Yale Properties USA is an independently owned affiliate of Yale Properties Limited, a full service privately owned real estate development and investment company based in Montreal, Canada. Since its inception in 1954, Yale Properties Limited has grown through its conservative investment philosophy and long term approach to creating value. Today, Yale Properties Limited owns and manages over six million square feet of commercial, residential and industrial property in addition to significant land holdings across Canada.

In the early 1990's Yale Properties USA was created to build a US portfolio capitalizing on the opportunistic environment of the time. Early on, the company was able to capitalize on its internal funding, established reputation, and quick decision making to source numerous opportunities in Northern and Southern California, specifically the San Francisco and San Diego markets. Drawing on the company's broad range of real estate experience and holdings, Yale focused on cash flow transactions to accumulate a broad portfolio of holdings including office, industrial, retail and residential projects.

Given the burgeoning growth of the high tech and telecommunications sectors, Yale USA began to focus on investing in commercial properties geared towards these tenancies. With a continuing appetite and growing investor base, Yale USA expanded to the Eastern U.S. in 1997, establishing a regional office in Boston, MA. As the country's top academic center, the Boston region serves as home to many of the country's leading high technology, telecommunications and biotechnology companies. Accordingly, it is well suited to Yale USA's ongoing growth strategy while providing geographic diversification, at the same time. Today, Yale Properties USA maintains full service corporate offices in San Diego and Boston and manages an owned portfolio in excess of three million square feet. Aside from its core holdings in California and Massachusetts, the company also owns a complementary telecommunication project in Houston.