To compound this problem, mall owners are now starting to mail in the
keys to financially troubled malls: More mall
landlords are choosing to walk away from struggling properties, leaving creditors in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby real estate... [as] some of the largest U.S.
landlords are calculating it is more advantageous to
hand over ownership to lenders than to attempt to restructure debts on properties with darkening outlooks (LINK).