Brookfield Properties

Brookfield Properties is a North American subsidiary of commercial real estate firm Brookfield Property Partners, which itself is a subsidiary of alternative asset management company Brookfield Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is responsible for the asset management of the company's real estate portfolio, including office, multi-family residential, retail, hospitality, and logistics buildings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brookfield Properties acquired General Growth Properties, one of the largest mall operators in the U.S., and merged it into Brookfield Properties in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2024, Brookfield Properties operates corporate offices in nine countries around the world, including China,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> India, Germany and the US.

History

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Brookfield's 1225 Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C.<ref name=plumb>Template:Cite news</ref>

The company's roots go back to the early 1900s in Montreal, Quebec. It was known then as the Canadian Arena Company and operated the Montreal Arena. In a partnership with Toronto investors, it built Arena Gardens in Toronto. In the 1910s, it opened an office and began business in Brazil,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while in the 1920s, it built the Montreal Forum to house the Montreal Maroons and Montreal Canadiens National Hockey League franchises; from 1935 to 1957, the company also owned the Canadiens. The company was acquired by Edper Investments in 1970. During the 1970s, when the company was known as Carena Properties, it expanded its business into commercial real estate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the Montreal Forum closed, the Forum was sold to competitor Canderel Properties.

In 1989, Carena acquired a 33% interest in Olympia & York Developments Ltd., developers of the World Financial Center in New York,<ref name="auto">Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref> and in 1990, Brookfield acquired a 50% interest in a portfolio of office properties in Toronto, Denver and Minneapolis from BCE Development Corporation. In 1994, this holding was increased to 100% and included BCE Place, now Brookfield Place, Brookfield Properties' flagship office complex in Toronto.<ref>Brookfield Office Properties history Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2016-03-06</ref>

In 1996, Carena acquired a 46% interest in World Financial Properties, a corporation formed from the bankruptcy of Olympia & York, which included three of the four towers of the World Financial Center, One Liberty Plaza, 245 Park Avenue in Manhattan. That year, Carena changed its name to Brookfield Properties Corporation.<ref name="auto" />

In 1997, Brookfield Properties purchased 45% of Gentra, Inc., owner of several commercial properties in Toronto.<ref name="auto" />

2000s

In 2000, Brookfield Properties acquired a portfolio of Calgary office properties, including the Bankers Hall complex.<ref name="auto" />

In April 2001, the company lost out to Silverstein Properties, Inc., on the lease of the World Trade Center in New York City before the complex was destroyed during the September 11 attacks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2003, Brookfield Properties completed the spin-off of Brookfield Homes, now part of Brookfield Residential, Brookfield Asset Management's U.S.-based home building business.<ref name="auto" />

In 2005, Brookfield Properties acquired a 25% interest in O&Y Properties Corporation and O&Y Real Estate Investment Trust, expanding the company's real estate portfolio in four Canadian cities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2006, the company acquired Trizec Properties, which was founded in 1960 by William Zeckendorf, builder of Place Ville Marie.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>

2010s

In 2010, it entered into London and Australian markets by acquiring the 100 Bishopsgate development site in the City of London and 16 properties encompassing 8 million SF in three major Australian cities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On Earth Day on April 22, 2010, the company was listed as one of Canada's "The Green 30" Organizations Based On Eco-Friendly Programs and Practices based on an employee poll.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2011, Brookfield Properties divested its residential group consisting of Carma Developers and Brookfield Homes (Ontario) Ltd. to merge with Brookfield Homes Corporation to form Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.<ref name="Press Release2">Template:Cite web</ref> That same year, Brookfield Properties changed its name to Brookfield Office Properties to reflect its focus on commercial office properties.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

In 2013, Brookfield Office Properties Inc. became the largest office landlord in Los Angeles after acquiring MPG Office Trust Inc.'s downtown portfolio.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> MPG had been one of Southern California's most prominent real estate developers and a longtime L.A. office tower owner. The MPG buildings they acquired include the Gas Company Tower, 777 Tower and the Wells Fargo Center on Bunker Hill.<ref>Vincent, Roger (13 October 2013) "Brookfield becomes dominant landlord in L.A. financial district" Los Angeles Times</ref><ref>Vincent, Roger (November 14, 2014) "Oaktree Capital agrees to expand offices in downtown Los Angeles" Los Angeles Times</ref>

In June 2014, Brookfield Property Partners (BPY) completed their acquisition of Brookfield Office Properties (BPO). BPO common shares were de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange as of June 10, 2014, and from the New York Stock Exchange on June 20, 2014. Brookfield Property Partners is now the sole owner of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of BPO.<ref name="Yahoo! Finance: Brookfield Property Partners Completes Acquisition of Brookfield Office Properties">Template:Cite news</ref>

In January 2016, Brookfield Properties purchased KIC, along with KIC's Berlin office.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2016, Brookfield Asset Management, which owned 33 percent of Rouse Properties, made an unsolicited offer to purchase the rest of the company.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A purchase agreement was eventually reached, valuing the company at $2.8 billion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brookfield's acquisition of Rouse Properties was completed on July 6, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> The Rouse Properties brand would ultimately be absorbed into Brookfield.

On August 28, 2018, Brookfield Property Partners acquired Chicago-based real estate investment trust and shopping mall operator GGP Inc. (General Growth Properties), and merged its assets into Brookfield Properties, for $9 billion.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Brookfield immediately sold a 49% interest in each of three former GGP super-regional malls to CBRE Group, and a 49% interest in three other former GGP malls to TIAA subsidiary Nuveen, seeking additional joint ventures for its newly acquired malls.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The acquisition added 162 shopping malls comprising approximately Template:Convert of gross leasable area to Brookfield's portfolio.

In December 2018, Brookfield Properties took over the management of Forest City Realty Trust's real estate portfolio after the company was acquired by a fund affiliated with Brookfield Asset Management.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2020s

In September 2020, the company's retail group announced a layoff of 20% of its workforce of about 2,000 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Around June 2021, the company opened an office in Sydney, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In May 2023, Brookfield Properties announced a purchase of a 115,000 square foot Doral warehouse at 1500 Northwest 95th Avenue for $16 million.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In January 2023, Brookfield Properties purchased subsidiaries from Deutsche Bank A.G., acquiring Deutsche Bank's London and New York offices.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In February 2024, the company opened offices in India and the UAE.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• List of Brookfield Properties shopping malls

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