apartments, an early-20th century New York City landmark, in March.
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