Thursday, April 16, 2009

Peak Oil Financial Crisis: "General Growth files largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy," By Ilaina Jonas and Emily Chasan, Reuters, April 16, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "General Growth Properties Inc, the second-largest U.S. mall owner, declared bankruptcy on Thursday in the biggest real estate failure in U.S. history.

Ending months of speculation, General Growth, along with 158 of its 200-plus U.S. malls, filed Chapter 11 while it tries to refinance its debts.

But the ongoing global financial crisis made it impossible for General Growth to restructure outside of bankruptcy and could signal further troubles for other financial institutions who are General Growth creditors."

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