BentallGreenOak

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BentallGreenOak
BGO
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry Private equity real estate
FoundedJuly 1, 2019;4 years ago (2019-07-01) [1]
Headquarters
Number of locations
28 offices
Key people
AUM US$83 billion (June 30, 2023)
Number of employees
1,062 (2023) [2]
Parent Sun Life Financial
Website www.bgo.com
Footnotes /references
[3]

BentallGreenOak, which uses the trade name BGO, is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm is the real estate investment arm of Sun Life Financial. [4] It is considered one of the largest real estate investment firms in North America. [5]

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In 2022, the firm was ranked by PERE (under Private Equity International ) as the seventh largest Private Equity Real Estate firm based on total fundraising over the most recent five-year period. [6]

History

Bentall Kennedy and GreenOak Real Estate merged to form BentallGreenOak in 2019. [1] [7] [8] [9]

Bentall Kennedy was a Canadian real estate investment firm that was a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial [7] [8] and GreenOak Real Estate was an American private equity real estate firm established in 2010 with its seed capital being provided by the Tetragon Financial Group. [10]

In 2019, Sun Life Financial acquired a 56% stake in GreenOak Real Estate by paying $195 million in cash. [8] Then Sun Life merged the two firms to form BentallGreenOak. Bentall Kennedy's CEO, Gary Whitelaw became CEO of the new entity. [1] [7] [9]

In 2020, Whitelaw resigned from his position as CEO and was replaced by GreenOak Real Estate co-founders, Sonny Kalsi and John Carrafiell who are currently serving as co-CEOs. [10] [11] [12]

In September 2023, BGO introduced move-in-ready offices for SME tenants seeking flexibility in hybrid work arrangements. [13]

BGO has recently been building its US commercial real estate lending platform. [14]

Investments

East End Capital and a pair of Australian investors filed a lawsuit against BentallGreenOak after they pulled out from a deal to purchase a Miami office tower. [24] The court ruled in favour of BentallGreenOak in 2021, resulting in East End Capital's side being required to pay back a $5.5 million deposit. [24]

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