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| hq_location_city = [[Toronto]], Ontario
| hq_location_city = [[Toronto]], Ontario
| hq_location_country = Canada
| hq_location_country = Canada
| key_people = Mike Gordon ([[Chief executive officer]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Gordon to succeed Robert Courteau at Altus |url=https://renx.ca/michael-gordon-succeed-robert-courteau-altus-group-ceo/ |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
| key_people = Jim Hannon ([[Chief executive officer]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Altus Group Global Leadership|url=https://www.altusgroup.com/about-us/global-leadership/|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>
| revenue = C$567 million
| revenue = C$735 million (FY 2022)
| num_employees = 2,200
| num_employees = 2,800
| website = {{url|https://www.altusgroup.com}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.altusgroup.com}}
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'''Altus Group Limited''' provides software, data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate industry<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Altus Group acquires rates specialist CVS for...|url=https://propertyeu.info/Nieuws/Altus-Group-acquires-rates-specialist-CVS-for-41m/0088a40b-f5a9-49df-aab6-cf17ae4eca48|access-date=2020-12-03|website=PropertyEU News}}</ref> through its two core business segments: Altus Analytics and CRE Consulting.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|title=Michael Gordon to succeed Robert Courteau at Altus|url=https://renx.ca/michael-gordon-succeed-robert-courteau-altus-group-ceo/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=RENX - Real Estate News Exchange|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=Altus Group is fully priced, National Bank Financial says|url=https://www.cantechletter.com/2019/11/altus-group-is-fully-priced-national-bank-financial-says/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=Cantech Letter|language=en-CA}}</ref> The company is headquartered in [[Toronto]], Canada and employs approximately 2,200 employees with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.<ref name=":5" /> Altus Group is a public company, with its shares listed on the [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] under the symbol AIF, and Altus Group’s [[market capitalization]] is around $2 billion as of the end of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-13|title=The 10 Best Performing TSX Tech Stocks of 2019|url=https://www.cantechletter.com/2020/01/the-10-best-performing-tsx-tech-stocks-of-2019/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Cantech Letter|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Altus Group Limited (AIF.TO) (AIF) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday|url=https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/tse-aif-earnings-date-2020-11/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=MarketBeat.com|language=en}}</ref> For fiscal 2019, the company had annual revenues of C$567 million and C$88.1 million in adjusted EBITDA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Altus Group Annual Report 2019|url=https://www.altusgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sedar-Year-End-2019-Annual-Report_Altus-Group-Limited.pdf}}</ref>
'''Altus Group Limited''' is a provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate.<ref name="altusgroup.com">https://www.altusgroup.com/investor-relations/</ref> The company is headquartered in [[Toronto]], Canada and employs approximately 2,800 employees with operations in [[North America]], [[Europe]] and [[Asia-Pacific|Asia Pacific]].<ref name="altusgroup.com"/><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|title=Michael Gordon to succeed Robert Courteau at Altus|url=https://renx.ca/michael-gordon-succeed-robert-courteau-altus-group-ceo/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=RENX - Real Estate News Exchange|language=en-US}}</ref> It is a public company, with its shares listed on the [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] under the symbol AIF, and Altus Group's [[market capitalization]] was around $2.7 billion as of the end of 2022.<ref name="altusgroup.com"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Altus Group Limited (AIF.TO) (AIF) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday |url=https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/tse-aif-earnings-date-2020-11/ |access-date=2020-11-19 |website=MarketBeat.com|language=en}}</ref> For fiscal 2022, the company had annual revenues of C$735 million and C$135 million in adjusted EBITDA.<ref>https://www.altusgroup.com/press-releases/altus-group-reports-q4-and-fy-2022-financial-results/</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
=== 2005–2011: Inception under Gary Yeoman ===
Altus Group went public in 2005, through the merger of three Canadian commercial real estate consultancies, one of which was led by its first CEO, Gary Yeoman.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/streetwise/ceo-of-altus-group-gone-amid-debt-worries/article619302/|title=CEO of Altus Group gone amid debt worries|date=2011-11-07|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> Altus initially listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as an [[income trust]] and subsequently converted into a corporation when the Canadian federal government implemented new taxes on trust distributions in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trust Conversion {{!}} ACB Tracking|url=https://www.acbtracking.ca/incometrust/list|access-date=2020-12-03|website=www.acbtracking.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Converted income trusts stick to their high-yield ways|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/converted-income-trusts-stick-to-their-high-yield-ways/article4402504/|access-date=2020-12-03}}</ref> The company originally focused on consulting services for the commercial real estate industry but over the years has also repositioned itself as a technology company to help clients manage their commercial real estate portfolios.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2016-06-01|title=Canadian firm drags world’s real estate players into the future|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadian-firm-drags-worlds-real-estate-players-into-the-future/article30010828/|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref>
Altus Group went public in 2005, through the merger of three Canadian commercial real estate consultancies, one of which was led by its first CEO, Gary Yeoman.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/streetwise/ceo-of-altus-group-gone-amid-debt-worries/article619302/ |title=CEO of Altus Group gone amid debt worries |date=2011-11-07|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> Altus initially listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as an [[income trust]] and subsequently converted into a corporation when the Canadian federal government implemented new taxes on trust distributions in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trust Conversion |url=https://www.acbtracking.ca/incometrust/list|access-date=2020-12-03 |publisher=ACB Tracking}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Converted income trusts stick to their high-yield ways |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/converted-income-trusts-stick-to-their-high-yield-ways/article4402504/|access-date=2020-12-03}}</ref> The company originally focused on consulting services for the commercial real estate industry but over the years has also repositioned itself as a technology company to help clients manage their commercial real estate portfolios.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2016-06-01|title=Canadian firm drags world's real estate players into the future|work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadian-firm-drags-worlds-real-estate-players-into-the-future/article30010828/ |access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref>


