UPDATE: 3/4/13, 2:32 p.m. Corvex and Related have filed suit in federal court in Massachusetts seeking to block the proposed stock offering by the CommonWealth REIT, according to Bloomberg.

At least four firms have landed lead roles in connection with a growing dispute between a group of activist investors seeking to buy the CommonWealth REIT (CWH), a large real estate investment trust that invests in U.S. office and industrial properties and is headed by a former chairman of Sullivan & Worcester.