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American Tower Corporation

Real Estate

American Tower Corporation is an American real estate investment trust headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, spun off from the broadcaster American Radio Systems in 1998 to own and operate communications infrastructure such as cell towers. It is one of the largest owners and operators of wireless and broadcast communications towers in the world, leasing space on its towers to wireless carriers and other tenants across the United States and internationally.

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Company Type
American real estate investment trust 1
Founded Year
1995 1
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. 1
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A major real estate or REIT company; classified in the atlas real-estate-industry.

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1. Wikipedia, American Tower Corporation
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  • lead paragraph, Wikipedia article
    American Tower Corporation is an American real estate investment trust which owns, develops and operates wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure in several countries. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • History section, first sentence
    The company was formed in 1995 as a unit of American Radio Systems.
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