In 2006, Altus Group expanded into the land surveying industry in Western Canada which formed its Geomatics business segment. The Geomatics business was subsequently spun off in 2020 into the private company called GeoVerra that combined Altus Group’s Geomatics business with WSP’s geomatics operations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-03|title=WSP and Altus Group spin off surveying and geomatics firm|url=https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/companies-people/wsp-and-altus-group-spin-off-surveying-and-geomatics-firm/1003411003/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Canadian Consulting Engineer|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=PlaceTech {{!}} Altus updates Argus cloud with AE 13|url=https://placetech.net/products/altus-updates-argus-cloud-with-ae-13/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=PlaceTech|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2006, Altus Group expanded into the land surveying industry in [[Western Canada]] which formed its Geomatics business segment. The Geomatics business was subsequently spun off in 2020, into the private company called GeoVerra that combined Altus Group’s Geomatics business with WSP’s geomatics operations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-03|title=WSP and Altus Group spin off surveying and geomatics firm|url=https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/companies-people/wsp-and-altus-group-spin-off-surveying-and-geomatics-firm/1003411003/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Canadian Consulting Engineer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=Altus updates Argus cloud with AE 13 |url=https://placetech.net/products/altus-updates-argus-cloud-with-ae-13/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=PlaceTech|language=en-US}}</ref>


