Dec 7 (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Monday its retail and operating assets would exit Chapter 11 as two of its biggest landlords, Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management Inc, have acquired nearly all such assets.

"We ... are very pleased to help preserve this iconic institution and save tens of thousands of jobs," Simon Property Group Chief Executive David Simon said. (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)