Equity One, Inc. was a

real estate investment trust A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. REITs own many types of commercial real estate, including office and apartment buildings, warehouses, hospitals, shopping ce ...

that invested in shopping centers in New York, Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Florida. As of December 31, 2016, it owned 122 properties comprising 12.8 million square feet. In March 2017, the company was acquired by

Regency Centers Regency Centers Corporation is a real estate investment trust based in Jacksonville, Florida and is one of the largest operators of shopping centers with grocery stores as anchor tenants. As of October 21, 2020, the company owned 415 properties c ...

History

The company was founded in 1992 and became a

public company A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( l ...

via an

initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investme ...

in 1998. In March 2017, the company was acquired by

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