In its first five years, the company expanded through acquisitions.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/altus-experiences-expansion-through-recession/article573820/|title=Altus experiences expansion through recession|date=2010-07-12|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> These acquisitions primarily focused on the company’s property tax business. Altus Group’s property tax practice expanded into the UK market in 2007 with the acquisition of Edwin Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-09-11|title=Altus Group to acquire British company|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2007/09/11/altus_group_to_acquire_british_company.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Altus Group Income Fund Acquires UK-based Edwin Hill|url=https://www.lexpert.ca/article/altus-group-income-fund-acquires-uk-based-edwin-hill/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.lexpert.ca|language=en}}</ref> Expansion in the UK continued, including through the acquisition of Commercial Valuers & Surveyors (CVS) in 2017.<ref name=":7" /> Starting in 2010, the company also grew its property tax practice in the US, mainly through the acquisitions of Brazos Tax in 2010,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Altus experiences expansion through recession|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/altus-experiences-expansion-through-recession/article573820/|access-date=2020-12-14}}</ref> Complex Property Advisors in 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=Altus Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Financial Results|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/altus-group-reports-fourth-quarter-211553891.html|access-date=2020-12-14|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref> and SC&H Group’s State & Local Tax Practice in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SC&H selling state and local tax practice to Canadian company for $38M|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2014/11/21/sc-h-selling-state-and-local-tax-practice-to.html}}</ref> The company also expanded its cost consulting practice to the Asia Pacific region through the acquisition of Page Kirkland in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-07-31|title=Altus expands into Australia, acquires Page Kirkland Group|url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/70734/altus-expands-into-australia-acquires-page-kirkland-group-2067.html|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Proactiveinvestors NA|language=en}}</ref>
In its first five years, the company expanded through acquisitions.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/altus-experiences-expansion-through-recession/article573820/|title=Altus experiences expansion through recession|date=2010-07-12|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> These acquisitions primarily focused on the company’s property tax business. Altus Group’s property tax practice expanded into the UK market in 2007, with the acquisition of Edwin Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-09-11|title=Altus Group to acquire British company|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2007/09/11/altus_group_to_acquire_british_company.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Altus Group Income Fund Acquires UK-based Edwin Hill|url=https://www.lexpert.ca/article/altus-group-income-fund-acquires-uk-based-edwin-hill/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.lexpert.ca|language=en}}</ref> Expansion in the UK continued, including through the acquisition of Commercial Valuers & Surveyors (CVS) in 2017.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Altus Group acquires rates specialist CVS for... |url=https://propertyeu.info/Nieuws/Altus-Group-acquires-rates-specialist-CVS-for-41m/0088a40b-f5a9-49df-aab6-cf17ae4eca48 |access-date=2020-12-03 |publisher=PropertyEU News}}</ref> Starting in 2010, the company also grew its property tax practice in the US, mainly through the acquisitions of Brazos Tax in 2010,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Altus experiences expansion through recession |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/altus-experiences-expansion-through-recession/article573820/ |access-date=2020-12-14}}</ref> Complex Property Advisors in 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Altus Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Financial Results |url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/altus-group-reports-fourth-quarter-211553891.html|access-date=2020-12-14 |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=25 February 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref> and SC&H Group’s State & Local Tax Practice in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SC&H selling state and local tax practice to Canadian company for $38M |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2014/11/21/sc-h-selling-state-and-local-tax-practice-to.html}}</ref> The company also expanded its cost consulting practice to the Asia Pacific region through the acquisition of Page Kirkland in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-07-31|title=Altus expands into Australia, acquires Page Kirkland Group|url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/70734/altus-expands-into-australia-acquires-page-kirkland-group-2067.html|access-date=2020-12-28 |publisher=Proactiveinvestors NA |language=en}}</ref>


Altus Group’s shift to technology began with the acquisition of ARGUS Software in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Reuters Staff|date=2011-04-12|title=Altus to buy Argus Software for $130 million|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-realm-altus-idUSTRE73B3LH20110412|access-date=2020-12-21}}</ref> The current Altus Analytics business segment includes software, data solutions, and advisory offerings, including [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]’s valuation management practice that was acquired in 2010. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-08-04|title=Altus acquires PwC’s US real estate appraisal management practice {{!}} Property Funds World|url=http://www.propertyfundsworld.com/2010/08/04/57046/altus-acquires-pwc%E2%80%99s-us-real-estate-appraisal-management-practice|access-date=2020-12-29|website=www.propertyfundsworld.com|language=en}}</ref> Acquiring ARGUS Software marked the first time that Altus Group entered the commercial real estate software industry.<ref name=":8" />
The firm's shift to technology began with the acquisition of Argus Software in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-04-12|title=Altus to buy Argus Software for $130 million |language=en |publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-realm-altus-idUSTRE73B3LH20110412 |access-date=2020-12-21}}</ref> The current Altus Analytics business segment includes software, data solutions{{clarify|date=October 2021}}{{Buzzword inline|date=May 2023}}, and advisory offerings, including [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]’s valuation management practice that was acquired in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-08-04|title=Altus acquires PwC's US real estate appraisal management practice |url=http://www.propertyfundsworld.com/2010/08/04/57046/altus-acquires-pwc%E2%80%99s-us-real-estate-appraisal-management-practice|access-date=2020-12-29 |publisher=Property Funds World |language=en}}</ref> Acquiring ARGUS Software marked the first time that Altus Group entered the commercial real estate software industry.<ref name=":8" />


