Oxford Properties owns stakes in more than 47 million sq. ft. of office, retail, industrial, and multifamily residential space in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company's portfolio is worth some $15 billion. Oxford also provides real estate management for its Canadian properties. Among its holdings are about a half-dozen Canadian Fairmont luxury hotels, as well as residential complexes containing more than 250,000 apartment units. Oxford Properties has worked to diversify its portfolio, which is now split half and half between Canada and international locations. Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) owns Oxford Properties, which was founded in 1960.

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 1984 and became a public REIT when the trusts were introduced in Canada in 1993. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) owns or has stakes in more than 150 industrial, retail, and office properties in urban areas throughout Canada as well as one retail property in Chicago. The company's holdings total more than 20 million sq. ft. of leasable space; industrial properties consist of nearly 8 million sq. ft. and retail properties make up more than 6 million sq. ft., while office properties comprise the remainder. Most of its properties are located in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Weyerhaeuser Company grows and harvests trees, builds homes, and manufactures forest products worldwide. The company manages approximately 6.6 million acres of private commercial forestland; and has renewable long-term licenses on 15.2 million acres of forestland. It grows and harvests trees for use as lumber, pulp and paper, and other wood and building products; and offers logs, timber, minerals, oil, gas, seed and seedlings, and poles, as well as plywood and hardwood lumber. The company also manufactures and distributes softwood lumber, engineered lumber, structural panels, and other specialty products to the residential structural frame market; delivers homebuilding solutions; and manufactures and sells hardwood lumber to manufacturers of furniture and cabinetry, as well as exports engineered building materials and industrial hardwood products. It sells its wood products primarily through its sales organizations and distribution facilities, as well as markets its wood products into the repair and remodel market through the wood preserving and home-improvement warehouse channels. In addition, Weyerhaeuser Company provides cellulose fibers, such as fluff pulp, paper grade pulp, specialty chemical cellulose pulp, slush pulp, and wet lap pulp for absorbent products; and manufactures liquid packaging boards used primarily for the production of containers for liquid products. Further, it constructs single-family housing, and develops residential lots for its use and for sale. The company was formerly known as Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and changed its name to Weyerhaeuser Company. Weyerhaeuser Company was founded in 1900 and is based in Federal Way, Washington.

Atenor is narrowing its focus. The company, a real estate developer and private equity firm, operates through more than a dozen mostly real estate subsidiaries in the development, construction, and renovation of high-end office buildings. Once the properties (located in Belgium and Luxembourg) are built out and occupied, Atenor sells them for a profit, usually in one to three years. The company sold three of its investment companies in 2005 and plans to leave private equity funding completely. Once Atenor sells its investment firms, it plans to move into residential and retail development.

Colliers International is a leading global real estate services organization defined by our spirit of enterprise. Through our culture of service excellence and a shared sense of initiative, we have integrated the resources of real estate specialists worldwide to accelerate the success of our clients.

Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT owns and manages about 250 senior housing properties with more than 38,000 suites across Canada and the US. Properties include independent living communities, assisted-living residences, and long-term care facilities. Chartwell is the largest owner and operator of senior housing facilities in Canada and the third-largest overall in North America. The REIT also invests in mezzanine loans secured by senior living facilities.

Milestone Properties owns about 30 shopping centers and other commercial properties, most of them in the Southeast. The properties, which total approximately 1.2 million sq. ft. of gross leasable area, are managed, leased, and maintained by Milestone Property Management. Milestone Properties is growing through acquisitions of non-anchored centers that have several smaller tenants instead of being dominated by a grocery or big-box store. It generally seeks out newer properties priced between $3.5 million and $15 million. Company officers (and brothers) Leonard and Robert Mandor took Milestone Properties private in 2001 by merging it into a subsidiary of their Concord Assets Group.

InnVest has an inncredible grasp on Canada's hotel market. The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns some 145 hotels containing about 19,000 guest rooms -- the largest hotel portfolio in Canada. Its holdings consist of limited service and midscale full-service hotels; most operate under Choice Hotels International brands, including Comfort Inn, Quality Hotel, and Quality Suites. InnVest also owns some hotels under the Travelodge, Holiday Inn, and other names. The REIT owns a 50% interest in hotel franchiser Choice Hotels Canada. In addition to its hotel assets, InnVest owns office, retail and retirement home properties. More than three-quarters of the REIT's portfolio is held in Ontario and Quebec.

Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust,the closed-end real estate investment trust (REIT) invests in commercial real estate throughout Canada, primarily retail properties including shopping malls and anchored shopping centers. It also invests in office and, to a far lesser extent, industrial real estate. Morguard manages a portfolio of real estate worth some C$1.2 billion (8 million sq. ft. of space). Retail properties account for more than half of its sales. Diversified real estate group Morguard Corporation owns 44% of the REIT; sister firm Morguard Investment provides facility management and leasing services.

Sunstone Hotel Investors, a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in, develops, and renovates mostly upscale and upper-upscale hotels. The company owns about 30 hotels with nearly 12,000 rooms in 15 states. Most of Sunstone Hotel Investors' properties are located in Southern California. Most also have affiliations with such franchises as Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood. The REIT's hotels are managed by third parties; a division of Interstate Hotels & Resorts operates more than half of the properties.

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