{"id":38574,"date":"2021-06-15T07:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T11:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=38574"},"modified":"2021-06-15T07:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T11:05:40","slug":"owner-of-chautauqua-mall-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/owner-of-chautauqua-mall-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner of Chautauqua Mall Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"
The owner of Chautauqua Mall<\/strong>, Washington Prime Group<\/strong>, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company made the filing on Sunday after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to temporarily close some of its roughly 100 shopping centers across the United States and businesses were unable to pay its rent.<\/p>\n CNBC reports the filing made in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas states the company\u2019s estimated assets ranged from $1 billion dollars to $10 billion dollars as did its estimated liabilities.<\/p>\n Reuters was the first to report that the Columbus, Ohio-based company, formed in 2014 following a spin-off from mall giant Simon Property Group Inc, was preparing to seek bankruptcy protection. Fallout from the pandemic last year forced Washington Prime to close some properties for a time and relax collection of rent from its tenants, squeezing the mall owner\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The owner of Chautauqua Mall, Washington Prime Group, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company made the filing on Sunday after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to temporarily close some of its roughly 100 shopping centers across the United States and businesses were unable to pay its rent. CNBC reports the filing made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":38575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[468,10461],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mall.jpg?fit=328%2C235&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-a2a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45619,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/chautauqua-mall-owners-target-corporation-want-property-assessments-lowered\/","url_meta":{"origin":38574,"position":0},"title":"Chautauqua Mall Owners, Target Corporation Want Property Assessments Lowered","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The owners of Chautauqua Mall are suing again in Chautauqua County Supreme Court to have the assessment lowered on its property. 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\nThe company was in talks for roughly $100 million of so-called debtor-in-possession financing to aid operations during bankruptcy proceedings.<\/p>\n