| Brookfield Properties Corporation (Brookfield Properties) is a North American commercial real estate company. The Company operates in two principal business segments: the ownership, development and management of commercial office properties in select cities in North America, and the development of residential land. As of December 31, 2008, the Company's commercial property portfolio consisted of investment in 108 office comprising 74 million square feet in 12 United States and Canadian markets. The Company's primary markets are the financial, energy and government center cities of New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa. |
