Wanda plans to sell all shares of Wanda Madrid Development, which holds the 25-storey Edificio Espana, to Spain's property developer Baraka Global Investment, its listed arm Wanda Hotel Development Co said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Baraka has put down 1 million euros as earnest money, and the deal is expected to be executed by October 15, the statement said.
Wanda bought the historic Madrid landmark, completed in the 1950s under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, in June 2014 for USD 292 million now, but its plans to develop the property into a hotel and shopping centre have been met with hurdles from the local government.
According to Spanish reports, city authorities refused to let Wanda demolish the building's facade before reconstructing it.
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Wanda has been on a high-profile overseas acquisition spree in recent years, including the USD 3.5 billion purchase of Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment in January.
Wang has also bought the organiser of Ironman extreme endurance contests, Swiss sports marketing group Infront, and a stake in Spanish football club Atletico Madrid.
It burst into the international spotlight in 2012 by buying US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for USD 2.6 billion.