=== 2011–2020: Expansion into software and data under Robert Courteau ===
In 2011, Gary Yeoman stepped down as CEO and in 2012, Robert Courteau, joined the company as the new CEO.<ref name=":5" /> Courteau previously served as president of SAP North America, an enterprise application software company.<ref name=":5" /> Under Courteau’s leadership, the company continued its expansion into software and data solutions and revamped the software business, eventually launching a cloud-supported version of its ARGUS Enterprise product in 2019.<ref name=":9" /> ARGUS Enterprise is used as an asset and investment management platform for the commercial real estate industry.
In 2011, Gary Yeoman stepped down as CEO and in 2012, Robert Courteau joined as the new CEO.<ref name=":5" /> He had previously served as president of SAP North America, an enterprise application software company.<ref name=":5" /> Under Courteau's leadership, the company continued its expansion into software. In 2014, it acquired Voyanta, a data management [[Software as a service|SaaS]] solution{{Buzzword inline|date=May 2023}} for CRE investors,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Altus Group Strengthens Data Analytics Capabilities Through Acquisition of Voyanta|url=https://www.altusgroup.com/en-gb/company/press-releases/altus-group-strengthens-data-analytics-capabilities-through-acquisition-of-voyanta|access-date=2022-02-20 |publisher=Altus Group}}</ref> and in 2018, it acquired Taliance, a provider of modelling and forecasting tools for CRE investors.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Altus Group Tackles Complexity of Global Investment Management with Acquisition of Taliance|url=https://www.altusgroup.com/en-gb/company/press-releases/altus-group-tackles-complexity-of-global-investment-management-with-acquisition-of-taliance|access-date=2022-02-20 |publisher=Altus Group}}</ref> In 2019, it launched a cloud-supported version of its Argus Enterprise product,<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=Altus Group is fully priced, National Bank Financial says|url=https://www.cantechletter.com/2019/11/altus-group-is-fully-priced-national-bank-financial-says/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=Cantech Letter|language=en-CA}}</ref> used as an asset and investment management platform by the commercial real estate industry.


=== 2020–present: "Intelligence as a service" strategy under Mike Gordon & Jim Hannon ===
In September 2020, Courteau retired and was succeeded as CEO by Mike Gordon.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Altus Group CEO to retire, successor appointed - constructconnect.com|url=https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/economic/2020/09/altus-group-ceo-to-retire-successor-appointed|access-date=2020-12-07|website=Daily Commercial News|language=en-US}}</ref> Gordon was most recently CEO of Callcredit Information Group, a U.K.-based information solutions company focused on data, analytics and technology solutions, where he oversaw its transformation, growth and eventual sale to TransUnion in 2018.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> Prior to joining Callcredit, he held senior leadership positions at FICO,<ref name=":5" /> an analytics software company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.<ref name=":6" />
In September 2020, Courteau retired and was succeeded as CEO by Mike Gordon.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Altus Group CEO to retire, successor appointed |url=https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/economic/2020/09/altus-group-ceo-to-retire-successor-appointed|access-date=2020-12-07|website=Daily Commercial News|language=en-US}}</ref> Gordon was previously CEO of Callcredit Information Group, a U.K.-based provider of consumer data for businesses.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Transunion Information Group Ltd |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/3466803Z:LN|access-date=2022-02-20 |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> Under Gordon, the firm adopted an "intelligence as a service" strategy, focused on providing solutions{{Buzzword inline|date=May 2023}} for managing the performance and risk of CRE assets.<ref name=":11" /> In 2021, it acquired two CRE data analytics providers: Stratodem,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Altus Group completes acquisition of StratoDem Analytics |url=https://www.altusgroup.com/services/en-us/insights/altus-group-completes-acquisition-of-stratodem-analytics/ |access-date=2022-02-20 |publisher=Altus Group}}</ref> and Reonomy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cavanaugh|first1=Suzannah|date=12 November 2021|title=Altus Acquires Real Estate Data Firm Reonomy for $200M|work=The Real Deal National |url=https://therealdeal.com/national/2021/11/12/software-giant-altus-acquires-real-estate-data-firm-reonomy-for-200m/|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> It also acquired Finance Active, a provider of debt management software.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Altus Group Completes Acquisition of Finance Active |url=https://www.altusgroup.com/services/en-gb/insights/altus-group-completes-acquisition-of-finance-active/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |publisher=Altus Group}}</ref>


