Flashback 2010: Why Does The Federal Reserve Own A Mall In Oklahoma City ?

Flashback 2010. NPR reports:

As part of the bailouts of AIG and Bear Stearns, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York spent more than $70 billion to buy toxic assets the companies owned. Last week, prompted by a lawsuit filed by Bloomberg News, the Fed finally told the world exactly what it bought.

The Fed now owns loans to Hilton hotels in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Malaysia and Trinidad. It owns loans to the Miami airport, and the Civic Opera House in Chicago.

It also owned a loan to Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City. Then, when the owners of the mall couldn't make the payments, the Fed foreclosed. So now it owns the mall, which includes a Chick-fil-A and an AMC theater.

The mall's for sale — cheap! "This lender owned distressed asset ... can be purchased at far below replacement cost," the listing says.

Just a reminder the next time some progressive tells you we have a free market in money!