November 18, 2009
General Growth is the second-largest U.S. mall owner, trailing only Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, with more than
200 regional malls in 44 states.
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November 14, 2009
Greg AndrewsThose in the trenches say this won't be a blockbuster Christmas, but it won’t be horrid, either.
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October 30, 2009
Cory SchoutenSimon Property Group Inc. reported slightly higher funds from operation for its fiscal third quarter, but FFO fell on a per-share
basis thanks to the company's issuance of more than 50 million new shares so far this year.
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October 12, 2009
Scott OlsonVacancies at U.S. shopping malls and retail strip centers have climbed to steep levels, a trend that Indianapolis-based commercial
real estate companies Simon Property Group Inc. and Kite Realty Group Trust haven't been able to dodge.
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September 26, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerBren Simon likely will inherit at least one-third of her billionaire husband’s fortune and potentially much more,
wealth managers speculate, based on the legal and tax issues involved in such a large estate.
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September 19, 2009
Cory SchoutenMelvin Simon, who died at 82 on Sept. 16, grasped early on that creation of the nation's interstate system would pave the
way for
large, enclosed shopping centers.
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September 19, 2009
Bill BennerThe passing of Mel Simon adds more uncertainty to the Indiana Pacers’ future in Indianapolis.
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September 18, 2009
Associated PressFormer President Bill Clinton described Melvin Simon as one of the most remarkable people he's ever met as he gave a eulogy
today during the funeral for the billionaire shopping mall developer and Indiana Pacers co-owner.
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September 16, 2009
Cory SchoutenA Friday funeral is planned for a man who made a fortune building shopping malls across the U.S. and later became a prolific
philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Indianapolis. Melvin Simon, 82, succumbed this morning after a battle with pancreatic
cancer.
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September 16, 2009
Cory SchoutenMelvin Simon, a tailor’s son who earned billions building shopping malls across the U.S. and later became a prolific
philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Indianapolis, has died. He was 82.
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September 15, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressTwo Anderson siblings are buying the city's Mounds Mall from the Florida-based company that has owned it for the past six
years.
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September 12, 2009
Greg AndrewsSimon Property Group Inc. has managed to grow revenue tenfold since going public 16 years ago. The key has been well-timed
acquisitions.
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August 4, 2009
Cory SchoutenSales still are suffering at shopping centers owned by Simon Property Group Inc., but the Indianapolis-based
mall giant managed in the second quarter to keep occupancy steady and eke out an increase in average rent rates.
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August 4, 2009
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis shopping mall giant Simon Property Group Inc. today said it lost $20.8 million in
the second quarter in what it called a "difficult retail environment."
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June 29, 2009
IBJ StaffThe big cheese at Simon Property Group is wedged among the "top gun" executives in the U.S.
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June 8, 2009
IBJ StaffSimon Property Group Inc. has filed suit against Spicy Pickle franchisee AJ Enterprises LLC, seeking more than $977,000 in
unpaid rent for a prime space at Castleton Square Mall.
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June 8, 2009
IBJ StaffLocally based Simon Property Group Inc. has added 18.6 million shares to its stake in the United Kingdom's largest owner of
shopping malls, Liberty International Plc.
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May 11, 2009
Greg AndrewsHere's more evidence we're in strange times: Indianapolis' real estate investment trusts have been issuing hundreds of millions
of dollars of stock at woefully low pricesand getting a pat on the back from their shareholders for doing so.
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April 20, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Simon family's role in building the city has come at a steep price for taxpayers. Simon and
its business interests in the last 20 years have collected local government incentives
worth more than $400 million, an IBJ tally of those deals shows.
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April 20, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe old adage that retail follows rooftops is only partially true; retail also follows taxpayer-funded incentives.
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April 20, 2009
Cory SchoutenDuring one of the worst markets for real estate in decades, at a time when developers of all sizes are shedding employees,
officials with Simon Property Group Inc. continue to insist they have had zero layoffs.
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February 9, 2009
Cory SchoutenDespite assurances of strength, Simon Property Group Inc. has decided to pay 90 percent of its dividend in stock, a move that
allows the company to hold onto $925 million in cash this year but could alienate shareholders drawn by the dividend.
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January 26, 2009
Greg AndrewsThe shopping mall business is fragile these days, with the recession sapping consumer spending as well as retailers' demand
for space. So how is Circle Centre, the centerpiece of downtown Indianapolis' 1990s revival, holding up? OK for now, it seems.
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January 19, 2009
Greg AndrewsSuddenly, the balance of power is shifting between retail tenants and mighty Simon Property Group Inc., the nation's biggest
mall owner. Simon's biggest
challenge: A litany of retailers either have failed or are on the brink of financial collapse, creating more empty spaces
in malls at a time demand is slack to fill it.
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December 15, 2008
Cory SchoutenKite Realty Group Trust has joined local peers Duke Realty Corp. and Lauth Group Inc. in laying off employees as it copes
with dried-up credit and a soft retail market.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.