BNET Industries

Market Cap:$1.5B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$460.4M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

The Company is a self-administered, self-managed, real estate investment trust (REIT) with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The Company is a fully integrated owner and operator of lifestyle-oriented properties (Properties). The Company leases individual developed areas (sites) with access to utilities for placement of factory built homes, cottages, cabins or recreational vehicles (RVs). Customers may lease individual sites or purchase right-to-use contracts providing the customer access to specific Properties for limited stays. The Company was formed to continue the property operations, business objectives and acquisition strategies of an entity that had owned and operated Properties since 1969. As of June 30, 2009, the Company owned or had an ownership interest in a portfolio of 308 Properties located throughout the United States and Canada containing 110,852 residential sites. These Properties are located in 28 states and British Columbia (with the number of Properties in each state or province shown parenthetically, as follows): Florida (86), California (48), Arizona (35), Texas (15), Washington (14), Pennsylvania (13), Colorado (10), Oregon (9), North Carolina (8), Delaware (7), Nevada (6), New York (6), Virginia (6), Wisconsin (5), Indiana (5), Maine (5), Illinois (4), New Jersey (4), Massachusetts (4), Michigan (3), South Carolina (3), New Hampshire (2), Ohio (2), Tennessee (2), Utah (2), Alabama (1), Kentucky (1), Montana (1), and British Columbia (1).

Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Heneghan
Number of Employees 3,000
Contact Information

2 N Riverside Plz Ste 800

Chicago, Illinois 60606

equitylifestyle...

(312) 279-1400

NAICS Code : 525930

Recent Events

  • ELS Reports Third Quarter Results

    10/19/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Wells Fargo Initiates Coverage on Equity Lifestyle Properties ELS with an Outperform

    9/17/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • ELS Declares Third Quarter Dividend

    8/11/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • ELS Reports Second Quarter Results

    7/20/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Thomas Heneghan Chief Executive Officer
John M. Zoeller Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Michael B. Berman CFO & Executive Vice President
Roger Maynard COO
Ellen Kelleher General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President
Marguerite Nader Vice President, New Business Dev
Louise Everett Regional Manager
Joe McAdams President
John F. Podjasek Jr. Director
Louis H. Masotti Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Matthew Zell Chairman of the Board
Philip C. Calian Chair
David A. Helfand Board of Directors
David J. Contis Board of Directors
Donald S. Chisholm Board of Directors
Gary Waterman Board of Directors
Howard Walker Vice Chairman
Sheli Z. Rosenberg Board Director
Thomas E. Dobrowski Board Director

Thomas P. Heneghan, 44, has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2008. Mr. Heneghan has been a director of the Company since March 2004. Mr. Heneghan is a member of the Company’s Management Committee. Mr. Heneghan was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from January 2004 to January 2008. Mr. Heneghan was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from May 2000 to December 2003. Mr. Heneghan was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company from April 1997 to May 2000, and Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company from February 1995 to March 1997. Mr. Heneghan is a member of the Board of Managers of PATT.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Current

Michael B. Berman, 50, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since December 2005. Mr. Berman is also a member of the Company’s Management Committee. Mr. Berman was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company from September 2003 to December 2005. In 2003, Mr. Berman was an associate professor at New York University Real Estate Institute. Mr. Berman was a managing director in the Investment Banking department at Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1997 to 2002.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. CFO & Executive Vice President Current

Roger A. Maynard, 50, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since December 2005. Mr. Maynard is also a member of the Company’s Management Committee. Mr. Maynard was Chief Operating Officer of the Company from January 2004 to December 2005. Mr. Maynard was Senior Vice President for national operations of the Company from January 2003 to December 2003. Mr. Maynard was Senior Regional Vice President for the Company’s Eastern division from September 2001 to December 2002, and Senior Regional Vice President for the Company’s Southeastern region from January 2000 to September 2001. Mr. Maynard was Regional Vice President for the Company’s Southeastern region from June 1998 to December 1999, and Regional Vice President for the Company’s Northeastern region from October 1997 to June 1998.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. COO Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Executive Vice President, Asset Management Former

Ellen Kelleher, 47, has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since March 1997, and has been Secretary of the Company since May 2000. Ms. Kelleher is also a member of the Management Committee. Ms. Kelleher was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company from March 1994 to March 1997.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President Current

Marguerite Nader, 39, has been Senior Vice President of New Business Development of the Company since January 2007. Ms. Nader is also a member of the Management Committee. Ms. Nader was Vice President of New Business Development of the Company from January 2001 to January 2007. Ms. Nader was Vice President of Asset Management of the Company from January 1998 to January 2001. Ms. Nader has been employed with the Company since 1993.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Vice President, New Business Dev Current

Organization Position Status
Koa Press Room Vice President of Franchisee Services Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Regional Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Equity Group Investments Managing Director Current
Covanta Holding Corporation Chairman of the Board Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
Capital Trust, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
Desarrolladora Homex, S.A. de C.V. Director Current
Anixter International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Multiplex Biosciences Inc Board Member Current
Anixter Fasteners Board of Directors Current
Prometheus Technologies President Former
Prometheus Technologies Founder Former
GP Strategies Corporation Board of Directors Former
University of Illinois B.S. In Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Former

Philip C. Calian, 46, has been a director of the Company since October 2005. Mr. Calian has been founder and managing partner of Kingsbury Partners, LLC since January 2003, and an operating partner of Waveland Investments, LLC since July 2004. Kingsbury Partners LLC is a private equity and consulting firm focused on providing capital and ownership skills to middle market distressed businesses and Waveland Investments LLC is a Chicago-based private equity firm with committed equity capital. Prior to founding Kingsbury Partners LLC, Mr. Calian was chief executive officer of American Classic Voyages Co., a travel and leisure company, from 1995 until 2002. Mr. Calian was a director of JetAway Today, Inc., a private internet travel company, until its sale in 2007. Mr. Calian is a director of MCS Investment Group, LLC, a private producer and seller of mineral well brine; Hudson Lock, LLC, a private lock manufacturer; and Cottingham & Butler, Inc., a private insurance broker.

