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CHICAGO -- Brookfield Properties Corp., together with the Blackstone Group, is acquiring Trizec Properties and Toronto-based Trizec Canada in a transaction valued at a total of $8.9 billion.
Brookfield, a New York-based office real estate investment trust, is acquiring the common stock of Trizec Properties at $29.01 per share in cash and is acquiring the shares of Trizec Canada for $30.97 per share in cash. The additional $1.96 cash consideration per Trizec Canada share reflects the value of Trizec Canada's net assets other than its approximate 38% interest in Trizec Properties, Trizec reports.
The price for the Trizec Properties common stock represents an 18% premium over its June 2, 2006 closing price of $24.60 on the New York Stock Exchange. And the price for Trizec Canada shares represents a 30% premium over its closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange on June 2, the REIT reports.
Tim Callahan, president and CEO, Trizec Properties, noted that Trizec ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Brookfield Buying Trizec Properties.