Taken together, these smaller units account for 7 million square feet in the sublease market.

The two units together accounted for some $6.6 billion in revenue last year.

The unit accounted for about 6 percent of earnings.

That unit accounted for 80 percent of Petrie's earnings last year.

Those units accounted for more than $250 million in annual sales, but some were unprofitable.

He noted that the North American unit accounted for less than 4 percent of group income.

Together the units accounted for 26 percent of the company's sales of $1.4 billion last year.

Omnicare, which provides pharmacy services to health care institutions, said the unit accounted for less than 5 percent of sales.

The goal is to increase homeownership in a city where rental units account for 70.4 percent of the occupied housing stock.

The two units also account for roughly $800 million of Knoll's $2 billion in annual sales.