Sale of shuttered mall approved by federal judge

A New York judge has approved the sale Bradenton's DeSoto Square Mall after three-day bankruptcy auction

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 10:30 a.m. October 22, 2021
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FILE: DeSoto Square Mall is sold.
FILE: DeSoto Square Mall is sold.
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A bankruptcy judge in New York has approved the sale of DeSoto Square Mall for $20 million according to the attorney representing DeSoto Owners LLC, the company that owned the mall when it shut down.

A hearing scheduled to approve the winning bid at a bankruptcy auction was held Oct. 20, but online court records did not disclose the results of the hearing.

 

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