Equity Office

Equity Office Properties Trust ( NYSE: EOP ) is the largest U.S. publicly traded office real estate company with headquarters in Chicago. The company is listed on the stock index S & P 500. Equity Office Properties Trust owns and manages about 590 properties in the U.S., mostly office buildings in metropolitan areas.

The private equity group Blackstone sought since the end of 2006 to an acquisition of EOP for the price of approximately U.S. $ 38 billion. This is to date the largest corporate takeover by a financial investor.; the takeover succeeds early February 2007 for 39 billion including debt.

History

EOP was founded in 1976 by ​​Sam Zell.