"We are very pleased to have successfully completed the third stage of our portfolio sales to SachsenFonds," says Aashish Kalra, co-founder and managing director of Trikona, in a statement. "Our most significant deal with Sachsen to date, this agreement further illustrates the strength of our relationship, as well as our robust business model."

The German-based fund previously partnered with the firm for two other transactions, starting in December of 2007. Sachsen purchased assets from the Trikona Trinity Capital PLC portfolio for $65 million, as well as partnering again for a $150-million-deal in June of 2008. The June 2008 deal will partially fund a co-investment with Trikona of $40 million to Mumbai, India to refurbish four acres of middle-class housing and build high-end luxury homes as part of Trikona's urban rejuvenation platform. Sachsen is contributing 55% of the investment cost.

"One of our biggest projects is urban rejuvenation in Mumbai," Aashish Kalra, managing director of Trikona tells Globest.com. "If you went to America and you didn't invest in New York or you went to the United Kingdom and you didn't invest in London, that's like coming to India and not investing in Mumbai. Because [Mumbai] is an island city, you have to rejuvenate the existing infrastructure." The middle-income cooperative housing that was built in the 1970s was capped off at two buildings, Kalra explains, whereas today, six buildings are allowed. "So, instead of [people] living in two, you say, 'you can live in four and the extra two is what we'll sell to the market'," he says. "And that's what that transaction was all about."