The Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills mall sold for $100 at auction Wednesday after its owners didn't repay $143 million owed.
Wells Fargo Bank was owed the money from a 2006 loan and submitted the winning bid for the 1.1 million-square-foot Pittsburgh Mills. The bank was acting as trustee for MSCI 2007 HQ11, the trust that bought the mall in suburban Frazer Township.
Wells Fargo foreclosed last year on the mall, which opened in 2005. The mall once was worth $190 million but recently was appraised at just $11 million and is slightly more than half occupied. Pittsburgh Mills Limited Partnership defaulted on the loan.
Wells Fargo and the mall's new owners haven't commented on the purchase.
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