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Hines Interests Limited Partnership is a
privately held company A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...
that invests in and develops real estate. The company has developed, redeveloped or acquired 1,450 properties, comprising over 485 million square feet.Hines: About the firm
/ref> The company currently manages 622 properties comprising 256 million square feet. The company has a presence in 240 cities in 27 countries. The firm's business model is alleged to be adding to Ireland's housing crisis.


History

The company was founded in
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in 1957 by
Gerald D. Hines Gerald Douglas Hines (August 15, 1925August 23, 2020) was an American real estate developer based in Houston. He was the founder and chairman of Hines, a privately held real estate firm with its headquarters in that city. At the time of his d ...
. In 1966, the company signed a lease with
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as the anchor tenant of a 50-story building it was constructing. In March 2006, Hines Real Estate Investment Trust acquired 321 N. Clark, an 897,000 square foot office building in
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for $247.3 million. In December 2006, a subsidiary of Hines Real Estate Investment Trust acquired a portfolio of 9 buildings in
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for $217 million. In November 2008, Hines Real Estate Investment Trust acquired a 70% interest in 12 shopping centers owned by Weingarten Realty Investors. In July 2009, a partnership of the company and Sterling surrendered a 542,000 square foot office building in San Francisco to its lenders. In October 2010, Hines Global REIT acquired an office tower in
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for $180 million. In December 2010, the company sold its 2% interest in 9 buildings including Safeco Plaza (Seattle) to its
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partner,
CalPERS The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is an agency in the California executive branch that "manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.5 million California public employees, retirees, and their families".CalPERSFac ...
. In April 2011, the company began development of
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on the site of the former convention center in Washington D.C. In August 2012, a subsidiary of Hines Global REIT acquired the headquarters of
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in
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for $180 million. In May 2013, the company sold a building in
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to
Liberty Property Trust Liberty Property Trust was a real estate investment trust that invested in office buildings and industrial properties. As of December 31, 2017, the company owned interests in 461 industrial and 48 office properties comprising 86.0 million square fe ...
for $133.5 million. In November 2013, a team led by the company was chosen as the master developer of the
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. In December 2013, Hines Global REIT acquired a property in
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for $141.9 million. In April 2016, in partnership with
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, the company acquired a site in
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and began development of a 15-story senior living facility. In August 2016, a subsidiary of Hines Real Estate Investment Trust sold a property in
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for $27.59 million. In February 2016, the company acquired a 345,000 square foot office complex in
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from
JBG Smith JBG SMITH Properties is a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in Bethesda, Maryland. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned 62 properties and has 2 additional properties under construction, all of which are in the Washington me ...
. In June 2016, the company announced that Hines Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. would liquidate. In November 2016, Hines Real Estate Investment Trust sold 7 office properties on the
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to an affiliate of
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for $1.162 billion, sold an office property in
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to an affiliate of
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for $193 million, and sold the
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, the tallest building in
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,
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for $175.5 million. The company also began construction of a 327,000 square foot development in
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. In March 2017, the company, in partnership with
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, acquired a property in the
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for $108.9 million. The company also opened a 24-story, 233-unit luxury apartment complex in Houston. In March 2017, the company acquired a 2.2 million square foot distribution center in
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from
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. In May 2017, the company announced plans for a 600,000 square foot mixed-use development in
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. The company also announced plans for T3 West Midtown and Atlantic Yards, 700,000 square feet of developments in
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in partnership with
Invesco Invesco Ltd. is an American independent investment management company that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional branch offices in 20 countries. Its common stock is a constituent of the S&P 500 and trades on the New York stock exc ...
. In July 2017, Hines Global REIT sold an apartment complex in
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for $100 million. In June 2019, Hines partnered with the
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ( ar, جهاز أبوظبي للاستثمار, ADIA) is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (in the United Arab Emirates) founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Gover ...
(ADIA) to fund Conscient Infra's construction of an apartment complex: Conscient Hines Elevate. in
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for INR 400 crore. In August 2020, Hines partnered with Henderson Park Capital to acquire a 71,000 square meter site in
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, Greece, to be developed into a residential-for-sale complex. In December 2020, Hines formed a joint venture with the National Pension Service of Korea to focus on build-to-core properties in the U.S. In November 2021, Hines acquired the historic Utah Pantages Theatre for $0. The city of Salt Lake signed the property over to Hines with an agreement to include affordable housing in the 31 story apartment building that was planned to be built in place of the Pantages Theatre. Demolition began on the building’s exterior in April 2022, despite the current lawsuits filed by members of the community in an effort to save the historic theatre.


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