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2024-10-29 19:42:56Fifteen years ago, Barlow was deeply involved in the competitive bidding for the Sandviken redevelopment project. At that time, Gotrust was at a crucial point in its transformation, and securing this project was pivotal for the company's survival.
Barlow risked almost everything he had, but he also thought about leaving something for his daughter, Emily, in case of failure. He hastily set up two companies independent of the group.
One was a real estate company led by Barlow's sister, Nora Rockefeller, the legal representative. The company held various fixed assets: twenty terraced houses in Sandviken's Moon Bay, commercial and residential apartments in C&D Block A and E, fifty retail spaces in the Trade Center, and the Egret Lake Hot Spring Resort.
The other company was a light-asset operation with an initial capital investment of two hundred million U.S. dollars, helmed by Barlow's brother-in-law, Alston.
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