Re: Alex Beam column

["Smyth, Sean (CON-COLUMBO)" <ssmyth@cnc.com>]

Mark Schneyder writes:
>They're about to go public with an IPO to get
>themselves out of  a heavy debt and cover operational
>losses they'be been suffering in the past two years.
>They already lost over a million in the first qtr of this year.
>WEZE and other underperforming Salem properites were
>placed in a trust a couple weeks ago which probably
>means a quick firesale once the IPOs hit the Street...

Doesn't this totally fly in the face of what we have heard about
Salem: financially conscious, good at managing their properties,
et al. Anyone care to comment?

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