Article: Write-down leaves Centro Properties with $2.6b loss

Australia's Centro Properties Group, the shopping mall owner seeking a debt extension to stay in business, has incurred an annual net loss of $A2.1 billion ($NZ2.6b) as it wrote down the value of its global assets.

Centro, which has put Christchurch's Barrington Mall up for sale, earned a $A469.7 million profit in 2007.

Melbourne's listed Centro, which manages more than 750 malls in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, told the Securities Exchange yesterday that it had written down $A1.2b ($NZ1.47b) on its properties.

Chief executive Glenn Rufrano is struggling to raise cash by selling assets as property values decline in the US and Australia.

Rufrano took over this year after ...

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