PROXY CORNER: Simon Property Group Inc.
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, manages, leases and develops regional malls and community shopping centers.
Simon Property Group
Articles
Simon Property results improve as store rents climb
Simon Property Group Inc., the largest U.S. shopping-mall owner, said funds from operations rose 75 percent in the first quarter as retail sales climbed.
State court rejects Bren Simon’s appeal in estate battle
The Indiana Court of Appeals has dismissed Bren Simon’s petition seeking to reverse a lower court’s ruling that removed her as interim trustee of her late husband’s $2 billion estate.
Retail REIT profits may slip on store bankruptcies
Retailer bankruptcies likely will weigh on earnings of retail landlords, especially those that own shopping centers and mid-quality malls, an analyst said. But upscale mall owners like Simon Property Group should feel a smaller impact.
Simon CEO compensation jumps to $24.6 million
Simon Property Group Inc.’s board is working on a long-term employment agreement with Chairman and CEO David Simon, whose compensation rose more than fivefold last year.
Irsay, Simon tie on magazine’s world’s-richest list
In a feat not possible for their teams, Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay tied for 879th place on Forbes magazine’s annual list of the richest people in the world. Bill Cook and Dean White also made the list.
Three local companies make most-admired list
Simon Property Group Inc., WellPoint Inc. and Brightpoint Inc. of Indianapolis, and Columbus-based Cummins Inc. made Fortune's annual list of 350 companies, released Monday.
Appeals court agrees to hear challenge in Simon case
The Indiana Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal from the widow of the late Melvin Simon, putting on hold a legal dispute over the mall magnate's more than $2 billion estate.
Simon Property’s quarterly profit rises on improving retail sales
Earnings for the Indianapolis-based shopping mall owner increased to $217.9 million in the fourth quarter, up from $91.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. Funds from operations, a key measurement used by real estate investment trusts, also improved.
Bren Simon fires attorneys in estate dispute, appeals ruling
Bren Simon is poised to replace her outside legal team in favor of a heavy hitter from Chicago as she appeals two courtroom setbacks in Hamilton County.
Analyst says spurned Simon still has plenty of potential
Simon Property Group Inc. used multibillion-dollar buyouts to become the nation’s largest public real estate company. So should investors be worried its last two acquisition bids have gone bust?
Brightpoint exec Fivel leaving for Simon Property Group
One of the top executives at Brightpoint Inc. is leaving the Indianapolis-based cell phone distributor to take a similar position at Simon Property Group.
Analyst predicts modest year for REIT returns
Goldman Sachs & Co. analyst Jonathan Habermann expects a return of 5 percent to 10 percent this year after last year’s 29-percent total return for REIT stocks.
Simon Property abandons offer for Capital Shopping
Simon Property Group Inc., the largest U.S. shopping mall owner, abandoned its $4.5 billion bid for Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc after the British company resisted Simon’s takeover interest.
Simon target’s valuation ‘out of reach’ for Indianapolis firm
Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc, the U.K.’s biggest shopping mall owner, said it is worth as much as $9.64 a share to a bidder, almost 50 percent more than an offer from Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc.
Simon lands $4.6B loan to fund offer for London mall owner
Simon Property Group Inc. has secured a 3 billion pound loan that will give the company the resources to bid for London-based Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc.
Simon loses battle for General Growth
Just as shoppers began spending more cash at Simon Property Group Inc. malls, the Indianapolis real estate giant tried to open its own wallet for three huge deals—to mixed results.
Analysts: Simon unlikely to buy Capital Shopping
Simon Property Group Inc. is unlikely to buy Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc because it will take too long for rents to rise enough to justify a price its U.K. counterpart would accept, according to Barclays Capital real estate analysts.
Simon Property likely to continue pursuit of British mall owner
In rejecting Simon’s offer, London-based Capital Shopping Centres Group said the cash bid “very substantially undervalues the company and its prospects."
Judge removes Bren Simon as trustee over late husband’s estate
A series of questionable decisions by Bren Simon in recent months appear to have paved the way for a Hamilton County judge’s order this week removing Bren as interim trustee over Simon Property Group co-founder Melvin Simon’s estate.