---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-029977"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBL"
cik: "0000910612"
company_name: "CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T00:48:19.907912+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBL appoints Michael A. Torres to board; adds REIT investment expertise

## Summary
- Michael A. Torres appointed director effective June 15, 2023; also joins Audit Committee.
- Torres is CEO & portfolio manager of Adelante Capital Management, a minority-owned REIT firm.
- Over 35 years in real estate/securities investing; created the Wilshire Real Estate Securities Index.
- Appointment furthers board diversity commitment, per Chairman David J. Contis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-029977
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBL
- cik: 0000910612
- company_name: CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000114036123029977/0001140361-23-029977-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000114036123029977/brhc20054384_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-029977
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-029977.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-029977.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. Torres was appointed as Director at CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the “ Company ”) has appointed Michael A. Torres to the Board as an additional director of the Company, effective as of June 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910612/000114036123029977/0001140361-23-029977-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.