Columbia acquiring Normandy for $100M in New York real estate’s latest megamerger
Columbia Property Trust is buying Normandy Real Estate Management in a deal worth about $100 million, Columbia announced on...
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Title insurance’s Big Three are not to be: Fidelity, Stewart call off $1.2B merger
The massive merger between Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services that would have turned the country’s “Big Four”...
Sam Zell talks “jungle” entrepreneurs, “dearth” of mergers
The “jungle” entrepreneurs of real estate are a dying breed, according to billionaire Sam Zell. Zell, chairman of Chicago-based...
Keeping up with the Joneses: In wake of
JLL-HFF deal, expect a poaching frenzy
JLL’s $2 billion acquisition of HFF, a move that further consolidates the commercial-brokerage industry and creates the country’s largest...
JLL-HFF deal, expect a poaching frenzy
Merger mania: Real estate firms are buying each other up at record rates
The recent bidding war for LaSalle Hotel Properties has played out like a high-stakes poker match. The price tag...
Valuation challenges: Sometimes company valuations don’t just raise eyebrows — they prompt lawsuits
While company valuations often raise industry eyebrows, they can also result in legal action. Sometimes there are legitimate allegations of improper activity — with...
Wheels of fortune: with M&A activity and funding rounds abound, the industry is rethinking the value of resi brokerages
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 buys longtime partner Callahan Capital
Ivanhoe Cambridge acquired its investment partner of six years, Chicago-based real estate private equity firm Callahan Capital Properties, the...
Do or die: Small and mid-sized firms are joining forces to stay alive
Residential sales have slowed, the cost of running a brokerage has climbed, and tech is becoming more of a...
Moody’s is buying CRE data firm Reis in a $278M deal
Moody’s is buying Reis, the commercial real estate data company, in a deal valued at $278 million. The financial...
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