Jim Hannon, previously president of Altus Analytics, succeeded Mike Gordon as CEO on April 1, 2022.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=Altus Announces Leadership Transition Plan|url=https://www.altusgroup.com/en-gb/company/press-releases/altus-announces-leadership-transition-plan|access-date=2022-02-18 |publisher=Altus Group}}</ref>
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The company has two business segments: ''Altus Analytics'', ''Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Consulting''.<ref name=":0" /> ''Altus Analytics'' provides software and data solutions for the commercial real estate industry.<ref name=":0" /> The ''CRE Consulting'' segment focuses on property tax,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=2017-01-16|title=Canada’s Altus wants to save landlords around the world millions on property tax|language=en-US|work=Financial Post|url=https://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/canadas-altus-wants-to-save-landlords-around-the-world-millions-on-property-tax|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> valuations advice and cost consulting.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|title=Three Toronto high-rise condo projects started by Cresford Developments in receivership|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/article-three-toronto-high-rise-condo-projects-started-by-cresford/|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|last=Group|first=WI staff,Altus|title=What it costs to build real estate in Western Canada|url=http://www.westerninvestor.com/news/british-columbia/what-it-costs-to-build-real-estate-in-western-canada-1.23654840|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Western Investor}}</ref>
The company has two business segments: Altus Analytics, and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Consulting.<ref name=":0" /> Altus Analytics provides software and data analysis for the commercial real estate industry.<ref name=":0" /> The CRE Consulting segment focuses on property tax,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=2017-01-16|title=Canada's Altus wants to save landlords around the world millions on property tax|language=en-US|work=Financial Post|url=https://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/canadas-altus-wants-to-save-landlords-around-the-world-millions-on-property-tax|access-date=2018-11-22}}</ref> valuations advice and cost consulting.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|title=Three Toronto high-rise condo projects started by Cresford Developments in receivership|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/article-three-toronto-high-rise-condo-projects-started-by-cresford/|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|last=Group|first=WI staff, Altus|title=What it costs to build real estate in Western Canada|url=http://www.westerninvestor.com/news/british-columbia/what-it-costs-to-build-real-estate-in-western-canada-1.23654840|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Western Investor|date=6 March 2019 }}</ref>

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The ''Altus Analytics'' segment consists of global software products sold under the ARGUS brand, appraisal management data analytics solutions and Canadian data subscription products.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16|title=Buy Altus Group Stocks and Shares ✔️|url=https://forexsuggest.com/altus-group-stocks/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Forex Suggest|language=en-US}}</ref> Altus Analytics clients consist of CRE asset and investment management firms, including large owners, managers and investors of CRE assets and CRE funds, as well as other CRE industry participants including service providers, brokers, and developers. The solutions provide visibility at the asset, portfolio and fund level to help clients enhance performance of their CRE investments.<ref name=":0" />


