Bengaluru: The Coffee Day Group hopes to close its proposed sale of the Global Village tech park in Bengaluru to US private equity giant Blackstone in about a week's time, having crossed all major hurdles including government approvals and a green signal from most of its lenders.The Ministry of Commerce cleared the proposed deal on Friday.
This approval was necessary as the 90-acre IT-focussed business park comes under the special economic zone (SEZ) regulations.
Private lender Yes Bank has also issued a no-objection certificate.
Tanglin Developments, a group subsidiary and the parks promoter, owes the bank Rs 100 crore.Coffee Day Enterprises, the Bengaluru-based listed holding company of the group, needed approvals from the central and Karnataka governments as well as NoCs from 16 banks and other financial institutions.
We have secured most of them, and a couple of bank NoCs are expected in a day or two, a company executive briefed on the subject told ET, on the condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to the media.Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, state officials said, personally advised his officials to fast-track his governments approvals as Coffee Day is a coffee brand based out of the state, founded by the late VG Siddhartha, with a pan India footprint of about 1,500 stores.
The CM was keen on speedy clearances as jobs of about 20,000 people hinged on the Coffee Day groups survival, and most of these jobs are in Karnataka, an official privy to approvals said.
Yes Bank, Blackstone and the Coffee Day Group didnt respond until press time Monday to emails seeking comment.