General Growth Closes New Secured Mortgage Loan Facility
July 11 2008 - 4:03PM
Business Wire
General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE:GGP) announced today the
closing of the first stage of a new secured mortgage loan facility.
Loan proceeds of $875 million were utilized to repay all remaining
loans maturing in the third quarter of 2008, except for one $73
million property loan which cannot be repaid without a prepayment
penalty prior to its due date in September. The Company anticipates
receiving additional fundings under the loan facility of up to an
additional $875 million, which would bring the loan facility to its
maximum balance of $1.75 billion. Additional facility funding would
be utilized to repay the aforementioned property loan that matures
in September and as many as six other property loans which mature
on various dates in the fourth quarter of 2008 and for other
general corporate purposes. The loan facility has an initial term
of three years and two one-year extension options, which are
subject to certain subsequent conditions. Through an interest rate
swap that was executed today, the initial $875 million of the loan
facility will bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.64 percent per
year. The Company is one of the largest U.S.-based publicly traded
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT). The Company currently has
ownership interest in, or management responsibility for, over 200
regional shopping malls in 44 states, as well as ownership in
planned community developments and commercial office buildings. The
Company�s portfolio totals approximately 200 million square feet of
retail space and includes over 24,000 retail stores nationwide. The
Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
GGP. For more information, please visit the Company website at
http://www.ggp.com. This press release contains forward-looking
statements. Actual results may differ materially from the results
suggested by these forward-looking statements, for a number of
reasons, including, but not limited to, the retail market, tenant
occupancy and tenant bankruptcies, the level of indebtedness and
interest rates, retail and credit market conditions, land sales in
the Master Planned Communities segment, the cost and success of
development and re-development projects and ability to successfully
manage growth. Readers are referred to the documents filed by
General Growth Properties, Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most
recent report on Form 10-K (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to such
report filed on Form 10-K/A), which further identify the important
risk factors which could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements in this release. The Company
disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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