Rent Relief Requests Take New Form as Tenants’ Focus Shifts to Long-Term Health

Mar 9, 2010 11:44 AM

As consumers start heading back into stores, retail landlords are finally getting some relief from widespread rent concession requests from struggling tenants, according to industry insiders. ...

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General Growth Gets Extension as Team of Suitors Continues to Grow

Mar 4, 2010 11:55 AM

After a hotly contested hearing,Judge Allan Gropper granted Chicago-based REIT General Growth Properties a four-month extension on its exclusivity period to file a reorganization plan. ...

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General Growth’s Reorganization Plan Seen as a Rebuke to Simon

Feb 25, 2010 3:08 PM

If, as one real estate industry observer has noted, Simon Property Group has been trying to taunt General Growth Properties into coming up with a more attractive bankruptcy resolution plan than Simon’s acquisition offer, then General Growth has risen to the challenge. ...

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Simon and General Growth Continue to Jockey for Position in Determining GGP's Fate

Feb 24, 2010 1:08 PM

The fate of General Growth Properties remains in flux as the major players that will determine its future continue to jockey for position....

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Inland Acquires $424M Portfolio from Joint Venture

Mar 5, 2010 12:45 PM

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. completed a $424 million acquisition of 16 shopping centers containing 3.5 million square feet....

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CMBS Delinquencies Jump in January

Mar 8, 2010 3:37 PM

In January, the delinquent unpaid balance for CMBS surged to $45.94 billion from $41.64 billion the month prior, according to Horsham, Pa.-based Realpoint LLC. ...

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