Uni-Marts seeks new bidder for 200 stores after 'stalking horse' deal stumbles

摘要

Bankrupt c-store chain Uni-Marts is again trying to sell its retail sites, following the collapse of a deal with Atlantis Petroleum.rnThe 210 outlets, a mix of c-stores and dealer locations, are located in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio,rnaccording to an offering letter sent out earlier this week by Matrix Capital Markets Group, a Baltimore, Md.-based broker handling the sale.rnAtlantis, a Wayne, Pa.-based distributor supplying Getty dealers, had been the official "stalking horse bidder" - the one that rivals must beat at a bankruptcy auction.rnUnder a deal signed a year ago with Uni-Marts, Atlantis was to bid a total $17.7 million for about 280 sites Matrix contacted 42 potential purchasers before bringing Atlantis to the negotiating table with Uni-Marts, as exclusively reported (OE 06/23/08).