{"id":777009644,"date":"2023-09-27T07:04:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T10:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009644"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:42:14","slug":"let-group-amends-hokkaido-land-sale-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/let-group-amends-hokkaido-land-sale-deal","title":{"rendered":"LET Group amends Hokkaido land sale deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LET Group has extended the closing date to October 31, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.-<strong>\u00a0LET Group Holdings<\/strong>, the controlling shareholder of\u00a0<strong>Suntrust Resort Holdings<\/strong>, has announced that it has extended the closing date for its Hokkaido land deal.\u00a0The company had agreed to sell a 220,194-square-metre plot in Aza-Yamada Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido for US$27m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal had been scheduled to close on or before October 2, but the date for the third instalment has been extended until October 31. The amended agreement stipulates that this extension could increase the sale price to US$27.6m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property, initially designated for a development featuring over 50 villas and townhouses and a 40-room hotel, attracted a buyer incorporated in the British Virgin Islands acting as a nominee for the ultimate beneficial owner of the original buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LET Group Holdings is involved in the development of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/let-group-seeks-financing-to-finish-its-westside-city-project\" target=\"_blank\">the Westside City project<\/a>, a Manila hotel and casino resort set to open in 2024. It also oversees\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/summit-ascent-expects-to-post-us2m-net-loss-for-h1\" target=\"_blank\">Summit Ascent Holdings<\/a>, a Hong Kong-listed entity that operates the Tigre de Cristal casino resort near Vladivostok, Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET Group has extended the closing date to October 31, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"LET Group Holdings has extended the closing date for its Hokkaido land sale to October 31, 2023, with the amended agreement potentially increasing the sale price from US$27 million to US$27.6 million. This strategic asset divestment, involving a British Virgin Islands-incorporated buyer, impacts the capital structure of the controlling shareholder of Suntrust Resort Holdings and operator of Tigre de Cristal.","focusai_entities":"LET Group Holdings, Suntrust Resort Holdings, Summit Ascent Holdings, Tigre de Cristal, Westside City project","focusai_location":"Japan, Hokkaido, Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, British Virgin Islands, Manila, Philippines, Vladivostok, Russia, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Westside City?","query":"How will the revised terms of the Hokkaido land sale, including the potential price increase, specifically impact the capital expenditure and funding timeline for the Westside City project in Manila?"},{"label":"BVI buyer implications?","query":"What are the specific governance and compliance implications of the buyer being a British Virgin Islands-incorporated entity acting as a nominee, particularly concerning ultimate beneficial ownership transparency?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[24197],"class_list":["post-777009644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-let-group-holdings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777009644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041249,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009644\/revisions\/777041249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}