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The Altus Analytics' segment consists of global software products sold under the Argus brand, appraisal management data analytics programs and Canadian data subscription products.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-16 |title=Buy Altus Group Stocks and Shares ✔️ |url=https://forexsuggest.com/altus-group-stocks/ |access-date=2021-02-01|website=Forex Suggest |language=en-US}}</ref> Its clients consist of CRE asset and investment management firms, including large owners, managers and investors of CRE assets and CRE funds, as well as other CRE industry participants including service providers, brokers, and developers. The programs provide visibility at the asset, portfolio and fund level to help clients enhance performance of their CRE investments.<ref name=":0" />
ARGUS Enterprise software is a global solution for CRE valuation and portfolio management.<ref name=":3" /> The appraisal management solutions combine data and analytics functionality with a managed service delivery to enable institutional real estate investors to perform quarterly performance reviews, benchmarking and attribution analysis of their portfolios.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-29|title=PlaceTech {{!}} Altus delivers heightened visibility in era of uncertainty|url=https://placetech.net/analysis/altus-delivers-heightened-visibility-in-era-of-uncertainty/|access-date=2021-02-16|website=PlaceTech|language=en-US}}</ref>


The CRE Consulting segment consists of property tax,<ref name=":1" /> valuation <ref name=":0" /> and cost advisory services.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":10" /> The company works with CRE market participants - including owner operators, developers, financial institutions, and various CRE asset holders and investors.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=New technology the catalyst for CRE change: Altus CEO|url=https://renx.ca/new-technology-needed-as-catalyst-for-cre-change/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=RENX - Real Estate News Exchange|language=en-US}}</ref> The property tax services are offered in Canada, the US and the UK.<ref name=":1" />
The CRE Consulting segment consists of property tax,<ref name=":1" /> valuation <ref name=":0" /> and cost advisory services.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":10" /> The company works with CRE market participants—including owner operators, developers, financial institutions, and various CRE asset holders and investors.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=New technology the catalyst for CRE change: Altus CEO|url=https://renx.ca/new-technology-needed-as-catalyst-for-cre-change/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=RENX - Real Estate News Exchange|language=en-US}}</ref> The property tax services are offered in Canada, the US and the UK.<ref name=":1" />


In 2019, Altus Group’s consolidated revenues were 39% from Canada, 37% from the US, 18% from Europe, and 6% from Asia Pacific.  In 2019, 38% of consolidated revenues came from the Property Tax business, 36% from Altus Analytics, 19% from Valuation and Cost Advisory and 7% from Geomatics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-04|title=Profit from technology in the real estate industry|url=https://dividendearner.com/dividend-stock-tse-aif/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Dividend Earner|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2019, Altus Group's consolidated revenues were 39% from Canada, 37% from the US, 18% from Europe, and 6% from Asia Pacific.  In 2019, 38% of consolidated revenues came from the Property Tax business, 36% from Altus Analytics, 19% from Valuation and Cost Advisory and 7% from Geomatics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-04|title=Profit from technology in the real estate industry|url=https://dividendearner.com/dividend-stock-tse-aif/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Dividend Earner|language=en-US}}</ref>


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For the concrete company partnership, see AltusGroup.
Altus Group Limited
Company typePublic
TSX: AIF
S&P/TSX Composite Component
IndustryReal Estate Services and Software
Founded2005
FounderGary Yeoman
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Key people
Jim Hannon (Chief executive officer)[1]
RevenueC$735 million (FY 2022)
Number of employees
2,800
Websitewww.altusgroup.com

Altus Group Limited is a provider of asset and fund intelligence for commercial real estate.[2] The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and employs approximately 2,800 employees with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.[2][3] It is a public company, with its shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol AIF, and Altus Group's market capitalization was around $2.7 billion as of the end of 2022.[2][4] For fiscal 2022, the company had annual revenues of C$735 million and C$135 million in adjusted EBITDA.[5]

History

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2005–2011: Inception under Gary Yeoman

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Altus Group went public in 2005, through the merger of three Canadian commercial real estate consultancies, one of which was led by its first CEO, Gary Yeoman.[6] Altus initially listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as an income trust and subsequently converted into a corporation when the Canadian federal government implemented new taxes on trust distributions in 2011.[7][8] The company originally focused on consulting services for the commercial real estate industry but over the years has also repositioned itself as a technology company to help clients manage their commercial real estate portfolios.[9]

