Bre Properties Inc

BRE Properties develops, acquires and manages apartment communities in the western United States. The company acquires properties built after 1980 with 100 units or more. It engages in single-asset transactions from $10 million to $200 million and portfolio transactions of any size. The company focuses on three types of apartment developments that include garden communities, podium developments and wraps. BRE Properties, a public company that employs more than 800 people, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BRE. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.