With all of the news that followed this morning's earnings call, it was announced today that BlackBerry sold five of their buildings to the University of Waterloo for a reported sum of $41 million. The deal is expected to close on February 14, 2014 and will give the University three of the office buildings on the northeast corner of the main campus, leaving BlackBerry as a tenant for the remaining two for up to five years.
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WATERLOO, Ont. — The University of Waterloo has purchased five buildings and land from BlackBerry (TSX:BB) for $41 million.
The deal, which is expected to close Feb. 14, will add an additional 300,000 square feet and more than 1,000 parking spaces to the school’s property holdings.
The university said Friday that it plans on using three of the buildings as soon as the deal closes, while the remaining two will be leased to the smartphone maker for up to five years.
“The University of Waterloo has set a course to become one of the world’s top innovation universities and we must ensure that we have the space to meet that challenge,” Feridun Hamdullahpur, the university’s president and vice-chancellor, said in a statement.
“We are growing, and the opportunity to purchase buildings so close to campus allows us to meet current space challenges that will help us better meet the needs of the campus community.”
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