The Indiana Toll Road is being sold.
Australia-based IFM Investors is set to enter into a $5.7 billion agreement to operate the 157-mile road for the next 66 years. IFM Investors will acquire ITR Concession Company, the bankrupt company that currently operates the road.
ITR Concession Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September after the company said it was unable to pay its $6 billion in debt obligations. Indiana leased the road for 75 years to ITR Concession Company in 2006.
Under an agreement reached in October, the Indiana Finance Authority must approve any new operator.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
The toll road's creditors will recover about 95 cents on the dollar, meaning those who bought cheap debt—it traded as low as 60 cents on the dollar last March—stand to make a windfall gain.
Two northern Indiana counties were also seeking to take over the road's lease.
Network Indiana contributed to this report.