The Rouse Company

The Rouse Company
FormerlyThe Moss-Rouse Company (1939–1954)
The James W. Rouse Company (1954–1966)
Company typePublic (REIT)
IndustryReal estate investment trust (1999–2004)
PredecessorThe Moss-Rouse Company
Community Research & Development, Inc. (for mall development, c. 1956–1966)
Founded1939 (1939) (The Moss-Rouse Company)
1954 (1954) (The Rouse Company)
FounderJames Rouse 
Defunct1954 (The Moss-Rouse Company)
2004 (The Rouse Company)
FateAcquired by General Growth Properties
SuccessorsEnterprise Development Co. (smaller city/international marketplaces only)
Cadillac Fairview Corp. (Canadian operations only)
General Growth Properties (GGP), now a subsidiary of Brookfield Properties
The Howard Hughes Corporation
HeadquartersColumbia, Maryland, United States
Key people
James W. Rouse, Melvin J. Berman, Mathias J. DeVito, Hunter Moss, Churchill Gibson Carey, Charles "Chili" Jenkins.
Products
SubsidiariesThe American City Corporation
Howard Research & Development, Inc.
Community Research & Development, Inc.
Summa Corporation
Rouse Property Management

The Rouse Company was a publicly traded shopping mall and community developer from 1954 until 2004, when General Growth Properties (GGP) purchased the company. It was founded by Hunter Moss and James Rouse in 1939.