{"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Sharemaestro Newsreel: Austria Reit - Residential news", "home_page_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/newsreel/at/real-estate/reit-residential/", "feed_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/newsreel/at/real-estate/reit-residential/feed.json", "description": "Latest Reit - Residential company headlines from Austria, newest first, with source links and direct routes to company research and sentiment.", "language": "en", "items": [{"id": "source:bc703c79115df21b94b3041fd4ccf2d2ea205773c413af8ace775a47c435fae9", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/articles/equity-residential-avalonbay-communities-announce-201500932.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/articles/equity-residential-avalonbay-communities-announce-201500932.html", "title": "Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Announce Shareholder Approvals for Merger to Create Vivmark Residential", "content_text": "Merger expected to close on August 17, 2026 ARLINGTON, Va. & CHICAGO, August 12, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (\"AvalonBay\") (NYSE: AVB) and Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) today announced that at their respective special meetings, AvalonBay stockholders and Equity Residential shareholders overwhelmingly approved all of the proposals necessary to close the pending merger of equals between AvalonBay and Equity Residential (the \"merger\"). More than 99% of the votes cast at the AvalonBay special meeting voted to approve the merger, which represented approximately 90% of the ou", "date_published": "2026-08-12T20:15:00+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Deals and strategy", "AVBC"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Austria", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "AVBC", "name": "AvalonBay Communities, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/675949eb-85f5-4789-be0f-65f7bd693074/"}]}}]}