CB Richard Ellis Investors (CBRE Investors) often has that urge. By 1998 CBRE Investors had $6 billion of assets under management in separate accounts and commingled funds. That same year CB Commercial, as the parent company was then known, acquired Richard Ellis International to create CB Richard Ellis, the leading global real estate services organization.

United Capital Corp. engages in the investment and management of real estate properties. The company also operates hotels, as well as manufactures and sells engineered products. Its Real Estate Investment and Management segment invests in and manages real estate properties, as well as engages in making short-term loans secured by desirable properties. This segment owns properties that are leased primarily as department stores, shopping centers, restaurants, and office buildings; and properties available for sale and lease, as well as owns day-care centers in New York City.

Lend Lease is one of the world’s leading fully integrated property solutions providers, with strong development, investment management, project and construction management and asset and property management capabilities.Founded in Sydney in 1958 by Dutch immigrant and innovator Dick Dusseldorp, the group was born out of a vision to create a company that could successfully combine four disciplines; property, financing, development and investment.

PICOR provides a full range of commercial property brokerage and management services, primarily in and around Tucson, Arizona. The company handles sales and leasing, consulting, financing, and asset management. PICOR manages some 2.5 million sq. ft. of space (including retail, office, industrial, corporate, government, and medical properties) throughout southern Arizona and border towns of Mexico. PICOR is a member of global real estate group Cushman & Wakefield. President Michael Hammond founded PICOR in 1985; nine years later he established the PICOR Charitable Foundation, which focuses on youth organizations in the company's market area.

BEFIMMO provides a home for businesses in Belgium. The company's real estate investments include about 40 office buildings and complexes in Brussels and surrounding areas such as Antwerp, Charleroi, and Mons. The company is a fixed-capital real estate investment trust (SICAFI), which is similar to an American REIT. BEFIMMO focuses on investments in regions served by public transportation. Among its occupants are chemical, pharmaceutical, finance, telecommunication, and retail companies. Customers include Accor, Biomedical Systems, and Sumitomo Bank.

China Housing & Land Development, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, management, and sale of commercial and residential real estate properties primarily in the western part of China. Its residential projects include multiple high-rise, middle-rise, and low-rise buildings, as well as a community center, commercial units, kindergarten, and other auxiliary facilities. The company also engages in land development activities, as well as provides property management services. Its customers primarily comprise first time home buyers and first time up-graders. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Xian, the Peoples Republic of China.

Republic State Mortgage stand? Why ... liberty and mortgages for all, of course. The lender provides fixed rate, adjustable rate, and jumbo residential mortgages to help borrowers purchase new homes or to refinance existing ones. It also offers mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration. Republic State Mortgage operates nearly 20 offices in Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. It's licensed to do business (or exempt from licensing) in more than a dozen other states. Founded in 1994, Republic State Mortgage is owned by chairman and CEO Robert Wagnon and is a member of Lenders One, a national cooperative of independent mortgage bankers.

Hines is a privately owned, international real estate firm that has provided the highest level of quality, service and value to its clients and investors for more than 50 years. EDF Tower, Paris, France With a presence in more than 100 cities around the globe and investor relationships with many of the world's largest financial institutions, Hines has the breadth of experience, the network of expertise and the financial strength to assume complex and challenging investment, development and management projects.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns properties that are leased to firms in the technology sector. Its portfolio includes more than 90 properties in the US, Europe, and Asia, including data communications hubs, electronic storage and processing centers, tech manufacturing facilities, and offices of tech companies. All told, the REIT owns more than 16 million sq. ft. of rentable space, including space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty Trust focuses on properties in hot tech markets such as Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, New York, northern Virginia, and California's San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley (its largest market).

Deutsche EuroShop wants to build more places for people to shop 'til they drop their Euros. The company invests in retail real estate, primarily in Germany. It owns a portfolio of about 20 shopping centers with more than 2,000 stores. In addition to its holdings in Germany, it has assets in Austria, Poland, and Hungary. The company is selective about the properties it buys, preferring to make investments in prime locations that will support high occupancy rates.

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