...important, the 28-year-old development was ripe for the 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...

...which he had helped market as Augusta's "Motor Mile." 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...