Sale of industrial and office buildings in order to obtain funds to repay debt and further development has become fashionable trend of the past year.
Sony has yet decided on the appropriate step. Japanese corporation has agreed with the development company Chetrit Group for the sale of the building of its U.S. headquarters in New York. It is assumed that the amount of the transaction is $ 1.1 billion, but after the deduction of debts and commissions Sony will get only $ 770 million of which only $ 685 million will be recorded in the accounts as Sony profits from operations.
Sales also undergo Sony headquarters in Tokyo, for which the company expects to gain about $ 1.14 billion , corporation is also going to get rid of the business for producing batteries.