CBL · CIK 0000910612
What CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
CBL & Associates' disclosures describe a regionally concentrated mall REIT exposed to its tenants and its debt. Its revenue leans heavily on the southeastern U.S. (about 51.4% of pro-rata revenue) and the Midwest (about 24.7%), with its top five metros — Chattanooga, St. Louis, Nashville, Lexington and Kansas City — adding to that concentration, so regional downturns would weigh on results. As an enclosed-mall and shopping-center owner, its rental income depends on retail anchors and tenants meeting their obligations in a structurally pressured sector where closures or bankruptcies cut revenue directly. And with $751.4 million of variable-rate debt at year-end 2025, rising interest rates would lift its cash interest payments and reduce funds available for distribution.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Geographic concentration
- Southeast (51.4%) + Midwest (24.7%); top-5 metroshigh
CBL's revenue is concentrated in the southeastern (~51.4% of pro-rata revenue) and midwestern (~24.7%) US, with its five largest metros — Chattanooga, St. Louis, Nashville, Lexington and Kansas City — at ~6.7%/6.5%/5.0%/4.3%/4.2%; downturns in those regions/markets would materially hurt results.
“Our properties located in the southeastern United States accounted for approximately 51.4% of our total pro-rata share of revenues from all properties for the year ended December 31, 2025”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Liquidity & debt
- variable-rate debt ($751.4M)medium
CBL carried $751.4M of consolidated and unconsolidated variable-rate debt at year-end 2025; rising interest rates increase its cash interest payments and reduce funds available for distribution.
“As of December 31, 2025, our total share of consolidated and unconsolidated variable-rate debt, excluding debt discounts and deferred financing costs, was $751.4 million. Increases in interest rates will increase our cash interest payments on any variable-rate debt we have outsta”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Other disclosures
- retail anchor/tenant dependence (mall REIT)medium
As an enclosed-mall and shopping-center REIT, CBL's rental revenue depends on retail anchors and tenants meeting their rent and reimbursement obligations — a structurally pressured sector where anchor closures or tenant bankruptcies directly reduce revenue.
“the ability of its anchors and tenants at its properties to meet their obligations for payment of rents and tenant reimbursements.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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