Seller EQT Exeter had owned the 96-percent leased building, which sits on 20 acres and has room for development, since at least 2018.
The Ohio-based developer plans a 3.5 million-square-foot redevelopment of the WestShore Plaza mall but lacks financing.
As the displaced seek shelter, agents representing luxury homes report generosity by some owners, money-grubbing by others.
Users say opportunists are contacting owners of houses destroyed in the wildfires with low-ball offers for their land.