Brookfield Asset Management has made an offer to purchase the remaining interest in Rouse Properties it does not already own. Shares of Rouse have been trending lower over the past year and currently have a dividend yield of just over 4%. Rouse owns a portfolio of malls across America. Rouse was spun out of General Growth Properties a few years ago and has been floundering ever since. It was only a matter of time before Brookfield made an offer as they held a 33% stake since the spinoff. Some of Rouse’s properties have potential for intensification and development because they are in growing communities, while others are stuck in terrible locations in shrinking communities. Maybe full ownership of Rouse will give Brookfield the flexibility to restructure the portfolio aggressively.
