Finance: Lending
Retail real estate lending and financing information.
Private Equity Racks Up Checkered Record in Retail Buyouts (6/29)
Jun 29, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), the legendary New York City-based private equity player, purchased the discount retailer Dollar General for $7.3 billion in July of 2007, the deal hardly made waves...
Retail Property Sellers Opt to Offer Financing to Get Deals Done (6/11)
Jun 11, 2009, By Hortense Leon
Some property owners have gotten creative and begun to finance shopping center sales themselves...
General Growth Bankruptcy Facing Challenges; Ackman Joins REIT's Board (6/9)
Jun 9, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
General Growth Properties' bankruptcy proceedings are turning out to be every bit as complicated as commercial real estate industry experts feared...
Industry Questions Whether GGP Can Avoid Asset Sales (4/21)
Apr 21, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As General Growth Properties executives laid out the company's initial restructuring plan last week, they continually emphasized they were not prepared to dismantle the firm's portfolio...
Observers Think General Growth Properties is Likely to Survive Chapter 11 (4/16)
Apr 16, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
In a largely anticipated move, giant mall REIT General Growth Properties filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning...
On the Watch List
Apr 1, 2009
The retail REIT sector continues to take a beating amid a combination of falling consumer demand and frozen credit markets...
Industry Trade Groups Disagree on Proposed Bankruptcy Law Change (3/17)
Mar 17, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Retailers and landlords were at odds last week testifying in Congress over proposed legislation that would change bankruptcy rules to allow retailers more time to accept or reject leases while in bankruptcy protection...
Piece of Good News
Mar 1, 2009, By Matt Valley & Sibley Fleming
Starved for good news, the lending community earned a major victory in February in the effort to revive the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market and restore investor confidence...
Preemptive Surgery
Mar 1, 2009, By Denise Kalette
As major retailers file for bankruptcy and vacate stores, a domino effect is taking hold across the country...
On Barren Ground (2/12)
Feb 12, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Five months after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the market for senior debt remains frozen...
