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Kennedy Wilson company history timeline

1985

In 1985, it organized a sale of Punta Gorda, Florida, residential lots, attended by 1,000 in Florida and another 500 in an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino, Caesar's World, where an orchestra played and waitresses attired in tuxedos served cocktails.

1988

In 1988, CEO and Chairman William J. McMorrow acquired the company.

1991

All told, in 1991 Kennedy-Wilson auctioned off more than $790 million in property.

1995

Overall, however, the fortunes of Kennedy-Wilson touched bottom in 1995, when it posted a net loss of $13 million.

2000

2000: Kennedy-Wilson's first investment fund is launched.

Other developments in 2000 included the formation of Kennedy-Wilson Global Technology Corp.

In 2000, it bought two office buildings, a 27,000-square-foot property in Tokyo and an 86,000-square-foot property in Yokohama, worth a combined $36.7 million.

2003

In 2003, Kennedy was active on a number of fronts, entering into new markets and opening a regional office in Portland, Oregon.

A second fund was formed in 2003, a $600 million, ten-year life, value-added investment fund that would take advantage of difficult economic conditions to target distressed commercial properties located in select West Coast markets as well as such southeastern cities as Atlanta and Miami.

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