Tokyo- Troubled Japanese automaker Nissan said Thursday it was selling its headquarters building in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, for 97 billion yen ($630 million), as part of its revival efforts.

Nissan Motor Co will lease the building and continue to use it as its headquarters, while recording 73.9 billion yen ($480 million) as gains from the sale to Tokyo-based real estate operator MJI Godo Kaisha, it said in a statement.

The funds will be used to modernise internal systems at its headquarters, speeding up the use of AI-driven systems and digital modernisation in various operations, according to Nissan, which makes the March subcompact and Infiniti luxury models.

MJI Godo is a special purpose trust owned by the Minth Group, a major auto parts maker whose shares are listed in Hong Kong. The cost of the lease was not disclosed.

Nissan, set to report first half financial results later in the day, has been struggling to return to profitability, after posting a 670.9 billion yen ($4.4 billion) loss for the fiscal year through March.

It has promised a turnaround under a new chief executive, Ivan Espinosa, a Mexican with two decades of experience at Nissan, who took the helm earlier this year.

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