Equity Commonwealth Issues Open Letter to Monmouth Shareholders

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) today announced that its Chairman of the Board, Sam Zell, and Chief Executive Officer, David Helfand, sent the following letter to the shareholders of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NYSE: MNR) reiterating the merits of the pending transaction. Dear Monmouth Shareholders:   For more than 50 years, the Equity group of companies has had the opportunity and great responsibility of managing our capital and our investors’ capital