Developer pins comeback on $11B project
Sidelined real estate developer Christopher P. White is hoping to make a triumphant return with an $11 billion—yes, $11 billion—proposal for the GM stamping plant site and areas surrounding it.
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Developer loses fraud appeal
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Christopher White’s 2009 conviction, resulting from a $500,000 bad check he wrote as he tried to save his real estate development firm.
Feds sue developer Premier over raid on retirement accounts
Executives of defunct Indianapolis developer Premier Properties USA Inc. are negotiating to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor that claims the company raided employee retirement accounts in a last-ditch bid to save itself in early 2008.
Bank trying to sell former home of Premier Properties founder
A Lake Clearwater mansion formerly owned by Premier Properties founder Christopher P. White is up for sale with an
asking price of $1.48M.
Remnants of failed Premier Properties finally hit market
CB Richard Ellis recently began marketing the most prominent of Premier Properties’ local properties, Metropolis. The
Venu site
at the southwest corner of East 86th Street and Keystone Avenue also is up for grabs.
Criminal charges possible in Premier blowup
Authorities are considering pursuing criminal charges against Christopher P. White and other executives at Premier Properties
USA Inc. in connection with deepening troubles at the local development firm, sources familiar with the matter told IBJ.
Premier lays off workers as lawsuits, debt pile up
Premier Properties USA Inc. has eliminated about half its headquarters staff—more than 40 employees—as banks seize
several of its properties and CEO Christopher P. White faces a barrage of new lawsuits alleging unpaid bills, defaulted loans,
illegally redirected rent payments and check fraud.
Creditor pursues troubled Premier’s property
Wachovia Bank has begun foreclosure proceedings on one of Premier Properties USA Inc.’s most prized developments,
a giant Ohio lifestyle center anchored by Target and J.C. Penney.
Memo: Unpaid contractors demanding payment from Premier Properties
Premier Properties USA Inc. is scrambling to keep up with bills for basic services including snow removal,
security and interior design—more signs of financial troubles for the developer of Metropolis in
Plainfield and the proposed Venu project in Indianapolis.
SPECIAL REPORT: Financial travails dog ‘mystery man’ at helm of Premier Properties
An IBJ review of hundreds of pages of public records shows Christopher P. White and his Premier
Properties USA Inc. are facing major financial and legal challenges. The most glaring signs of trouble: Contractors have filed
more than $3.5 million in liens against Premier’s retail properties in Plainfield; the state of Indiana is trying to
recover $375,000 in sales taxes on White’s airplane; and the contractor who renovated his Lake Clearwater mansion
is suing him to recover more than $600,000 in unpaid bills.
Developer’s fraud trial enters second day
Marion County prosecutors this morning began making their case that Christopher P. White knowingly wrote a bad check for $500,000
last year in a desperate attempt to save his Indianapolis-based development firm, Premier Properties USA Inc.
BREAKING: Jury finds Premier’s White guilty
A Marion County jury this evening found Christopher P. White guilty of three Class C felonies related to a $500,000 bad check
he wrote last year in a last-ditch attempt to save his locally based development firm, Premier Properties USA Inc.
Hundreds turn out for White auction
More than 1,000 people from nine states attended an auction Saturday of hundreds
of items seized from Christopher P. White, the founder of bankrupt developer Premier Properties USA Inc.
Premier’s White taken into custody, posts bond
Premier Properties USA Inc. founder Christopher P. White was taken into police
custody early this morning and released after he posted bond.
Authorities can’t find Premier’s White
Local law enforcement officials plan to cast a wider net in their quest to track
down and arrest Christopher P. White, the founder of defunct developer Premier Properties USA Inc.
BREAKING: Premier’s White charged with 3 felonies
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on
Monday filed three felony charges against Christopher P. White, the founder of bankrupt development firm Premier Properties
USA Inc.
Trustee working to determine Premier assets
A bankruptcy trustee is planning an auction of Premier Properties USA Inc.’s
remaining office furniture while struggling to get a handle on what other assets remain for the defunct developer.
Boberschmidt appointed Premier trustee
Philip Boberschmidt of the downtown law firm of Boberschmidt and Powers has
been appointed trustee to oversee liquidation of Premier Properties USA – a task that begins today.
Premier Properties to be liquidated
A judge reclassified the bankruptcy status of Premier Properties USA today,
clearing the way for a U.S. trustee to take hold of the company and begin selling its assets.
Trustee to intervene in Premier bankruptcy
The U.S. Trustee’s office plans to file a motion to intervene in a Chapter 11
bankruptcy case brought by Premier Properties USA Inc. because the development firm is insolvent.