Organization Position Status
Waveland Investments, LLC Founder Current
Buck Creek Capital, LLC Partner Current
Waveland Investments, LLC Operating Partner Current
Aspen Institute Fellow Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Chair Current
Waveland Investments, LLC Principal Former
Brown University BA In Chemistry Former

Organization Position Status
Helix Funds Founder Current
Equity Office Properties Trust Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. President Former
Equity Office Properties, Inc. Former
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Master's Degree Former
Northwestern University Bachelor's Degree Former

David J. Contis , 50, has been a director of the Company since February 2009. Mr. Contis has been President of Real Estate for Equity Group Investments, L.L.C. ( EGI ), a diversified holding company for real estate and corporate investments of Samuel Zell and the Zell family trusts, since November 2006. Mr. Contis was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Macerich Company, a shopping center real estate investment trust from May 1997 to October 2006. Mr. Contis was employed in various capacities by Equity Properties & Development L.P. ( EPDLP ), a subsidiary of EGI, from 1980 to 1997, including Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EPDLP from 1992 to 1997. Mr. Contis currently serves on the Board of Directors of BRMalls, Brazil s largest shopping center company. Mr. Contis was a member of the Board of Managers of PATT from January 2008 to August 2008. Mr. Contis was a director and served as a member of the Board of Directors, Compensation Committee and Audit Committee of Dundee Realty Corp., a Canadian-based real estate company from 1997 to 2003. In addition, Mr. Contis was a Trustee of the International Shopping Center Council.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Donald S. Chisholm, 73, has been a director of the Company since March 1993. Mr. Chisholm is president of Vernon Development Co., the developer of a 650-acre golf course community, and a real estate development and management company, for more than five years.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Gary L. Waterman, 66, has been a director of the Company since March 1993. Since 1989, Mr. Waterman has been president of Waterman Limited, a real estate services and investment company that he founded. Mr. Waterman became a director of Avalara, Inc., a private software company in September 2007.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Avalara, Inc. Director Former

Howard Walker, 68, has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Company since May 2003 and Chair of the Board’s Executive Committee since January 2004. Mr. Walker has been a director of the Company since November 1997. Mr. Walker has been retired from the Company since December 2003. Mr. Walker was Chief Executive Officer of the Company from December 1997 to December 2003. Mr. Walker was President of the Company from September 1997 to May 2000, and President of Realty Systems, Inc., an affiliate of the Company, from March 1995 to April 2000. Mr. Walker was a Vice President of the Company from January 1995 to March 1995. Mr. Walker is a director of Infohealth, Inc., a privately held company that provides information system services to the health care industry.

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
Realty Systems, Inc. President Former

Array

Organization Position Status
Western Rev News & Recreation Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Thousand Trails LP Chief Executive Officer Former
Privileged Access Founder Former
Thousand Trails LP Chairman Former

John F. Podjasek, Jr., has been a director of the Company since May 1994. Mr. Podjasek has been the managing director of the private equity group at

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Director Current

Organization Position Status
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Director Current

Organization Position Status
Board Member, Inc. Adjunct Professor, Kellogg School of Management Current
Equity Residential Properties Trust Trustee Current
Beginner Real Estate Investing Inc. Board of Directors Current
Commsfirst, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Caremark Client Portal Board of Directors Current
Longs Drug Stores Corporation Board of Directors Current
Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Equity Residential Properties Trust Board of Directors Current
CVS Caremark Corporation Board of Directors Current
Ventas, Inc. Board Director Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board Director Current
Avis Budget Group, Inc. Board Director Current
Equity Group Investments Chief Executive Officer Former
The Chicago Network President Former
Equity Group Investments President Former
Rosenberg, Ltd. Principal Former
Equity Ltd. General Counsel Former
Equity Group Investments Director Former
Northwestern University School of Law Law Degree Former
Tufts University Bachelors Degree Former

Thomas E. Dobrowski has been a director since 1998. Mr. Dobrowski has been retired from General Motors Asset Management, an investment manager for several pension funds of General Motors Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as for several third party clients, since October 2005. From December 1994 until September 2005, he was the managing director of real estate and alternative investments for General Motors Asset Management. Mr. Dobrowski is a director of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Capital Trust, Inc. Board Director Current
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. Board Director Current
Pension Real Estate Association, Inc Board Director Former
Fordham University Masters Degree Former
Seton Hall University Bachelors Degree Former

Executive News

  • ELS Declares Third Quarter Dividend

    RBC Dain Raushcer - 8/11/09 - View Story

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     ELS $49.64 +0.94 (1.93% )
Average Volume 320,970
Shares Outstanding 30.37M
Market Cap 1.5B
Year High 49.98
Year Low 27.77
Earnings Per Share 0.89
P/E Ratio 55.78
Dividend 1.20
Yield 2.42
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