Article: New Plan Excel Realty Trust Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire 58 Shopping Centers.

New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Equity Investment Group, a private retail focused REIT, to acquire a portfolio of 58 community and neighborhood shopping centers for approximately $437 million. The purchase price consists of the assumption of approximately $152 million of outstanding indebtedness, the issuance of approximately $25 million of units in a partnership controlled by New Plan and approximately $260 million of cash. The Company expects that the cash component of the transaction will be initially financed through its existing credit facility.

The portfolio is comprised of 55 ...

<150,000 SF, 
   community shopping centers>

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