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UK Mall Landlord Intu Appoints Administrator Amid Debt Crisis

The owner of Manchester’s Trafford Center is focused on reaching an agreement with financiers for a standstill on loan repayments.
Intu Victoria Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom | Source: Shutterstock
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  • Bloomberg

LONDON, United Kingdom — Intu Properties Plc, one of the UK's biggest shopping center operators, appointed KPMG as its financial administrator in case it fails to negotiate a standstill agreement with lenders on debt repayments, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The appointment is a part of Intu’s contingency plan as it seeks to obtain a loan waiver until the end of next year from investors as the mall owner struggles to get rent payments from retailers amid the coronavirus-led lockdown, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public. The news was earlier reported by Sky News.

Intu, which owns Manchester’s Trafford Center, will be focusing on reaching an agreement with financiers for a standstill on loan repayments but will need to prepare for all eventualities. Having KPMG on standby could be part of a plan to persuade lenders to reach a deal, one person with knowledge of Intu’s operations said.

Intu Properties and KPMG declined to comment.

By Prejula Prem and Deirdre Hipwell

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