The Rouse Company
Former Rouse headquarters, later a Whole Foods Market store | |
| Formerly | The Moss-Rouse Company (1939–1954) The James W. Rouse Company (1954–1966) |
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| Company type | Public (REIT) |
| Industry | Real estate investment trust (1999–2004) |
| Predecessor | The Moss-Rouse Company Community Research & Development, Inc. (for mall development, c. 1956–1966) |
| Founded | 1939 (The Moss-Rouse Company) 1954 (The Rouse Company) |
| Founder | James Rouse |
| Defunct | 1954 (The Moss-Rouse Company) 2004 (The Rouse Company) |
| Fate | Acquired by General Growth Properties |
| Successors | Enterprise 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 |
| Headquarters | Columbia, Maryland, United States |
Key people | James W. Rouse, Melvin J. Berman, Mathias J. DeVito, Hunter Moss, Churchill Gibson Carey, Charles "Chili" Jenkins. |
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| Subsidiaries | The 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.