The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) has earned its reputation as one of Florida's premier real estate development companies and one of the nation's most acclaimed placemakers. With approximately 576,000 acres of land, concentrated primarily in Northwest Florida between Tallahassee and Destin, St. Joe is helping to bring high-quality, strategic growth to the last, best part of Florida.

Gramercy Capital Corp. is a self-managed integrated commercial real estate finance and property investment company operating in two complementary areas: Gramercy Finance, which focuses on the direct origination and acquisition of whole loans, subordinate interests in whole loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, CMBS and other real estate securities; and Gramercy Realty, which focuses on the acquisition and management of commercial properties net leased primarily to regulated financial institutions and affiliated users throughout the United States. Gramercy is headquartered in New York City, and has regional investment and portfolio management offices in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Charlotte, North Carolina and St. Louis, Missouri.Gramercy's senior management team, which has more than 40 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, is committed to providing best-of-class service at every point in the value chain: origination; underwriting; negotiation; transaction execution; and loan servicing.Gramercy originates and acquires a range of loan products intended to assist its clients in achieving their financing and liquidity needs quickly and cost-effectively, with professional execution and a continuing commitment to quality client service.

CCA founded the private corrections management industry more than 25 years ago, establishing industry standards for future-focused, forward-thinking correctional solutions. A commitment to innovation, efficiency, cost effectiveness and achievement has made the company the private corrections management provider of choice for federal, state and local agencies since 1983. As a full-service corrections management provider, CCA specializes in the design, construction, expansion and management of prisons, jails and detention facilities, as well as inmate transportation services through its subsidiary company TransCor America. The company is the fifth-largest corrections system in the nation, behind only the federal government and three states. CCA houses approximately 75,000 offenders and detainees in more than 60 facilities, 44 of which are company-owned, with a total bed capacity of more than 80,000. CCA currently partners with all three federal corrections agencies (The Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement), nearly half of all states and more than a dozen local municipalities.

SIIC de Paris develops and manages commercial and residential properties in and around Paris. The company invests in properties in the coveted historic districts, and renovates or remodels the properties into office space, industrial use, car parks, and hotels. SIIC de Paris is a subsidiary of Spanish firm Realia Business.

Transwestern Commercial Services has offices in some 25 cities throughout the US and manages a portfolio of approximately 900 office, health care, retail, and multi-family residential properties (more than 170 million sq. ft. of space). Transwestern also provides agency leasing, property management, tenant representation, and property development services, as well as financing and advising to institutional investors. The firm has expanded its portfolio of sustainable projects by promoting green building practices and energy conservation. Chairman Robert Duncan founded Transwestern in 1978.

Ashford Hospitality is in with the inn crowd. A self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT), Ashford owns and has interests in about 100 upscale hotels with more than 20,000 rooms in some two dozen states and Washington, DC; most operate under the Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood nameplates. Nearly half of Ashford's properties are managed by firms owned by company chairman Archie Bennett and his son, CEO Monty Bennett, with the rest overseen by other third-party management companies. In addition to making direct investments in hotels, the REIT also originates loans secured by hotel properties.

Tokyu Land builds up the land of the rising sun. One of Japan's top property developers, the company provides design, development, and construction services in almost every market in the industry: luxury apartments and condominiums, office buildings, resorts and hotels, golf courses, urban retail facilities, and senior housing. Its subsidiaries and affiliates offer related activities, such as property management and marketing, leasing, and logistics. The company also provides commercial real estate asset management and advisory services.

Maguire Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, management, acquisition, and development of office and real estate properties primarily in California. As of June 30, 2005, the company owned a portfolio of 25 commercial real estate properties, including 22 office and retail projects, a 350-room hotel, 6 off-site parking garages totaling approximately 5,969 spaces, and onsite structured and surface parking totaling approximately 26,549 spaces. It also owned undeveloped land that could support approximately 11.8 million square feet of office, retail, structured parking, and residential uses, as of the above date. The company has elected to be treated as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. MPG Office Trust, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Leasinvest Real Estate encourages you to at least invest in real estate. The sicafi (Belgium's equivalent to a US real estate investment trust) invests in mainly new, high-end office buildings, preferably located in business parks, with solid, long-term tenants. Its portfolio consists of about 40 office buildings, storage facilities, and retail complexes in more than a dozen locations. Some 75% of its portfolio is located in Brussels, the remainder is in Antwerp and Ghent. Tenants include businesses and government entities, including the European Parliament.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc is a commercial real estate finance company that is focused primarily on originating, investing in, acquiring and managing senior performing commercial real estate mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, commercial real estate corporate debt and loans and other commercial real estate-related debt investments in the U.S. We are externally managed by ACREFI Management, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, LLC, a leading global alternative asset manager with a contrarian and value-oriented investment approach in private equity and credit-oriented capital markets. We are led by an experienced team of senior real estate professionals, including Joseph F. Azrack, who serves as our Chief Executive Officer, Scott Weiner, who serves as our Chief Investment Officer, and Stuart A. Rothstein, who serves as our Chief Financial Officer. Messrs. Azrack, Weiner and Rothstein are supported by a team of senior executives who have significant experience in commercial property ownership and finance. We will also draw upon the extensive transactional, financial, managerial and investment skills of Apollo Global Management’s private equity, credit-oriented capital markets and real estate investment professionals. We believe our relationship with Apollo Global Management provides us with significant advantages in sourcing, evaluating, underwriting and managing investments. Our goal is to be a pre-eminent commercial real estate finance company that provides creative senior financing solutions to real estate owners while at the same time providing attractive risk adjusted returns to our stockholders over the long term, primarily through dividends and secondarily through capital appreciation. We distinguish ourselves from other providers of capital through our seamless execution, first class management, and creative and experienced investment professionals. Our primary purpose is to create a diversified portfolio of performing commercial real estate mortgage loans and CMBS assets that will be held to maturity and which we expect will provide stable attractive cash flow yields for our stockholders.

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