Metropistas

Metropistas

Type	privately held company
Industry	transportation
Genre	toll road
Founded	May 19, 2011
Area served	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area
Key people	Gonzalo Alcalde, CEO[1] Luis Palazzi, COO[2]
Services	operates PR-5 and PR-22
Revenue	$89.1 million USD[3]
Owners	Goldman Sachs Abertis
Website	www.metropistas.com

Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC (English: Puerto Rico Metropolitan Highways) —better known as Metropistas (English: Metro Highways)— is the public-private partnership, privately held company, and limited liability company that operates Puerto Rico Highway 5 (PR-5) and Puerto Rico Highway 22 (PR-22) on behalf of the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority. The company is a consortium between Goldman Sachs and abertis where Goldman Sachs initially served as majority owner through its Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners II infrastructure fund, while abertis initially served as minority partner and main operator.^[4][5][6][7] However, on February 2013 abertis acquired 6% of Goldman Sach's equity, elevating its position as majority owner with 51% ownership.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Notes

1. EFE (2014; in Spanish) "Abertis compró a dos fondos de inversión gestionados por Goldman Sachs el 6% de Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico (Metropistas) por $43.6 millones, con lo que su participación en dicha sociedad se eleva al 51%."^[8]

References

1. González, Joanisabel (October 6, 2012). "Metropistas rinde cuentas por la APP". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved December 21, 2012.
2. "Comienza Transición en Expresos De Diego y PR-5" (in Spanish). Metropistas. September 21, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
3. Kantrow, Michelle (September 22, 2011). "Metropistas takes driver’s seat to manage PR-22, PR-5". News Is My Business. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
4. "Quiénes Somos" (in Spanish). Metropistas. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
5. Marino, John (June 20, 2011). "Abertis-Goldman wins highway deal with $1B bid". Caribbean Business. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
6. Roumeliotis, Greg (March 2, 2010). "Goldman scaling back second infrastructure fund-sources". Reuters. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
7. "Puerto Rico PR-22 and PR-5 Lease". Office of Innovative Program Delivery, Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
8. "Empresa española administrará Metropistas" (in Spanish). EFE. February 4, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.

External links

• www.metropistas.com - official site (Spanish)