A Granular Look Into a $6 Billion REIT: Is This the Next GGP?

By Reggie Middleton at the Boom Bust Blog .
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This is a corrected and extended update of my glance into the Macerich update. This post was delayed due to material data input errors which have been rectified. I've decided to offer a peak into the ongoing analysis of its property portfolio, which combined with its credit and cash flow situation brings to mind the concerns that I have had about GGP about a year before it collapsed (see "GGP and the type of investigative analysis you will not get from your brokerage house.").

In looking at the data that I am about to display, I want readers to think of MAC as an investment entity that you, yourself, would run as a real estate investor. Think of your ability to make money over time, and the viability of your entity if you would actually lose money. As a property investor, I view MAC's properties in terms of being underwater or being profitable on a capital appreciation and NOI basis. As of 11/09, many of MAC's properties are significantly underwater, the ramifications of which depend on the financing utilized, since the use of debt has literally wiped out all of the equity in some, has made others require an equity infusion to roll over the mortgage, and has simply destroyed shareholder capital in other cases.
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