03:48 PM EST - Brookfield Asset Management Inc : and Verde Realty, a Houston-based REIT that acquires, develops, owns and manages industrial distribution facilities, today announced Verde and a fund sponsored by Brookfield have entered into a definitive merger agreement for a transaction that will provide Verde shareholders with a price of $12.85 per share and a total equity transaction value of up to $366 million. Brookfield Asset Management Inc
shares T.BAM.A are trading up $0.30 at $33.49.