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Maxine is wife of Nick Leslau (English commercial property millionaire, owns Thorpe Park which he leases to Merlin Entertainment)
Sorry for my poor english translation.
Thorpe Park is a theme park located in Chertsey, Surrey (England, United Kingdom). It was built in 1979 on the site of a gravel mine that was partially flooded to make a park with aquatic areas. Thorpe Park was originally owned by Ready Mix Concrete, "it was bought by the Tussauds Group, a subsidiary of Merlin Entertainments. Amusement Park The park is divided into 8 areas: * Port Atlantis - Theming on the marine world. --- Fact Futée Thorpe Park So if you're tired of the kind of death machine that rips his race, Thorpe Park should suit you perfectly. If you do not like the big roller coaster and Flat Rides, if you prefer more tranquil park with beautiful decor and plenty of family attractions, instead, go to Chessington World of Adventures, you'll like it more. --- The circuit The attraction is located in the Amity Cove area themed a small American city devastated by 50 years a tidal wave. The "race" is held in the Amity Speedway racetrack in the city. After passing under the huge tire mark the entry (in the manner of his "big brother" Rita at Alton Towers), the visitor footprint queue snaking between the poles of attraction. The station is composed of only one dock open along with a control tower typical circuits across the Atlantic. Once boarding is complete, the train stops and then walks on the catapult hydraulic. He then launched and reaches 128 km / h in 1.9 seconds, which is the second most violent acceleration on a roller coaster in the world after Dodonpa. He then climbed the top hat of 63 m with a powerful airtime at the top, followed by a small camelback provquant a second airtime. Followed by powerful magnetic brakes and a U-turn to return the station. The circuit is identical to that of Kingda Ka but on a smaller scale (139 m against 63.5) and without vertical spiral. --- PointPark Properties (P3) asset manager and developer of distribution centers in Europe has announced the opening of a new office in London, extending its international expansion as part of which was opened earlier this year the office Frankfurt. Richard Fee, formerly responsible for managing assets Industrious portfolio, joined P3. Richard previously worked for Industrious, which was sold to MAX Property plc, a new company founded recently by Nick Leslau and Mike Brown. During a short period will also help Richard MAX by providing strategic advice. The new office in Great Britain to pay the services of the company within the pan-European portfolio of warehouses of 900,000 m2 (10 million square feet). The new office will expand to P3 Provided services to investors and reinforcing the basis of its customers in Europe, which includes companies such as Kuehne & Nagel, Puma, Fiege, Schenker, DHL and Whirlpool, and many others. Ian Worboys, CEO of P3 is expressed: "I am delighted that Richard has decided to join us and help us in opening our platform business in Great Britain. He has many years of experience in the logistics industry and through work in Dunedin Property and Henderson Global Investors. We will bring its expertise and we hope that the UK subsidiary will continue its development, industrial investment and lead to our customer base. P3 also has offices in Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, Luxembourg and the office opened in Great Britain is a natural step in our expansion across Europe. Acquisitions in Western Europe confirms our strong position in the European market, and show that even in the current economic environment, we and our parent company Arcapita, continue to meet the needs and requirements of our customers even more efficient manner. With the development of business we will continue to seek new lands and opportunities across Europe. " Richard Fee said: "The opportunity to establish a new area of ??activity for P3 in Britain is particularly exciting. PointPark Properties is a progressive organization that manages assets with adequate capitalization, and is growing across Europe at a time when most competitors remain in their position. For P3 and its parent company Arcapita create the operational platform in Britain in the current climate shows an excellent sense of timing. " ---- Blackstone sell Tussauds Group Merlin Entertainments Group, the operator of Legoland, Sea Life, Gardaland and even The Dungeons, subsidiary company of The Blackstone Group, announced it has sold, through a contract of sale-leaseback (definition) of 1.27 billion dollars a period of 35 years, the properties of the Tussauds Group to the contractor Nick Leslau and his investment company Prestbury. Merlin has announced that the result of the sale will cover the current investment program estimmé 400 milion and extinguishing the debt generated by the purchase of the Tussauds Group in March. Speculating a little, we can also imagine that the deal could pave the way for a possible takeover of the group Cedar Fair (see previous news). |
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