Real Estate Investor Gazit-Globe’s Q2 Profits Jump

September 2, 2014 | The largest Israeli real estate investment company Gazit-Globe reported high quarterly profits, earning $41 million (NIS 146 million) in the second financial quarter. These profit reports are up from NIS 60 million during the same quarter last year. Gazit-Globe, known in the United States as Equity One, and in Canada as First Canada Reality, is the largest shareholder in Finland’s Citycon and a joint shareholder of Atrium European Real Estate. It is also one of the world’s largest owners, developers and operators of super-market anchored shopping centers in countries around the world.