American Spectrum Realty, Inc. is a real estate investment company, which engages in the provision of real estate solutions. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and currently employs 165 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2001-11-20. The firm provides integrated real estate solutions for its own property portfolio (properties in which the Company owns a controlling interest or in properties where the Company is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (VIE)) and the portfolios of its third party clients. The firm owns and manages commercial, industrial, retail, self-storage and multi-family, student housing income properties, and offers its third party clients integrated real estate solutions, including management and transaction services. The firm conducts its business in the continental United States. The firm's business is conducted through an Operating Partnership in which the Company is the sole general partner and a limited partner with a total equity interest of 94%, as of December 31, 2013.
