Jan
19

Rouse Board Weighs Brookfield’s Takeover Bid

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NEW YORK CITY—The board of shopping center REIT Rouse Properties Inc.  has established a special committee to evaluate an unsolicited acquisition bid from Brookfield Asset Management. Toronto-based BAM offered this past Saturday to buy the remaining two-thirds of RSE’s common stock that BAM and its affiliates don’t already own for $17 per share, or approximately US$657 million.

RSE’s board has also hired BofA Merrill Lynch as its financial advisor and Sidley Austin LLP as legal counsel in connection with the BAM offer. The REIT, which was spun off from General Growth Properties in 2012 after GGP emerged from bankruptcy, has entered into a standstill agreement with BAM on acquiring any additional RSE stock between now and March 4…

Rouse Board Weighs Brookfield’s Takeover Bid

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