A source told the newspaper that discussions on a conceivable deal were at a complex stage, but that a resolution had not yet been reached.
Kühne is the majority shareholder of the shipping organization Kühne und Nagel, as well as a shareholder of the German airline Lufthansa and the shipping company Hapag Lloyd.
Work on the 254m Hamburg Tower was halted in November after its Austrian developer failed to pay advance invoices to contractor Lupp.
According to the newspaper, the order has been affected by high structural costs, emerging interest rates and “internal problems”.
The group’s real estate management subsidiary in Germany declared insolvency last Friday, and construction had halted at six of its sites in the country by the middle of last month.
The commission is expected to cost €950 million and, if completed, will be the third tallest construction in Germany after the Commerzbank Tower and the Messeturm (commercial tower) in Frankfurt.
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