TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - KKR is the leading

candidate to buy the Yokohama headquarters of automaker Nissan

Motor ( NSANF ) and has offered around 90 billion yen ($609.80

million), a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

KJR Management, a real estate unit owned by KKR, submitted

the highest bid but negotiations are ongoing, said the person,

who declined to be named because the matter is not public.

A 10-year lease-back of the building is a condition of the

sale, the source said.

KKR and Nissan ( NSANF ) declined to comment.

Details of the bidding were first reported by Bloomberg.

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