LeafmanCapitalPurchasesJoseeGroup LeafmanCapital,aleadingCanadianinvestmentfirm,announcedtodaythatithascompleted itslong-anticipatedacquisitionofJoseeGroup,aParis-basedhotelcompany.Thedealhasanesti-matedvalueof350millioneuros,accordingtoLeafmanCapitalexecutives. ThesaleoftheFrench-ownedJoseeGrouptoaCanadianfirmhascausedagreatdealofcon-troversyinFrance,theJoseeGroupowns26historichotelsinandaroundParis,includingthefa-mousHotelJean-Claude,whichhadhostednumerousprominentnineteenth-centuryFrenchauthorsandpoliticalfigures.JosephLeafman,ownerofLeafmanCapital,announcedthathisfirmwouldstrivetoretaintheimportanthistoricheritageoftheHotelJean-Claudebutwouldmakenecessaryrenovationstomodernizetheheatingandplumbingsystems.InadditiontotheHotelJean-Claude,theJoseeGroupownssmallerhotelsacrossFrance,includingtheParisianGatewayandtheHotelFanon,bothconsideredamongthefinestexamplesofFrencharchitectureintheneoclassicstyle. Mr.LeafmansaidthathisfirmpurchasedtheJoseeGroupasameansofdiversifyingitsport-folio.HealsoplanstomakeadditionalpurchaseinEurope,whichmayincludeluxuryhotelsinBelgium,Germany,andSwitzerland.OtherassetsrecentlypurchasedbyLeafmanCapitalincludehigh-riseapartmentandofficebuildingsinThailandandthePhilippines. Accordingtothearticle,whyhasthesaleoftheJoseeGroupbeenconsideredcontroversial?
A.It was sold for less than its estimated value B.Historic French properties were being sold to a foreign firm C.Employees of the Josee Group are expected to lose their jobs D.The sale was not made public until it had been finalized正确答案B
