citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message brookfield office properties type subsidiary company industry real estate ownership operations investments founded 1923 headquarters brookfield place new york united states area served united states canada australia and the united kingdom key people ric clark chief executive officer services office property development and management revenue us 2.4 billion 2014 net income us 2.8 billion 2014 total assets us 34.4 billion 2014 owner brookfield property partners number of employees 2 264 2008 1 parent brookfield asset management website brookfieldproperties.com brookfield office properties inc. is a north american commercial real estate company wholly owned by brookfield property partners . 2 the company has its headquarters operations in new york toronto and sydney . 3 the company owns manages and develops office properties in the downtown core of the american cities of new york city new york ; washington d.c. ; boston massachusetts ; houston texas ; los angeles california ; denver colorado ; and minneapolis minnesota ; the canadian cities of toronto calgary ; alberta ; ottawa ontario ; and vancouver british columbia as well as australian cities perth sydney and melbourne . its properties include one liberty plaza and the world financial center in new york city ; brookfield place formerly bce place first canadian place and queen s quay terminal in toronto ; place de ville and the jean edmunds towers in ottawa ; suncor energy centre fifth avenue place and bankers hall in calgary ; and royal centre in vancouver . it also operates real estate service businesses and has a land development business primarily based in canada . contents 1 history 2 zuccotti park 3 associations 4 subsidiaries and joint ventures 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit brookfield s 1225 connecticut avenue in washington d.c. is the first redeveloped office building on the east coast to receive leed platinum status . 4 the company s roots go back to the 1900s in montreal quebec . it was known then as the canadian arena company . it operated the montreal arena . in a partnership with toronto investors it built the arena gardens in toronto . in the 1920s it built the montreal forum . from 1935 to 1957 the company owned the montreal canadiens national hockey league club . the company was acquired by edper investments in 1970 . in the 1970s when the company was known as carena properties it expanded its business into commercial real estate . 5 after the montreal forum closed the forum was sold to competitor canderel properties . in 1990 brookfield acquired a 50 % interest in a portfolio of office properties in toronto denver and minneapolis from bce development corporation . in 1994 this holding was increased to 100 % and included bce place now brookfield place brookfield properties flagship office complex in toronto . 6 brookfield lost out to silverstein properties inc. on the lease of the world trade center in new york city a few months before the complex was destroyed during the september 11 2001 attacks . citation needed in 2005 it acquired o & y properties corporation and o & y real estate investment trust the revived and once power house of olympia and york . in 2006 the company acquired trizec properties which was founded in 1960 by william zeckendorf builder of place ville marie . 7 in 2010 it entered into london and australian markets by acquiring 100 bishopsgate development site in the city of london and 16 properties encompassing 8 million sf in three major australian cities . 8 on earth day on april 22 2010 the company was listed as one of canada s the green 30 organizations based on eco friendly programs and practices based on an employee poll . 9 brookfield office properties inc. became the dominant office landlord in the los angeles s financial district after acquiring mpg office trust inc. as one of the wealthiest real estate companies in the country they began to aggressively seek tenants in the technology and entertainment fields who have not been eager to locate downtown . mpg had been one of southern california s most prominent real estate developers and a longtime l.a. office tower owner . they were known as a builder of top quality office space in southern california for decades after being founded by robert f. maguire in the 1960s . the mpg buildings they acquired include the gas company tower and the wells fargo tower on bunker hill . 10 11 in june 2014 brookfield property partners bpy completed their acquisition of brookfield office properties bpo . bpo common shares were de listed from the toronto stock exchange as of june 10 2014 ; and from the new york stock exchange on june 20 2014 . brookfield property partners is now the sole owner of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of bpo . 2 zuccotti park edit the company is the owner of zucotti park a publicly accessible park adjacent to one of its office buildings near wall street in the manhattan borough of new york city that in september 2011 became a site of protests by occupy wall street . on october 11 2011 richard clark the company s ceo sent a letter to nyc police commissioner raymond kelly requesting to clear the park as its use by occupy wall street violates the law violates the rules of the park deprives the community of its rights of quiet enjoyment to the park and creates health and public safety issues . 12 the request was later withdrawn . 13 on november 15 2011 at around 1 00 a.m. the nypd went in and cleared the park citing alleged health and safety hazards caused by the protestors . later that morning judge lucy billings issued a court order for the nypd to allow the protesters back into the park . that injunction was subsequently lifted by the ny supreme court and the police were allowed to keep the park cleared of tents at the request of brookfield properties . associations edit it is a member of rebny . 14 subsidiaries and joint ventures edit it wholly or partially owns the following companies 15 brookfield canada office properties a real estate investment trust that manages commercial office properties in toronto calgary ottawa and vancouver . brookfield johnson controls a commercial property and project management joint venture established in 1992 with johnson controls and known as brookfield lepage johnson controls or bljc until march 2013 . brookfield residential services ltd. a condominium management corporation in the greater toronto area brookfield residential properties inc. a developer and homebuilder in north america . on march 31 2011 brookfield office properties divested their residential group consisting of carma developers and brookfield homes ontario ltd. to merge with brookfield homes corporation to form brookfield residential properties inc. 16 see also edit companies portal new york city portal toronto portal boston properties silverstein properties inc. vornado realty trust cadillac fairview oxford properties green parking council olympia and york former firm from which many properties now belong to brookfield references edit company profile for brookfield properties corp bpo . retrieved october 7 2008 . a b brookfield property partners completes acquisition of brookfield office properties . yahoo finance . 9 june 2014 . retrieved 7 march 2016 . contact . retrieved 13 august 2013 . plumb tierney october 8 2009 . 1225 connecticut avenue gets leed platinum . washington business journal . retrieved june 21 2010 . brookfield history . brookfield properties . brookfield office properties history . retrieved 2016 03 06 foran max 1982 . calgary canada s frontier metropolis an illustrated history . windsor publications . p. 356 . isbn 0 89781 055 4 . brookfield office proporties history . retrieved 13 august 2013 . employees identify the green 30 organizations based on eco friendly programs and practices . www.newswire.ca . retrieved 2016 09 22 . vincent roger 13 october 2013 brookfield becomes dominant landlord in l.a. financial district los angeles times vincent roger november 14 2014 oaktree capital agrees to expand offices in downtown los angeles los angeles times brookfield properties october 13 2011 . zucotti park owner s letter to police commissioner raymond kelly on occupy wall street . public intelligence . retrieved october 15 2011 . moynihan colin & buckley cara october 14 2011 . cleanup of zuccotti park is postponed . new york times . retrieved november 15 2011 . member firms . www.rebny.com . retrieved 2016 09 22 . group companies . brookfield office properties . retrieved 20 may 2013 . brookfield residential and brookfield homes report completion of merger and contribution . retrieved march 29 2012 . external links edit brookfieldproperties.com the company s official website 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