Starwood Mall Portfolio Posts Rare Valuation Increase, Ownership Change Looms for Two Troubled Shopping Centers, Office Loans Expose Life Insurers to Weakness

Starwood Mall Portfolio Posts Rare Valuation Increase: A new higher appraisal on a Starwood Capital Group mall portfolio spotlights the still rare, but potentially increasing, instances of rising valuations on troubled loans, according to a new report from Stav Gaon, head of securitized products research and strategy at Academy Securities.