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September 23, 2011

Chicago Tribune: Religious order defaults on multimillion-dollar debt for luxury retirement high-rise

by Ameet Sachdev
Chicago Tribue

The Franciscan Sisters of Chicago religious order has learned the hard way that there is not much of a market for $1 million condos aimed at retirees.

A charitable arm of the Roman Catholic institution said Thursday that it has defaulted on bonds issued to finance the Clare at Water Tower, a 53-story high-rise that opened in December 2008 on Loyola University Chicago's Gold Coast campus.

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