HFF (commercial real estate)

Defunct commercial real estate firm

HFF, Inc.

Type| Joint-stock company
Industry| Commercial real estate
Founded| 1998; 24 years ago (1998)
Defunct| July 1, 2019; 3 years ago (2019-07-01)
Fate| Acquired by JLL
Headquarters| One Victory Park, Dallas, Texas
Revenue|  $662 million (2018)

Operating income

|  $95 million (2018)

Net income

|  $116 million (2018)
Total assets|  $858 million (2018)
Total equity|  $351 million (2018)

Number of employees

| 1,074 (2018)
Footnotes / references
[1]

HFF, Inc. was a provider of capital markets and brokerage services to owners of commercial real estate. In 2019, the company was acquired by JLL.

## History[edit]

In 1974, John Fowler and Peter Goedecke founded Fowler, Goedeneke & Company. In 1982, Holliday Fenoglio & Co was founded by Harold E. (Hal) Holliday and John Fenoglio.[2]

In 1994, Amresco acquired Holliday Fenoglio Dockerty & Gibson.[3]

In 1998, Amresco acquired Fowler, Goedecke, Ellis & O'Connor Inc. and merged the two companies to form Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P.[4]

In 1999, the company was sold to Lend Lease Group for $228 million.[5][6]

In 2007, the company became a public company via an initial public offering that raised $257 million.[7][8][9]

In 2012, founders Holliday and Fenoglio went to work for CBRE Group.[10]

In July 2019, JLL acquired the company.[11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "HFF, Inc. 2018 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
2. ^ "HFF". The Real Deal.
3. ^ "Amresco plans to buy commercial loan firm". American Banker. August 10, 1994.
4. ^ "Amresco acquires Boston banking firm". American City Business Journals. January 28, 1998.
5. ^ Cook, Lynn J. (December 26, 1999). "Holliday Fenoglio Fowler sold to U.S. Lend Lease subsidiary". American City Business Journals.
6. ^ "Holliday Fenoglio Fowler Completes Management Buy-Out From Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc" (Press release). Business Wire. June 18, 2003.
7. ^ "HFF Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering" (Press release). Business Wire. January 31, 2007.
8. ^ "HFF IPO raises $257 mln, above range". Reuters. January 30, 2007.
9. ^ "HFF, INC. (HF) IPO". NASDAQ.
10. ^ "CBRE Hires HFF Founders to Head its Debt and Equity Finance Services in Southwest". National Real Estate Investor. March 26, 2012.
11. ^ "JLL Completes Acquisition of Leading Capital Markets Firm HFF". PR Newswire. July 1, 2019.

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