John Shutt

  • News

    Shurgard reconsiders

    2006-07-03T00:00:00

    US – After rejecting unsolicited buy-out overtures from self-storage REIT giant, Public Storage, for four months, the board of US self-storage REIT Shurgard Storage Centers has done an about-face and decided to explore the sale of the company. ...

  • News

    Bidding war over Town & Country REIT

    2006-02-07T00:00:00

    REAL ESTATE - A bidding war has broken out for the rights to acquire Town & Country (TCT), the Baltimore, Maryland-based apartment REIT that owns 13,000 units on the eastern US seaboard. A third bidder entered the fray last week when investmen...

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    Blackstone buys La Quinta hotel REIT

    2005-11-21T00:00:00

    US - New York-based equity firm Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Texas-based hotel REIT La Quinta for $3.4bn (€2.9bn). It's the latest acquisition in the firm's 18-month shopping spree in the hotel sector. The deal means Blackstone will pa...

  • News

    Shurgard reconsiders

    2005-11-07T00:00:00

    US – After rejecting unsolicited buy-out overtures from self-storage REIT giant, Public Storage, for four months, the board of US self-storage REIT Shurgard Storage Centers has done an about-face and decided to explore the sale of the company. ...