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Carrefour seeks approval to sell up to 22 Atacadão properties
Carrefour notified Brazil’s competition authority of a planned sale of up to 22 properties owned by Atacadão, its wholesale retail business.
The properties would be sold to Pátria Renda Urbana, a real estate investment fund, and then leased back to Atacadão.
The sale price has not been disclosed.
Carrefour says the sites are already used for its food retail and distribution operations and are not available on the market.
Atacadão would keep operating at the properties after the sale, with no transfer of the stores or their possession, Carrefour said.
The company asked for a simplified review, arguing that the deal would not affect competition.
Brazil’s competition authority will review the deal and could approve it without restrictions.
Carrefour has asked Brazil’s competition regulator to approve the sale of up to 22 Atacadão properties to the Pátria Renda Urbana real estate fund.
The fund would then lease the properties back to Atacadão so it can continue its retail and distribution activities there.
The transaction value has not been disclosed.
Carrefour said the deal is part of its strategy to unlock value from its real estate portfolio.
The company asked for a simplified review and approval without restrictions.
- Who
- Carrefour and Pátria Investimentos are seeking approval. The properties would be sold to the Pátria Renda Urbana fund and leased back to Atacadão.
- What
- The proposed sale covers up to 22 properties, followed by a leaseback to Atacadão.
- When
- The filing was submitted on October 9, 2026.
- Where
- Brazil. The locations of the properties were not stated.
- Why
- Carrefour said the transaction is part of its strategy to unlock value from its real estate portfolio.
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Carrefour submitted the notification to Brazil’s competition regulator.
News reports said Carrefour had requested approval to sell up to 22 properties and lease them back to Atacadão.
- Number of properties
- Up to 22
- Buyer
- Pátria Renda Urbana real estate fund
- Seller
- Carrefour
- Leaseback tenant
- Atacadão
- Transaction value
- Not disclosed
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What people are saying
the operation does not contemplate the transfer of possession or of a commercial establishment, but only ownership of the assets to the HGRU fund, which will immediately lease them to Atacadão so it can continue its commercial activities
the operation is part of the company’s strategy to unlock value from its real estate portfolio