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Simon Property takes full ownership of Greendale mall (UPDATE)

Published: March 8, 2012
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Simon Property Group, the biggest mall operator in the U.S., announced Thursday that it is buying joint venture partner Farallon Capital Management LLC’s interest in 26 U.S. shopping malls owned by The Mills LP for $1.5 billion.

Greendale officials welcome flurry of projects (access required)

Published: November 12, 2010
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By Marie Rohde Greendale residents and political leaders agree that as the Southridge Mall goes, so goes the community. That concern prompted a proposal for creation of a $15.85 million development district, a move that Greendale officials are counting on to save the mall and the village. “The mall is our largest taxpayer,” said Greendale [...]

Mall owner General Growth files for reorganization

Published: July 13, 2010
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Chicago (AP) — General Growth Properties Inc. reported Tuesday it filed a proposed reorganization plan with a federal bankruptcy court and expects to emerge from Chapter 11 protection this fall as two separate companies. The real estate investment trust filed the nation’s largest real estate bankruptcy case in U.S. history 15 months ago. At the [...]

Simon weighs new General Growth bid, sources say

Published: March 17, 2010
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By Alex Veiga AP Business Writer Los Angeles — Simon Property Group Inc. is considering raising its $10 billion buyout offer for rival shopping mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. as early as this week, two people familiar with the matter said. Simon sent a letter to General Growth this week saying it anticipates boosting [...]

Wisconsin mall owner gets more time

Published: March 4, 2010
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By Alex Veiga AP Real Estate Writer Los Angeles (AP) — Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. will have four more months to sort out its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and weigh buyout offers. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper in New York extended the period the company — which owns three malls in [...]

Simon offers General Growth $10 billion buyout (11:43 a.m. 2/16/10)

Published: February 16, 2010
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Indianapolis (AP) — The nation’s largest shopping mall owner, Simon Property Group, made a $10 billion hostile bid Tuesday to acquire its ailing rival, General Growth Properties. The deal would allow General Growth, the No. 2 owner of shopping centers, to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. General Growth filed for bankruptcy protection last year [...]

Mall magnate Melvin Simon dies at 82

Published: September 16, 2009
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Tom Davies AP Writer Indianapolis (AP) — Melvin Simon, the son of a New York City tailor who started what is now the country’s largest shopping mall company and owned the NBA’s Indiana Pacers with his brother, died Wednesday, a spokesman said. He was 82. Les Morris, a spokesman for Simon Property Group, which Simon [...]

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