The bid by Simon Property was an “initial salvo” and the Brookfield plan likely will prompt a new offer from the Indianapolis-based
mall owner, real estate research analyst says.
General Growth Properties Inc. plans to split in two to exit bankrupty and will receive $2.63 billion in capital from Brookfield
Asset Management Inc
The plan by Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management would give General Growth Properties a higher valuation than a $10 billion
takeover bid by Simon Property Group.
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.
Directors at Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc. are being sued by a shareholder claiming they shouldn’t have
rejected a $10 billion buyout offer from competitor Simon Property Group Inc.
J.C. Hart Co. is designing plans for a $17 million upscale apartment community as part of the master-planned Lawrence Village
at the Fort.
Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, may join Simon Property Group Inc.’s bid to buy bankrupt
General Growth Properties Inc., according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.
Simon Property Group Inc. already is known for playing hardball with mall tenants over rent. So national retailers like The
Gap Inc. and Limited Brands Inc. will be bracing for future lease negotiations if the nation’s largest mall owner succeeds
in a $10 billion bid to take over its nearest rival, the bankrupt General Growth Properties Inc.
Indianapolis-based developer Kite Realty Group Trust turned a small profit in the fourth quarter, but reported a loss in 2009
amid difficult commercial real estate conditions.
Simon’s warning was delivered in a letter sent to General Growth a day after the company essentially rebuffed Simon’s hostile
takeover bid.
Chapter, heavily populated by developers, hopes to guide sustainable development.
The commercial real estate slump is prompting several Indianapolis brokerages to add property-management services to their
portfolios or bolster existing ones.
Simon Property Group Inc. will have to wait in line with other potential bidders and raise its offer if it wants to land bankrupt
rival General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago-based company said in a letter late Tuesday.
Wall Street today is cheering Simon Property Group Inc.’s giant bet on the future of retail real estate, a sector that
appeared left for dead just months ago. The nation’s largest mall owner has offered $10 billion to take over its
nearest rival, Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc., which is in bankruptcy.
Deal to acquire competitor would be largest ever for Simon Property Group, already the nation’s largest mall operator.
Resource Commercial Real Estate is one of a handful of local real estate brokerage firms angling to take over an affiliation
with Colliers International.
Locally based Broadbent Co.’s legal battles with lenders have escalated, pushing one of its 34 strip malls into bankruptcy
and prompting Huntington National Bank and PNC Bank to sue to collect principal owed on loans tied to four more.
Bids for one or both of the properties will be accepted from Feb. 17 through March 16 at the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office
at 70 E. Monroe St.
Strip-center owner and developer Sandor Development Co. is moving its headquarters to Hamilton County after almost 50 years
in Indianapolis.
The 1,000-room J.W. Marriott isn’t even finished and support already is emerging for a second downtown hotel that
would rival it in size.
