PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust ( PEI ) voiced currently that it has finished auspicious amendments to the conditions of 3 housing loan loans on Lycoming Mall, Viewmont Mall and Francis Scott Key Mall. PREIT has refinanced these mortgages for an total amount of $146.1 million at an median fascination rate of 3.91% over conditions of 5 years. These exchange generated surplus deduction of roughly $9.7 million and marked down median fascination rates by 172 basement points, after giving outcome to fascination rate swaps entered in to in connection with these loans.
The loan on Lycoming Mall was increased from $33.4 million to $35.5 million and the fascination rate was marked down from 6.84% to 3.72%. The loans on Viewmont Mall and Francis Scott Key Mall, after giving outcome to formerly in-place swaps, will bring fascination rates of 5.50% and 5.26%, respectively, by November 2013 and then tumble to prearranged rates of 3.72% and 3.71%, respectively, is to residue of their particular terms. The loan on Francis Scott Key Mall was increased from $55.0 million to $62.6 million, and contains an choice to enlarge the change serve to $70.5 million beneath prescribed conditions.
"The finishing of these exchange is serve indication of success in the Company's continuing bid to descend its on the whole financing expenses whilst fluctuating its manhood profile," mentioned Joseph Coradino, Chief Executive Officer of PREIT. "We are gratified with our one after another capability to accomplish popular financing conditions on properties opposite the portfolio."
Lycoming Mall is a 0.8 million block feet informal mall with sales per block feet of $270 as of December 31, 2012. Viewmont Mall is a 0.7 million block feet informal mall with sales per block feet of $370 as of December 31, 2012. Francis Scott Key Mall is a 0.7 million block feet informal mall with sales per block feet of $344 as of December 31, 2012. All 3 malls are anchored by jcpenney, Macy's and Sears stores. Each skill is unconditionally owned by the Company.
About Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, founded in 1960 and one of the initial equity REITs in the U.S., has a primary investment concentration on sell selling malls. Currently, the Company's portfolio of 46 properties comprises 36 selling malls, 7 residents and power centers, and 3 growth properties. The Company's properties are located in 13 states in the eastern half of the United States, essentially in the Mid-Atlantic region. The working sell properties have roughly 31.0 million total block feet of space. PREIT, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is publicly traded on the NYSE beneath the pitch PEI. The Company's website may be found at www.preit.com .
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