Equity Office Properties Trust

What kind of a news baron would Sam Zell make? With Tribune Co. seriously considering the Chicago real estate billionaire's buyout offer, it's no idle question. Besides amassing the nation's largest collection of office buildings in his Equity Office...

For the second time in eight years, control of the Los Angeles Times changed hands Thursday, passing from a staid Chicago conglomerate to a private company headed by an unpredictable and colorful billionaire, in a debt-heavy deal that creates tremendous...

1 In what he described at its completion as "the transaction from hell," Chicago billionaire and motorcycle fan Sam Zell (pictured right) spearheaded the $8.2 billion deal to take media giant Tribune Co. private. Skeptics questioned whether banks would...

When the subject of private equity comes up, it's usually the big deals that come to mind. Think Blackstone Group's purchase of Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust. But according to a new trade group trying to spread the word about the...

Tribune Co.'s board of directors negotiated late into Sunday night on a deal aimed at handing control of the 159-year-old Chicago Tribune and other major media properties to maverick Chicago billionaire Sam Zell for $13 billion. If Tribune's board can...

Sam Zell likes to say a true entrepreneur has unending self-confidence—that he doesn't see risk, he sees only solutions. That might explain why the flamboyant Chicago real estate magnate believes he can transform Tribune Co. at a time when newspapers and...

He doesn't sit on lots of corporate boards, his name isn't on a lot of buildings, and he isn't the first guy local charities run to when they need a big donor to swing a project. Even though real estate magnate Sam Zell isn't one of corporate Chicago's...

New York's Mort Zuckerman called Sam Zell to congratulate him last week after Tribune Co.'s board accepted the Chicago real estate tycoon's proposal to take the media company private. "I wished him well, but I haven't spoken to him about it in any kind...

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With merger mania a global phenomenon in 2006, average investors are wondering which companies might be snapped up next. Giant companies in a variety of industries have been seeking quick growth via acquisitions. In telecommunications, AT&T Inc....

Although residential real estate markets have struggled, commercial real estate investments have continued to prosper. Proving an army of doomsayers wrong, real estate mutual funds and real estate investment trusts have outperformed the Standard & Poor's...

Last year, Timothy Callahan got it coming and going. In April, he resigned as chief executive of Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, receiving "separation pay" of $1.65 million, roughly equal to a year's salary and bonus, plus accelerated...