Durham’s Geist mansion listed for $5.5 million
Beleaguered local businessman Tim Durham’s Geist home is listed for sale with a $5.5 million asking price.
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Simon withdraws bid for General Growth
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. has withdrawn its offer for General Growth Properties Inc. after a bankruptcy
court judge approved a sale process that gives an advantage to a group lead by rival bidder Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
General Growth hearing delayed to weigh bids
General Growth Properties Inc., the second-biggest U.S. mall owner, said a bankruptcy court hearing on its auction process
will be delayed five days to give the company time to consider competing bids, including one from Indianapolis-based Simon
Property Group.
Simon adds $1.1B to General Growth proposal
Simon Property Group Inc. added four backers to its proposal to help rival mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. emerge
from bankruptcy, increasing the plan’s total investment by $1.1 billion.
Centaur’s junior lenders press for bankruptcy liquidation
Unsatisfied with the Hoosier Park owner’s reorganization plan, hedge funds represented by Wells Fargo Bank petition for conversion
of Chapter 11 bankruptcy into Chapter 7.
Fair Finance trustee sues Dan Laikin for $19M
The suit against Laikin, a longtime friend of Fair Finance CEO Tim Durham, is the first major legal move to untangle the morass
of related-party loans that propelled the company into insolvency.
Report: Simon may drop General Growth bid
Shares in General Growth Properties Inc., the second-biggest U.S. mall owner, fell as much as 6.7 percent Monday morning after
a newsletter report that Simon Property Group Inc. may abandon a takeover bid for its smaller rival.
Path to Fair Finance funds full of detours, roadblocks
The troubles at U.S. Rubber Reclaiming demonstrate the challenges a bankruptcy trustee faces in trying to recover money for
investors.
Centaur bets on risky restructuring plan
Bankrupt Hoosier Park owner Centaur Inc. has offered its creditors a risky reorganization plan. For it to work, dozens of
hedge funds must stay in the game, in return for a chance to buy a big chunk of the company later.
Downgrade a red flag for Indiana Live casino
New York-based Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded its credit rating for Indiana Live horse track and casino, a warning
signal that the Shelbyville facility may soon follow its Anderson counterpart Hoosier Park into bankruptcy.
Vogue owner’s bankruptcy may force sale of venue
A mix of business and personal woes have pushed Steven Carter Ross, the longtime owner and manager of the Vogue nightclub,
into personal bankruptcy. Now a judge must decide whether Ross can keep the popular Broad Ripple music venue, or if he must
sell it to satisfy his creditors and his estranged wife.
Former Thomson plant back in bankruptcy
A Bloomington investor bought the sprawling complex out of receivership in 2008, and had hoped
to spend more than $20 million to renovate it.
Simon, rival seek foreign investors to back General Growth bid
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group and its chief rival in the battle to acquire bankrupt shopping mall operator General
Growth Properties Inc. are seeking funding from sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East and Asia, according to the Financial
Times of London.
Fair Finance trustee to make life tough for people on loan list
Borrowers from Tim Durham's bankrupt finance company will face heavy-handed collection tactics.
Bankruptcy court gives General Growth more time
Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. will have four more months to sort out its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
and weigh buyout offers–including a $10 billion bid from Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc.
Creditors: General Growth biased toward Brookfield proposal
General Growth Properties Inc. may favor a risky bid from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. because of that company’s
agreement with William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP, creditors said in court documents. Simon Property
Group also has bid to acquire the bankrupt company.
Bankruptcy trustee for Fair Finance wades into morass of insider loans
Brian Bash will need to untangle a web of related-party transactions that have befuddled nearly everyone who has tried to make sense of them.
Report: Brookfield plans bid for Simon target General Growth
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. plans to bid for a stake in General Growth Properties Inc., beating an offer by Indianapolis-based
Simon Property Group Inc. for the bankrupt shopping mall owner, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Judge places Fair Finance into bankruptcy
A federal trustee will take control of the company’s assets while securities-fraud probes continue.