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Serefex Corporation Plans Mall Purchase.


Business Editors/Real Estate Writers

LOVES PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2002

Serefex Properties, a division of Serefex Corporation (SRFX SRFX Service Response Force Exercise (US DoD) :OB) of Loves Park, Illinois Loves Park is a suburb of Rockford, Illinois in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. In recent years, the city spread across the eastern Winnebago county line and now reaches into Boone County, Illinois. The population was 20,044 at the 2000 census.  announced today, that they have completed negotiations to acquire the Machesney Park Mall from Simon Property Group Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), also known as SIMON, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the largest developer of shopping malls in the United States. Simon Property Group, Inc.  of Indianapolis, Indiana “Indianapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Indianapolis (disambiguation).
Indianapolis (IPA: [ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs]) is the capital city of the U.S.
. Serefex Properties will own, manage and redevelop re·de·vel·op  
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1. To develop (something) again.

2.
 the mall.

Serefex also announced, Marty Vanags will serve as Vice President and General Manager of the division and the mall. Vanags, of Rockford has over fifteen years serving the public and private sectors in development, leasing, economic development and city management.

Vanags, who served as the Director of Community Development of the Village of Machesney Park between 1990 and 1993 said, "I am very familiar with the mall property, its problems, challenges and most of all its potential. We are very excited about this acquisition, and we are eager to commence and implement the redevelopment plan, of which we will be announcing to the Village officials as well as to the shopping public in the very near future."

Village officials confirmed that Serefex had applied to the Village's Revolving Loan Fund A Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) is a source of money from which loans are made for small business development projects. A loan is made to one person or business at a time and, as repayments are made, funds become available for new loans to other businesses.  for a low interest loan of $400,000 to assist in the renovation and redevelopment of the mall. Linda Vaughan, Village President said, "We are very excited about the prospects that new ownership brings to the Mall property. We are dependent on sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government.  to fund a majority of Village operations, therefore anything new at the mall is positive and exciting news for the Village." The Village Board must approve the loan.

The Mall was built in the late 70's and was a major reason residents, of what was then known as North Park, incorporated into a Village. The mall was very successful for over ten years, but fell on hard times and has seen increasing vacancies over the past several years.

Vanags indicated Serefex Management is in the process of finalizing their redevelopment plans. He indicated that after meetings with Village officials, retailers, local business owners and residents, Serefex Properties would be ready to announce the details of the redevelopment plans.

For any questions regarding this news release please call Marty Vanags at Serefex Corporation at 815-637-7600. Information regarding the Serefex Corporation can be found at http://www.serefex.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. In order for the company to utilize the "safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1955, you are hereby cautioned, and the Company hereby notes, that these statements may be affected by risk factors affecting the Company generally, as well as those identified in the SpectraFAX Registration Statement on Form 10-SB with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligations to update or revise any such forward-looking statements.
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