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Macklowe Properties, the Big Apple has gone a bit rotten. The investment company made a name for itself as developer, renovater, and manager of Midtown Manhattan real estate. It invested in upscale residential and office buildings, including the GM Building which it bought in 2003 for $1.4 billion (the most ever paid for an office building in the US). In 2008, the debt-ridden company sold the GM Building and several other assets at a loss. Its portfolio now includes about a half-dozen properties, including more for-sale properties. Creditors including Deutsche Bank have also sought foreclosures for unpaid mortgages. Macklowe was founded in the mid-1960s by chairman emeritus Harry Macklowe.

Majestic Realty Retail manages big-box retail centers, while Majestic Management provides property management services. Its Commerce Construction affiliate builds properties and C.C.C. Rental supplies heavy construction equipment. Billionaire CEO Edward Roski Jr. (whose father founded the family-owned firm in 1948) is part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings and their home, the Staples Center.

MPI / Mall Properties, established by founder and chairman Morton L. Olshan in 1968, is a full service real estate development and investment firm, with complete construction, financing, leasing and management capabilities.Together with its two wholly owned affiliates, Janoff & Olshan and Olshan Hotel Management, the company employs over 1,250 people, including over twenty professionals. Mall Properties has been engaged in all forms of real estate development with great emphasis on retail, residential, hotel and mixed use properties.

Manhattan Loft Corporation (MLC) buys disused industrial buildings and warehouses and converts them into residential lofts. When developers were faced with a shortage of residential land in the UK, chief executive Harry Handelsman found inspiration -- and opportunity -- in the lofts of New York's SoHo neighborhood. He is credited with introducing loft living to London with the establishment of MLC in 1992. The firm also builds some of its properties outright, and has started building office and mixed-use projects. MLC has built properties in England, Wales, and Germany.

Mapeley governs properties the government (and others) occupies. The company invests in and manages UK real estate, targeting government and commercial tenants with large-scale management needs. Its portfolio includes more than 1,600 properties valued at more than 2 billion ($3 billion). Tenants include Abbey National and government agencies such as the Identity and Passport Service and HM Revenue & Customs. Properties are located in most major cities throughout the UK. Mapeley was founded in 1999. Fortress Investment Group owns some 75% of Mapeley.

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