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HFF (commercial real estate)

HFF, Inc.
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryCommercial real estate
Founded1998; 27 years ago (1998)
DefunctJuly 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-01)
FateAcquired by JLL
HeadquartersOne Victory Park, Dallas, Texas
RevenueIncrease $662 million (2018)
Decrease $95 million (2018)
Increase $116 million (2018)
Total assetsDecrease $858 million (2018)
Total equityIncrease $351 million (2018)
Number of employees
1,074 (2018)
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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

In 1974, John Fowler and Peter Goedecke founded Fowler, Goedecke & 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 Lendlease for $228 million.[5][6]

In 2007, it 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.[10] In July 2019, JLL acquired the company for $1.8 billion.[11][12]

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