CoStar Group Closes Deal to Acquire Visual Lease, a Leading Lease Administration and Accounting Platform
01 Novembre 2024 - 4:27PM
Business Wire
The strategic acquisition will enhance the
product offerings of both platforms and broaden the solutions
available to their customers.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), a leading provider of online real
estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property
markets, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of
lease administration and accounting platform Visual Lease. The
strategic acquisition will enhance CoStar Group’s Real Estate
Manager business line and provide additional lease management and
lease accounting value to corporations of all sizes.
Founded in 1996, Visual Lease is a premier software platform for
integrated lease management, accounting, and reporting, used by
over 1,500 organizations across the business services,
construction, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail sectors. Visual
Lease offers support for each team involved in managing a company’s
leased and owned assets through a seamless platform that encourages
strategic financial and operational outcomes for organizations.
CoStar Real Estate Manager helps customers across the globe
manage every phase of the lease lifecycle, providing vital lease
administration, lease accounting compliance, and transaction
management applications, ensuring seamless workflows between real
estate and accounting teams.
This merger of two equal firms will enhance functionality for
businesses of all sizes by providing industry leading lease
management and accounting solutions coupled with the power of
CoStar’s data and analytics. The combination will also enhance
relationships with key real estate and accounting service providers
and increase integration opportunities with key technology
partners.
Implementation of Visual Lease’s technology will be seamless for
all CoStar Real Estate Manager users. This will also provide Visual
Lease’s mid-market customers with a new opportunity to grow into an
enterprise solution. The platform’s GASB experience strengthens
CoStar Group’s utility for government customers, while its ESG
analytics product makes CoStar Group even stronger for identifying
sustainability solutions across their portfolio.
“By combining CoStar Group’s industry expertise with Visual
Lease’s diverse customer base, deep lease portfolio management
expertise, and leading sustainability solutions, we are well
positioned to offer a more comprehensive service offering and
continue growing both nationally and internationally. I am excited
to work with the talented team at Visual Lease to accelerate our
growth, expand our offerings, and further enhance how we serve our
customers,” said Andy Florance, Founder and Chief Executive
Officer of CoStar Group. “CoStar Group is always focused on
innovation and sourcing ideas and solutions from the best in the
industry. Welcoming Visual Lease to CoStar Group is a significant
milestone in our journey, opening new opportunities for both our
clients and employees moving forward.”
About CoStar Group
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading provider of online real
estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property
markets. Founded in 1987, CoStar Group conducts expansive, ongoing
research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive
database of real estate information. CoStar is the global leader in
commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, enabling
clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on
property values, market conditions and availabilities.
Apartments.com is the leading online marketplace for renters
seeking great apartment homes, providing property managers and
owners a proven platform for marketing their properties. LoopNet is
the most heavily trafficked online commercial real estate
marketplace with over thirteen million average monthly unique
visitors. STR provides premium data benchmarking, analytics, and
marketplace insights for the global hospitality industry. Ten-X
offers a leading platform for conducting commercial real estate
online auctions and negotiated bids. Homes.com is the fastest
growing online residential marketplace that connects agents,
buyers, and sellers. OnTheMarket is a leading residential property
portal in the United Kingdom. BureauxLocaux is one of the largest
specialized property portals for buying and leasing commercial real
estate in France. Business Immo is France’s leading commercial real
estate news service. Thomas Daily is Germany’s largest online data
pool in the real estate industry. Belbex is the premier source of
commercial space available to let and for sale in Spain. CoStar
Group’s websites attracted over 163 million average monthly unique
visitors in the third quarter of 2024. Headquartered in Washington,
DC, CoStar Group maintains offices throughout the U.S., Europe,
Canada, and Asia. From time to time, we plan to utilize our
corporate website, CoStarGroup.com, as a channel of distribution
for material company information. For more information, visit
CoStarGroup.com.
About Visual Lease (VL)
Visual Lease (VL) is a premier platform for integrated lease
management and lease accounting, trusted by enterprises worldwide
to navigate complex portfolios with precision and ease. As the
centralized system of record for all lease-related financial,
operational, and legal data, VL is purpose-built to support every
team involved in managing a company’s leased and owned assets.
Informed by nearly three decades of experience, our platform
integrates lease management, lease accounting, and sustainability
reporting, enabling organizations to save time, mitigate risks,
reduce costs, and support sustainability initiatives. Our
award-winning software is used by 1,500+ organizations to manage
more than 1 million real estate, equipment, and other leased asset
records globally. For more information, visit visuallease.com.
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Investor Relations Rich Simonelli CoStar Group (973)
896-8184 getrich@costar.com
News Media Matthew Blocher CoStar Group (202) 346-6775
mblocher@costargroup.com
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