While René Benko’s Signa group collapsed into the abyss, the fallen real estate magnate and his wife devoted themselves – discreetly and secretly – to another villa project on the Balearic Island.
Early January 2025. In Ibiza, where winter puts the island into a quiet hibernation, everything seems deserted. Tourists are rare at this time of year and there are no direct flights from Vienna-Schwechat in the winter months. While life next door is bustling in Mallorca, Ibiza lies under a blanket of silence at a spring-like temperature of 16 degrees. In a residential area near Santa Eulalia del Río you will hardly meet anyone – only a few Peruvian guest workers and gardeners take care of the abandoned buildings.
Here, in a neighborhood called Jesus, is the Can March estate. In May 2022, the finca, which had a built-up area of 524.05 square meters on a floor area of 10,000 square meters, changed hands. Next to the new, brown entrance gate you can now find a reference to the new owner. There is a large N. The N stands for Nathalie. For Nathalie Benko, wife of fallen real estate speculator René Benko, who caused the largest bankruptcy in Austria’s post-war history with his Signa and against whom an Italian anti-mafia prosecutor has issued a European arrest warrant.
Source: Krone
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