Colonial Properties
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{{Infobox company
| name = Colonial Properties Trust
| logo = Colonial Properties Trust.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| industry = Real estate investment trust
| fate = Acquired by Mid-America Apartment Communities
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1970}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|2013|10|01}}
| location = Birmingham, Alabama
| key_people = {{nowrap| Thomas H. Lowder, Chairman and CEO
C. Reynolds Thompson, President and CFO}}
| revenue = $0.393 billion (2012)
| net_income = $0.008 billion (2012)
| assets = $3.286 billion (2012)
| equity = $1.150 billion (2012)
| num_employees = 911 (2012)
| footnotes = {{cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909111/000090911113000014/form10k_12312012.htm | title=Colonial Properties Trust 2012 Form 10-K Annual Report | publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission}}
}}
Colonial Properties Trust was a publicly traded diversified real estate investment trust headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. In October 2013, the company was acquired by Mid-America Apartment Communities.
Company history
In 1970, the company was founded by Edward Lowder, the father of Bobby Lowder, the head of the failed Colonial Bank and Colonial Bancgroup.
In September 1993, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2001/10/22/daily40.html | title=Colonial Properties to pay 63-cent dividend | work=American City Business Journals | date=October 25, 2001}}
In 1994, the company acquired the Rime Companies for $190.7 million.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/08/business/company-news-colonial-properties-to-buy-rime-for-190.7-million.html | title=COLONIAL PROPERTIES TO BUY RIME FOR $190.7 MILLION | work=The New York Times | date=December 8, 1994}} Rime owned 10 apartment complexes containing 4,953 apartment units. The acquisition increased the number of apartment owned by the company to 10,873 and made it the largest apartment owner in Alabama.
In 2004, the company acquired Cornerstone Realty Income Trust for $650 million in stock.{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EEDB143DF935A15753C1A9629C8B63 | title=COLONIAL PROPERTIES TO ACQUIRE CORNERSTONE | work=The New York Times | date=October 26, 2004}}
In 2005, the company partnered with DRA Advisors to acquire CRT properties. Colonial received a 15% stake in CRT, which was acquired for $1.8 billion. CRT owned 11.7 million square feet of office space mostly in Atlanta, Houston, Orlando and Charlotte.{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050927006163/en/Colonial-Properties-Trust-DRA-Advisors-LLC-Complete | title=Colonial Properties Trust and DRA Advisors, LLC Complete their Acquisition of CRT Properties, Inc. | publisher=Business Wire | date=September 27, 2005}}
In March 2006, the company sold 2 shopping centers.{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061002006013/en/Colonial-Properties-Trust-Announces-Sale-Colonial-Pinnacle | title=Colonial Properties Trust Announces Sale of Colonial Pinnacle and Colonial Promenade Tutwiler Farm and Reaffirms 2006 Annual Guidance | publisher=Business Wire | date=October 2, 2006}}
In 2007, a joint venture between the company and DRA Advisors sold 15 properties in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico containing 3,959 units for $468 million.{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2007/01/08/daily34.html | title=Alabama REIT sells three Albuquerque properties | work=American City Business Journals | date=January 12, 2007}}
In 2007, the company sold a majority interest in development assets in Alabama for $48.5 million.{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20071226005013/en/Colonial-Properties-Trust-Sells-48.5-Million-Commercial | title=Colonial Properties Trust Sells $48.5 Million of Commercial Development Assets | publisher=Business Wire | date=December 26, 2007}}{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/colonialproperties-sale/colonial-properties-sells-two-properties-for-48-5-mln-idUSWNAS531320071226 | title=Colonial Properties sells two properties for $48.5 mln | first=Amulya | last=Nagaraj | work=Reuters | date=December 26, 2007}}{{cite news | url=http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2007/12/colonial_properties_sells_two.html | title=Colonial Properties sells two properties for $48.5 million to unnamed buyer | first=Jerry | last=Underwood | work=The Birmingham News | date=December 26, 2007}}
In 2014, the company sold Brookwood Village, which it had acquired in 1999.{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2014/04/02/brookwood-village-sold-to-cypress-equities.html | title=Brookwood Village sold to Cypress Equities | first=Ty | last=West | work=American City Business Journals | date=April 2, 2014}}{{cite news | url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/dallas-based_cyprus_equities_b.html | title=Dallas-based Cypress Equities buys Brookwood Village | first=Michael | last=Tomberlin | work=The Birmingham News | date=April 2, 2014}}
In October 2013, the company was acquired by Mid-America Apartment Communities.{{cite press release | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/maa-and-colonial-properties-trust-complete-83-billion-merger-225969221.html | title=MAA and Colonial Properties Trust complete $8.3 billion merger | publisher=PR Newswire | date=October 1, 2013}}