Record China Defaults in Focus as Modern Land Joins the List
- Company didn’t pay off a $250 million bond that matured Monday
- Fitch downgrades the developer to restricted default
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A Chinese developer of real estate projects that use green technologies has become the latest builder to default, adding to the record for offshore bonds from the nation’s borrowers.
Modern Land China Co., which is based in Beijing and builds energy-saving homes throughout the nation, didn’t repay either the principal or interest on a $250 million bond due Monday, according to a filing Tuesday morning. The company is working with its legal counsel Sidley Austin and expects to engage independent financial advisers soon, the filing said.