The story
In 1962, the company was founded by Samuel J. Gorlitz in Washington, D.C. In 1999, the company was reorganized as a real estate investment trust in Maryland. In 2007, founder Samuel J. Gorlitz died. In 2015, the company acquired an 85% interest in The Shops at Sunset Place based on a property valuation of $110.2 million. In 2021, the company acquired a 60% ownership stake in Grossmont Center in La Mesa, California worth $175 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on Federal Realty Investment Trust, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6
