Simon weighs new General Growth bid, sources say
Simon Property Group Inc. is considering raising its $10 billion buyout offer for rival shopping mall owner General Growth
Properties Inc. as early as this week.
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Judge: Bren Simon can’t liquidate Simon Property holdings
A Hamilton County judge says Mel Simon’s widow can’t cash in partnership units worth more than $500 million.
No buyers surfacing for former Winona Hospital
As of Monday morning, the Marion County Metropolitan Development Commission had received no bids to buy the property. MDC
is set to begin reviewing bids at its Wednesday meeting.
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.
Simon says new General Growth plan is less uncertain
A new plan by mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. to exit bankruptcy resolves some uncertainty rival bidder Simon Property
Group Inc. has criticized, Simon CEO David Simon says.
Brizzi’s lease deals benefited friend, donor
Records show Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi directed lucrative work for the Prosecutor’s Office to his friend, business
partner and political contributor John Bales.
Marine tech unit to fill four floors at struggling M&I Plaza
A 10-year, $20 million deal for a civilian division of the U.S. Marine Corps to occupy four floors of the 28-story M&I
Plaza building downtown will push
the city’s sixth-largest office tower from a woeful 30-percent occupancy rate to about 50 percent.
Recycler J. Solotken & Co. recycles old building
Century-old firm moves from facility it had occupied since 1936 to former home of Frank E. Irish Co.
General Growth investors add $3.93B to Brookfield plan
The cash payment matches a provision of a competing bid by Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc., which has offered
to buy its biggest competitor for more than $10 billion and pay all unsecured creditors.
Simon Property CEO uses hard-nosed style to excel at acquisitions
David Simon, the shrewd and blunt deal-maker—an acquisitive former Wall Street wunderkind who transformed Simon Property
Group Inc. into the nation’s largest mall owner—is trying to land his biggest deal yet.
Motorsports park proposed for southwest side of Indy
Plans call for a Motocross track, one-fifth-mile dirt track and ATV trails on
36 acres near Interstate 465 and Mann Road.
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.
Bankruptcy court gives Simon Property target 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.
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.
General Growth sets timeline for reorganization, plans IPO
General Growth, the bankrupt takeover target of Simon Property Group, aims to confirm a reorganization plan by Oct. 5. In addition, it said it will launch an initial public offering on Friday.
Stutz Business Center owner purchases Canterbury Hotel
Turner Woodard has purchased the historic Canterbury Hotel on South Illinois Street. He said the hotel fits his vision of
turning around properties and making them profitable.
Construction spending falls again
Construction spending fell for a third straight month in January as a slight rebound in housing was not enough to offset widespread
weakness in a number of commercial areas.
Regulators take interest in Simon’s play for Prime Outlets
The Federal Trade Commission has contacted Gap Inc. about Simon Property Group's proposed acquisition of Prime Outlets
Acquisition Co.
General Growth seeks to block lawsuit over Simon bid
General Growth Properties Inc. asked a judge to block a shareholder lawsuit accusing its board of improperly rejecting an
acquisition bid from Simon Property Group Inc.
Lawmakers probe banks’ lending to small businesses
U.S. House legislators want to get to the bottom of banks' roles in the economic recovery, both via loans to small businesses
and shouldering losses on commercial real estate lending.