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Post Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PPS) is a developer and operator of multifamily communities, including resort-style garden apartments and high-density urban apartments and operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT).〔(Hoovers Profile for Post Properties )〕 Post Properties is headquartered in Atlanta, and has operations in nine markets across the country. The company employs approximately 600 people and owns approximately 20,000 apartment homes.〔(About Post Properties )〕〔(Atlanta Journal-Constitution )〕 ==History== Post Properties was founded in Atlanta in 1971 by John A. Williams and Douglas Bates, and initially developed and managed primarily garden-style apartments.〔(Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Atlanta's Top 10 Developers )〕 In the late 1980s, Post shifted its focus from garden apartments and began to also explore urban "in-fill locations,” areas in once-vacant urban centers that were beginning to become residential again. In the 1990s, the company also began developing mixed-use properties, combining residential units, retail and, sometimes, office space.〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - Post now embracing 'new urbanism' movement )〕 Post became a public company in the summer of 1993,〔(Founder of Apartment Company Post Properties May Return Firm to Private Status )〕 with its initial public offering (IPO) priced at $25.50 per share. In August 1997, Post announced a merger with Columbus Realty Trust. The $600 million company based in Dallas, Texas expanded Post's holdings by more than a third, from just over 21,000 units to more than 29,000.〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - Post Properties, Columbus Realty to merge )〕 Since 2000, Post has balanced its portfolio with garden, mixed-use〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - Atlanta slow to grasp `traditional' neighborhoods )〕 and urban apartment communities〔(Tampa Bay Business Journal - Post Properties leading charge for urban apartments )〕 as well as condominium developments.〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - Post Peachtree to get condo makeover )〕 To achieve this balance, the company has sold some of its assets,〔(Dallas Business Journal - Post Properties sells 2 Dallas-area apartments )〕 entered into joint ventures on development projects,〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - Post Properties closes on California joint venture )〕 and made acquisitions in other key markets. John Williams left the company in 2004.〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - John Williams resigns from Post Properties board, leaves company )〕 Today, Post Properties is led by David P. Stockert, who joined the company in 2001 and serves as its president and CEO.〔(Atlanta Business Chronicle - Stockert brings Wall Street experience to Post )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Post Properties」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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