Man, with (currently) four comments mentioning that this is "what bankruptcy is for", I think the point of the article might have been missed. This isn't some sneaky "one weird trick", and that's not the reason Bloomberg is reporting on it. In fact, the tone of the article to me is, "yup, companies do it all the time, but..." And the "but" is:
But the moves threaten to upend huge swaths of the real estate market and the half-trillion dollar market for commercial mortgage-backed securities.
It's not "Busted US Retailers Use Bankruptcy to Break Leases", but more the "...by the Thousands" part. Malls are going to start becoming ghost towns, especially with no anchor stores like Penny's and the since-departed Sears.
But the moves threaten to upend huge swaths of the real estate market and the half-trillion dollar market for commercial mortgage-backed securities.
It's not "Busted US Retailers Use Bankruptcy to Break Leases", but more the "...by the Thousands" part. Malls are going to start becoming ghost towns, especially with no anchor stores like Penny's and the since-departed Sears.