Signa Development Starts Insolvency Plan of Steady Asset Sales

  • Restructuring envisages some short-term asset disposals
  • Insolvent firm will also cease new business, adminstrator says
The Chrysler Building in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. European property giant Signa Holding is in talks to potentially sell its stake in New York's Chrysler Building after filing for insolvency.Photographer: Eilon Paz/Bloomberg
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The insolvent Signa Group’s development unit plans to gradually sell assets to repay creditors and cease all new business.

A restructuring proposal put forward by the administrator of Signa Development Selection AG envisages short term sales for properties including a department store and parking plot in Frankfurt, and potential exits for others such as a luxury hotel in Vienna, according to a Jan. 15 report seen by Bloomberg News.