Friday, April 3, 2009

LA's Largest Private Landowner Readies for Bankruptcy

I've been trying to put together a post talking about the possible resurgence in property development in the LA. Here's an article that wont make it in the report.


Story from Routers and the AP-

The largest private landowner in downtown Los Angeles said it may have to file for bankruptcy protection, the latest sign of how the credit crunch has frozen a multibillion-dollar revitalization of the city's downtown.

Real-estate firm Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc. said Thursday that it was working to reach agreements with four lenders after the developer stopped making interest payments on 26 loans valued at $266 million. Three of those loans are due, and the company hasn't been able to extend them.

"The debt capital markets have totally shut down," Andrew Murray, the company's chief financial officer, said in an interview.

It is the latest shoe to drop for Los Angeles's downtown district, which has been the focus of a decade-long renewal project designed to convert old warehouses and office buildings into lofts, high-rise residential towers and an entertainment and retail district.


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