诺基亚很满意：芬兰总部大楼卖了2.23亿美元

诺基亚近日宣布与芬兰的Exilion公司达成协议，诺基亚将其位于芬兰埃斯波（Espoo）的总部大楼以1.7亿欧元（约合2.2亿美元）的价格出售给Exilion公司，但诺基亚将对总部大楼回租使用，预计整个交易将在2012年底前结束。 诺基亚CFO提莫·伊哈莫蒂拉（Timo Ihamuotila）在一份声明中表示，“在出售总部大楼业务上，我们与芬兰及国外投资者进行了全面的销售流程，我们对这一结果感到非常满意。正如我们此前所说的那样，不动产并非诺基亚核心业务的一部分，机会来临时，我们愿意出售这种非核心资产。”

诺基亚从1997年开始在这幢大楼里运营，该建筑占地面积4.8万平方米，由芬兰建筑师佩卡·海林（Pekka Helin）设计。
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诺基亚出售其总部办公大楼并不出人意料，因为此前诺基亚曾证实该为筹集资金、正在考虑出售公司总部办公场所。 此前有传闻称，诺基亚总部办公大楼能够卖到3亿欧元。诺基亚在其第二季度财报曾透露“公司正在重新评估所有的非核心业务”，其中就包括房产。今年10月份时，诺基亚曾表示，“大部分公司的核心业务不在房产项目上，一家公司的投资和关注重点应在其核心业务上而非房产项目上。” 自从转投到Windows Phone平台后，诺基亚已关闭一些工厂、运营中心、资产和商务部门，同时实施了部分裁员。今年7月份，诺基亚证实已关闭了其在芬兰的最后最后一个手机工厂——芬兰沙罗（Salo）手机制造基地。为降低成本，诺基亚还关闭了位于德国和加拿大研发中心，其制定了在今年年底之前节省近20亿美元的减支计划。 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 编译：Luffy Liu 参考英文原文：Nokia selling headquarters for $223 million, by Dylan McGrath

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{pagination} Nokia selling headquarters for $223 million Dylan McGrath SAN FRANCISCO— Finnish mobile phone vendor Nokia Corp. said Tuesday (Dec. 4) it plans to sell its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, to a real estate investment firm for 170 million euro (about $223 million). Nokia said it plans to lease the office building from the real estate investment firm, Finland-based Exilion Capital Ltd., on a long-term basis. Nokia said it expects to complete the sale by the end of 2012. "We had a comprehensive sales process with both Finnish and foreign investors and we are very pleased with this outcome," said Timo Ihamuotila, Nokia's chief financial officer. "As we have said before, owning real estate is not part of Nokia's core business and when good opportunities arise we are willing to exit these types of non-core assets." Last week, chip vendor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced its intention to sell its main campus in Austin, Texas, and lease the facility back from the buyer on a long-term basis. Nokia's headquarters, known as Nokia House. The building was designed by architect Pekka Helin. Nokia has operated in its current headquarters since 1997. The space is about 157,000 square feet. In a separate statement, Exilion said the deal nearly doubles its property portfolio value. "We are proud of this new partnership with Nokia," Exilion said. Nokia, which for years was the world's largest handset maker, has struggled in recent quarters as competitors like Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Apple Inc. reap higher profit margins from the red hot smartphone segment. In the third quarter, Nokia ranked No. 2 overall in handset market share and seventh in smartphones, according to market research firm Gartner Inc.