Bankrupt Homebuilder Neumann Homes asked a judge to approve the $9 million sale of land north of Chicago to Cole Taylor Bank.
The lender, a unit of Taylor Capital Group Inc., agreed to reduce its $14.4 million claim in exchange for part of the 600- acre Clublands property in Antioch, according to papers filed Nov. 22 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eugene Wedoff agreed to hold an emergency hearing to consider the sale. Cole Taylor, based in Rosemont, was Neumann's lender for the development, and the only interested buyer, the builder said.
Neumann, a 24-year-old company that built 12,000 homes in Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado and Michigan, filed for bankruptcy in October 2007, citing inadequate funding and weakening of the U.S. housing market.
The Clublands assets include proceeds from a $13.8 million tax bond issued by Antioch for streets, sidewalks and other improvements, as well as three bonds totaling $15.6 million issued by Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, court records show. Antioch said in July that Neumann had defaulted on its obligations to finish public improvements.
Neumann has secured claims of $151.1 million, unsecured claims of $134.1 million and assets of $291.8 million, court papers show.
George Panagakis, Neumann's lawyer with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
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