According to Colton Sudberry, senior vice president of SudberryProperties, the new financing "resolved some tenant liquidityissues" and also provides Sudberry with longer-term financing "thatwill enable us to realize better returns when the financial marketsstabilize." Sudberry notes that the deal went through, "despite allthe negative news in retail and the credit crunch."

The open-air center is 92% occupied, with a tenant rosterincluding Henry's Marketplace, Borders Bookstore, Petco, Pier 1Imports and Trader Joes.

The deal between GE and Sudberry, which owns and manages nearlytwo-million sf of income-producing retail properties in the SanDiego area, was brokered by Capmark Finance Inc.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.