Sony to Start Real Estate Unit as CEO Seeks New Business

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Sony Corp. will start a real estate business as Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai seeks to leverage information from the company’s consumer electronics division.

The real estate unit, which will begin operations in August, will include a brokerage, property management and consulting businesses, the company said in a statement. Sony is making an initial investment of 250 million yen ($2.4 million).