Real Estate Mergers

The “jungle” entrepreneurs of real estate are a dying breed, according to billionaire Sam Zell. Zell, chairman of Chicago-based Equity International Group, said on...

JLL’s $2 billion acquisition of HFF, a move that further consolidates the commercial-brokerage industry and creates the country’s largest debt platform, is barely a...

The recent bidding war for LaSalle Hotel Properties has played out like a high-stakes poker match. The price tag for the real estate investment...

While company valuations often raise industry eyebrows, they can also result in legal action. Sometimes there are legitimate allegations of improper activity — with...

When the venture-backed brokerage Compass secured a cash infusion of $75 million last month, the response from industry rivals was fast and furious. The...

Ivanhoe Cambridge acquired its investment partner of six years, Chicago-based real estate private equity firm Callahan Capital Properties, the companies announced Thursday. The firms...

Residential sales have slowed, the cost of running a brokerage has climbed, and tech is becoming more of a threat by the minute. While...

Moody’s is buying Reis, the commercial real estate data company, in a deal valued at $278 million. The financial services company best known for...

The recent bidding war for LaSalle Hotel Properties has played out like a high-stakes poker match. The price tag for the real estate investment...

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t just about growth. For some firms, they are the final lifeline. And without that lifeline, the company goes under. Such...

Merger mania is taking its toll on the real estate fund management industry, as firms fight over more selective institutional clients. Bavaria-based Patrizia Immobilien,...

It’s been a big year so far for mergers and acquisitions of real estate companies, with a volume of $29.9 billion worth in the...

Michael Ashner and Steve Witkoff fired off their latest shareholder letter to the board of New York REIT on Monday, expressing “numerous substantial and...

New York REIT’s proposed merger with Washington, D.C.-area landlord JBG Companies comes with a slight catch. JBG is withholding around $1.8 billion in assets...

New York REIT shareholders aren’t nearly as chuffed about the company’s proposed merger with JBG Companies as the executives involved.

UPDATED, 6:30 p.m., May 25: New York REIT is merging with the Maryland-based JBG Companies, in a deal that will form a new real estate...

City-focused real estate investment trust New York REIT is reportedly in talks to merge with Maryland-based real estate firm the JBG Companies. While there...