Real Estate

Ventas Inc. Corporate Office

Ventas, Inc. is a real-estate investment trust (REIT), which means that it owns income-producing real estate. REIT’s provide an investment structure for real estate which is similar to what mutual funds provide for stocks.

Ventas owns 1,400 properties, including senior housing communities, nursing facilities, and medical office buildings. The company’s biggest clients are sunrise Senior Living, Brookdale Senior Living, and Kindred Healthcare.

The company was founded in 1983 in Chicago, Illinois and currently has offices in California, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas.

Ventas, Inc. trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VTR, is a member of the S&P 500, is #765 in the Fortune 1000, has 479 employees, and had $3.07 billion in revenue in 2014.

Ventas, Inc.

The company was founded in 1983 in Chicago, Illinois and currently has offices in California, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas.

History

Health Care REIT Corporate Office

Health Care REIT is an equity real estate investment trust that invests in health care, assisted living, and nursing home facilities as well as office buildings, specialty care facilities, independent living facilities, and medical office buildings.

The company has a portfolio of $21.7 billion and over 1,000 properties which are leased to health care operators in 46 states.

Health Care REIT was founded in 1970 and has offices in Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas.

The company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HCN, is a member of the S&P 500, is #746 in the Fortune 1000, has 404 employees, and had $3.22 billion in revenue in 2014.

Health Care REIT

The company has a portfolio of $21.7 billion and over 1,000 properties which are leased to health care operators in 46 states.

Health Care REIT was founded in 1970 and has offices in Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas.

History

General Growth Properties Corporate Office

General Growth Properties was founded as General Management by brothers Martin and Matthew Bucksbaum in 1954 when they opened their first shopping center, Town & Country Shopping Center, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The company opened its second center, Duck Creek Plaza, in Bettendorf, Iowa in 1960.

In 1970 General Management changed its name to General Growth Properties (GGP). The company went public two years later.

Today GGP is the United States’ #2 mall operator behind Simon Property Group. The company is a Real-Estate Trust (REIT) with a portfolio of 120 regional shopping malls which have about 25 million square feet retail space.

Top mall tenants include L Brands, Abercrombie & Fitch, The Gap, and Foot Locker.

General Growth Properties trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GGP, is a member of the S&P 500, is #821 in the Fortune 1000, has 1,500 employees, and had $2.68 billion in revenue in 2013.

General Growth Properties

The company opened its second center, Duck Creek Plaza, in Bettendorf, Iowa in 1960.

In 1970 General Management changed its name to General Growth Properties (GGP). The company went public two years later.

History

Top mall tenants include L Brands, Abercrombie & Fitch, The Gap, and Foot Locker.

Realogy Corporate Office

Realogy is the largest franchiser of residential real estate offices in the world. Its brands include Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and Sotheby’s.

Realogy was created by the 2005 announcement by Cendant that it would split into four separate companies: Real Estate, Travel Distribution, Hospitality, and Vehicle Rental Companies.

Realogy became a separately operated company in 2006. The same year the company was acquired by Apollo Management for $8.5 billion.

In 2012 Realogy went public and raised $1.08 billion by selling 40 million shares.

Today Realogy’s franchise system operates 13,600 offices in over 100 countries.

The company trades publicly on the NYSE under the symbol RLGY, is #512 in the Fortune 1000, has 10,800 employees, and had $5.35 billion in revenue in 2013.

Realogy

Realogy is the largest franchiser of residential real estate offices in the world. Its brands include Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and Sotheby’s.

Realogy was created by the 2005 announcement by Cendant that it would split into four separate companies: Real Estate, Travel Distribution, Hospitality, and Vehicle Rental Companies.

Realogy became a separately operated company in 2006. The same year the company was acquired by Apollo Management for $8.5 billion.

History

In 2012 Realogy went public and raised $1.08 billion by selling 40 million shares.

Today Realogy’s franchise system operates 13,600 offices in over 100 countries.

The company trades publicly on the NYSE under the symbol RLGY, is #512 in the Fortune 1000, has 10,800 employees, and had $5.35 billion in revenue in 2013.

Keller Williams Corporate Office

Keller Williams was founded in 1983 by Gary Keller and Joe Williams in Austin, Texas.

By 1985, their real estate office had grown to over 70 realtors. Then the recession hit and they were down to under 40 realtors in 1986.

In 1991, the company began franchising.

In 1998, the company expands to Canada.

In 2007, the Luxury Homes by Keller Williams program was launched.

In 2008, KW Commercial, a commercial real estate division, was launched.

In 2010, the company announced plans to expand outside North America. In 2012, a franchise office opened in Vietnam.

In 2013, the company announced plans to expand into Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Turkey.

A May 2018 article in Bizjournal says that Keller Williams has grown so large that they now have 181,000 agents, which is larger than the population of most small cities in the US.

Today, Keller Williams is the largest real estate company in the US and Canada with over 80,000 real estate agents.

Keller Williams

Keller Williams was founded in 1983 by Gary Keller and Joe Williams in Austin, Texas.

By 1985, their real estate office had grown to over 70 realtors. Then the recession hit and they were down to under 40 realtors in 1986.

In 1991, the company began franchising.

History

In 1998, the company expands to Canada.

In 2007, the Luxury Homes by Keller Williams program was launched.

In 2008, KW Commercial, a commercial real estate division, was launched.

In 2010, the company announced plans to expand outside North America. In 2012, a franchise office opened in Vietnam.

In 2013, the company announced plans to expand into Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Turkey.

A May 2018 article in Bizjournal says that Keller Williams has grown so large that they now have 181,000 agents, which is larger than the population of most small cities in the US.

Today, Keller Williams is the largest real estate company in the US and Canada with over 80,000 real estate agents.