In 2006, Altus Group expanded into the land surveying industry in Western Canada which formed its Geomatics business segment. The Geomatics business was subsequently spun off in 2020, into the private company called GeoVerra that combined Altus Group’s Geomatics business with WSP’s geomatics operations.[10][11]

In its first five years, the company expanded through acquisitions.[12] These acquisitions primarily focused on the company’s property tax business. Altus Group’s property tax practice expanded into the UK market in 2007, with the acquisition of Edwin Hill.[13][14] Expansion in the UK continued, including through the acquisition of Commercial Valuers & Surveyors (CVS) in 2017.[15] Starting in 2010, the company also grew its property tax practice in the US, mainly through the acquisitions of Brazos Tax in 2010,[16] Complex Property Advisors in 2013,[17] and SC&H Group’s State & Local Tax Practice in 2014.[18] The company also expanded its cost consulting practice to the Asia Pacific region through the acquisition of Page Kirkland in 2009.[19]

The firm's shift to technology began with the acquisition of Argus Software in 2011.[20] The current Altus Analytics business segment includes software, data solutions[clarification needed][buzzword], and advisory offerings, including PricewaterhouseCoopers’s valuation management practice that was acquired in 2010.[21] Acquiring ARGUS Software marked the first time that Altus Group entered the commercial real estate software industry.[11]

2011–2020: Expansion into software and data under Robert Courteau

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In 2011, Gary Yeoman stepped down as CEO and in 2012, Robert Courteau joined as the new CEO.[3] He had previously served as president of SAP North America, an enterprise application software company.[3] Under Courteau's leadership, the company continued its expansion into software. In 2014, it acquired Voyanta, a data management SaaS solution[buzzword] for CRE investors,[22] and in 2018, it acquired Taliance, a provider of modelling and forecasting tools for CRE investors.[23] In 2019, it launched a cloud-supported version of its Argus Enterprise product,[24] used as an asset and investment management platform by the commercial real estate industry.

2020–present: "Intelligence as a service" strategy under Mike Gordon & Jim Hannon

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In September 2020, Courteau retired and was succeeded as CEO by Mike Gordon.[3][25] Gordon was previously CEO of Callcredit Information Group, a U.K.-based provider of consumer data for businesses.[3][25][26] Under Gordon, the firm adopted an "intelligence as a service" strategy, focused on providing solutions[buzzword] for managing the performance and risk of CRE assets.[27] In 2021, it acquired two CRE data analytics providers: Stratodem,[28] and Reonomy.[29] It also acquired Finance Active, a provider of debt management software.[30]

Jim Hannon, previously president of Altus Analytics, succeeded Mike Gordon as CEO on April 1, 2022.[27]

Business

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The company has two business segments: Altus Analytics, and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Consulting.[9] Altus Analytics provides software and data analysis for the commercial real estate industry.[9] The CRE Consulting segment focuses on property tax,[31] valuations advice and cost consulting.[32][33]

The Altus Analytics' segment consists of global software products sold under the Argus brand, appraisal management data analytics programs and Canadian data subscription products.[34] Its clients consist of CRE asset and investment management firms, including large owners, managers and investors of CRE assets and CRE funds, as well as other CRE industry participants including service providers, brokers, and developers. The programs provide visibility at the asset, portfolio and fund level to help clients enhance performance of their CRE investments.[9]

The CRE Consulting segment consists of property tax,[31] valuation [9] and cost advisory services.[32][33] The company works with CRE market participants—including owner operators, developers, financial institutions, and various CRE asset holders and investors.[35] The property tax services are offered in Canada, the US and the UK.[31]

In 2019, Altus Group's consolidated revenues were 39% from Canada, 37% from the US, 18% from Europe, and 6% from Asia Pacific.  In 2019, 38% of consolidated revenues came from the Property Tax business, 36% from Altus Analytics, 19% from Valuation and Cost Advisory and 7% from Geomatics.[36]

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  29. ^ Cavanaugh, Suzannah (12 November 2021). "Altus Acquires Real Estate Data Firm Reonomy for $200M". The Real Deal National. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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