HFF (commercial real estate)

HFF, Inc. was a provider of capital markets and brokerage services to owners of commercial real estate. In 2019, the company was acquired by JLL.

History
In 1974, John Fowler and Peter Goedecke founded Fowler, Goedeneke & Company. In 1982, Holliday Fenoglio & Co was founded by Harold E. (Hal) Holliday and John Fenoglio.

In 1994, Amresco acquired Holliday Fenoglio Dockerty & Gibson. In 1998, Amresco acquired Fowler, Goedecke, Ellis & O'Connor Inc. and merged the two companies to form Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P. In 1999, the company was sold to Lendlease for $228 million.

In 2007, it became a public company via an initial public offering that raised $257 million. In 2012, founders Holliday and Fenoglio went to work for CBRE. In July 2019, JLL acquired the company.