Prudential Connecticut Realty Joins Forces
With Pequot Properties
Partnership will create CT's largest real estate company and establish presence in RI

Prudential Connecticut Realty announces that it has merged with Pequot Properties of Waterford, Connecticut, a full-service real estate company serving eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island. With the completion of this merger, Prudential Connecticut Realty becomes the largest real estate firm in Connecticut and establishes the company's presence in Rhode Island.

"I am certain that by joining with Prudential Connecticut Realty, together we can build on the success we have enjoyed for so many years and provide an even greater level of service for our customers," said Peter Guille, who founded Pequot Properties in 1974. "Our team will have access to greater resources, a national referral system, and a statewide network to allow us to serve more buyers and sellers."

"The partnership between Prudential Connecticut Realty and Pequot Properties is a perfect fit. Our companies share the same values and commitment to customer service and our combined strengths have created the biggest and best real estate firm in Connecticut," said Peter Helie, chairman and CEO of Prudential Connecticut Realty. "With this merger, we expand our presence along the Connecticut shoreline into western Rhode Island as well as into eastern Connecticut, two areas where Peter Guille and his team have been so successful over the past three decades."

Pequot Properties, based in Waterford, Connecticut, has 160 agents and offices in Danielson, Mystic, Norwich, Stonington Borough, and Watch Hill, Rhode Island and had more than $390,000,000 in sales volume in 2004 working with residential, investment, commercial, and industrial properties. The new name of the Watch Hill office is Prudential Pequot Properties.