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in receivership



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More recently, residents of his Skid Row developments told The Times that sanitation and security services degraded months after he purchased 17 aging buildings held in receivership by the city of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2026

“I am advised that the process leading to the company being placed in receivership is legally questionable,” he said in a statement in a government publication.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

More than five years on, one of the JaeVee subsidiary companies developing the sites is in administration and the other is in receivership.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2025

Deals involving banks either in receivership or under stress rose to $23.2 billion in the first quarter to the highest since 2019, according to data from Dealogic.

From Reuters Jul. 17, 2023

On the night of Thursday, May 5, officials of the National Cordage Company, a trust that controlled 80 percent of America’s rope production, placed itself in receivership.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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