February 23, 2010
Bloomberg NewsBrookfield 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.
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February 20, 2010
Cory SchoutenSimon 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.
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February 20, 2010
Greg AndrewsMike Ciresi, who’s representing widow Bren Simon, helped win a $6 billion settlement from the tobacco industry.
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February 20, 2010
Bloomberg NewsDirectors 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.
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February 19, 2010
Bloomberg NewsBlackstone 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.
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February 17, 2010
Cory SchoutenSimon 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.
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February 16, 2010
Cory SchoutenWall 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.
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February 16, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressDeal to acquire competitor would be largest ever for Simon Property Group, already the nation's largest mall operator.
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February 11, 2010
Scott OlsonIn a move not necessarily stranger than fiction, Herb Simon has bought Kirkus Reviews, the venerable journal of prepublication
book reviews. The owner of the Indiana Pacers co-owns an independent bookstore in California and is described as a voracious
reader.
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February 5, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe company raised its average rent per square foot at both regional malls and outlet centers even as U.S. consumer spending
flagged.
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February 5, 2010
Bloomberg NewsQuarterly revenue remained flat at about $1 billion, but profit fell 41 percent, from $196.4 million to $115.9 million.
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February 5, 2010
Bloomberg NewsUnibail-Rodamco SE, Europe's biggest shopping-center owner, has agreed to pay Simon Property Group and Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc.
$981 million for stakes in seven malls in France and Poland.
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February 2, 2010
Greg AndrewsMelvin Simon's daughter, who's seeking to remove her stepmother from overseeing a trust that holds her late father Melvin's
fortune, says a corporate trustee is a better option than brother David Simon or family financial adviser Bruce Jacobson.
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January 25, 2010
Cory SchoutenSimon Property Group Inc. is suing Bren Simon, the widow of company founder Melvin Simon, over her effort to convert part
of her late husband's ownership stake in the publicly traded mall giant into common shares or cash.
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January 22, 2010
Associated PressSimon will fund the purchase with available cash plus proceeds from the sale of $2.25 billion in senior unsecured notes.
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January 20, 2010
Associated PressProceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes and to fund the purchase of senior notes.
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December 26, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe outlook for commercial real estate development continued to worsen in 2009, as one major name faltered and other companies
scrambled to redesign their business models and capitalize on the carnage.
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December 26, 2009
Cory SchoutenMel Simon, who
died at 82 on Sept. 16, changed how America shops. He was chairman emeritus of locally
based Simon Property Group Inc., the nation’s largest owner of retail real estate.
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December 18, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressGeneral Growth Properties, the Chicago mall owner that Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is interested in buying,
said the company will consider all offers and may sell shares to the public to raise capital.
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December 12, 2009
Cory SchoutenWall Street analysts have described the potential sale of Chicago-based General Growth Properties as a “once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity” for a company to make “the deal of the decade” in the shopping-mall business.
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December 8, 2009
Cory SchoutenAdding the 22-mall portfolio of Baltimore-based Prime Outlets will give Simon a total of 63 outlet malls with more than 25
million square feet of space.
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December 8, 2009
Cory SchoutenSimon Property Group Inc. is doubling down on outlet malls with an agreement to buy Baltimore-based Prime Outlets, a
privately held firm that owns 22 of the giant properties.
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December 4, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indianapolis-based shopping mall owner is facing competition for General Growth from Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management
Inc., which also has been buying up General Growth's debt.
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December 3, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressGeneral Growth Properties Inc., the nation's second-largest shopping mall operator, said lenders have agreed
to restructure about $9.7 billion in debt. The agreements could put a damper on the acquisition aspirations of rival Simon
Property Group Inc.
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November 30, 2009
Cory SchoutenSimon Property Group Inc. may sell several of its properties in Europe to help raise funds for a possible bid for bankrupt
rival General Growth Properties.
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So the Mayor adds another non value added layer to having a vehicle towed? Whereby the City Government RECIEVES AN ILLEGAL KICKBACK FROM A LGOISTICS COMPANY THAT SUBS THE WORK TO LOCAL TOW COMPANIES? What is the service the City performs for receiving the "tribute"? This is RICO!!!!! What a corrupt and unnecessary layer. What a dirtbag Mayor and his cronies.
Owner occupied housing. Clear enough?
So people think I am paranoid. It's from experience in dealing with puds requested by developers who make major donations themselves to representatives, have nice fund raisers for those running for office and hide through pac's. then there are the public relation firms. You will note some pr comments below. You there Clyde Lee? My opinion. Commercial along 421, great. Multifamily housing, terrible idea that will change the town. Senior condos or zero lot line homes west, great. I suggest keeping all entries to commercial areas at 421. All entries to owner occupied on sycamore. Will keep the traffic on sycamore down some. Two other things. You can't trust what will be there in 10 years. Steve builds quality stuff, but areas change over time. Look at the changes at the wall mart center at 86th and 421 over the last 10 years. Look at the apartments and neighborhoods behind St Vincent's. Raintree properties WILL decrease in value if commercial and multifamily goes in near. It has already been happening around the bridges area. The houses that have been sold recently are way below market. Several deals not closed due to the Illinois construction and the whole unsurety of the bridges. It's pretty simple, Zionsville will approve the whole thing because the city council has been groomed over a LONG period of time for this. I might even suggest some are in their position as a result of this.
Esta, do you have a dog in this fight? You seem to really want to knock anyone against this project. No, I didn't move to Indiana for the architecture. I moved here for that red barn in the field. The horses and fields of corn. A place that is NOT overdeveloped. There are plenty of nearby places in Indianapolis that could be REDEVELOPED instead.
RKW - OK, we get it, you're paranoid. The question is, are you paranoid enough? Greg - Yes, Pittman(s) is (are) at it again. They are developers, they build things. It's what they do. So when you go to work tomorrow, Greg, you're at it again too. Cliff - Really? You moved to Indiana for its progressive architecture? That's like moving to England for the cuisine. Zionsvillain - The house you moved to was once a field or woods. I'm willing to bet folks were upset when that ground was plowed under and a house was built. But I guess now that you are in, everything should stop? "My house was OK, but the next one is sprawl." SE Guy - Please don't paint us with such a wide brush. Most reasonable Zionsville residents welcome planned, measured development.