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<text id=92TT1151>
<title>
May 25, 1992: How Failed a Foundation
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
May 25, 1992 Waiting For Perot
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 20
BUSINESS
How Failed a Foundation
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<p>Giant developer Olympia & York topples into bankruptcy court
</p>
<p> From the classy World Financial Center in Manhattan to the
71-acre Canary Wharf office complex in London, Olympia & York
has changed the face of some of the world's great cities. But
last week the biggest builder on earth sought shelter in
bankruptcy court in Toronto and New York City after its owners,
Canada's secretive Reichmann brothers, struggled vainly for
months to restructure $12 billion of debt. While the action
marked one of the largest real estate bankruptcies ever, it
covered only a portion of Olympia & York's vast holdings --
including its 72-story Toronto headquarters and the rest of its
Canadian operations. Notably absent were the firm's U.S. real
estate and its troubled $5.4 billion Canary Wharf project, whose
40% vacancy rate has been one of the company's biggest
headaches.
</p>
<p> The huge bankruptcy filing drove down bank stocks Friday
and sent shock waves through world financial markets. Citibank,
Olympia & York's largest U.S. creditor, said it has written off
$100 million of the $480 million it had loaned to the Canadian
company. Such losses could grow in the U.S. and abroad if
Olympia & York cannot climb out of the deepening financial hole
it has dug for itself.
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