...picking. Years of neglect from longtime owner Equitable Life Assurance Society, a subsidiary of New York-based AXA Financial Inc., made the center unattractive to big name retailers. More than half of the center's 140,000 square feet of...

...He purchased the shopping center Nov. 20 from Equitable Life Assurance Society, a subsidiary of New York-based AXA Financial Inc. The sale was confirmed Monday by the New York office of Lend Lease Corp. Ltd., a real estate investment company...