Beginning in 1985, Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. has been committed to creating greater shareholder value through the acquisition, financing, operation and sale of real estate across the United States. IORI is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol "IOT."Income Opportunity's principal source of revenue is in rents from property operations. Under Income Opportunitity Realty Investors, properties referred to as "undervalued" or "underperforming," are given added value by physical improvements and management improvements. The 14 properties owned by Income Opportunity are held for investment in three different geographic regions of the US—the Southeast, Southwest and Pacific.

Franklin Street Properties Corp. provides real estate and investment banking/investment services in the United States. The company’s Real Estate Operations segment involves in real estate rental operations, leasing, and secured financing of real estate for interim acquisition or other property financing, as well as provides asset management, property management, property acquisitions, dispositions, and development. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated a portfolio of 29 real estate properties, which include 28 office buildings and 1 industrial use property. The company’s Investment Banking/Investment Services segment involves in the structuring of real estate investments and broker/dealer services that include the organization of Sponsored real estate investment trusts (REITs), the acquisition and development of real estate on behalf of Sponsored REITs, and the raising of capital to equitize the Sponsored REITs through sale of preferred stock in private placements. This segment offers investment banking/investment services primarily to institutions and high net-worth individuals. The company has elected to be taxed 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. Franklin Street Properties Corp. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Folkes Holdings, which has been under family control since 1697 and is now run by Constantine Folkes (see Profile), specialises in commercial property development and investment in the United Kingdom and the Republic of South Africa and the provision of equity or mezzanine finance to third party property developers and landowners.

Colliers International UK plc is part of Colliers International, now the world’s third largest commercial real estate organisation with 480 offices in 61 countries.In the UK we employ over 700 people in 13 main offices and we understand how important in-depth local knowledge is to our clients.

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.

Sotogrande is all about living "la vida del lujo" (the life of luxury). The 5,000-acre resort and residential development sits on the tip of Spain's southern coast. Sotogrande is a community of multimillion-dollar homes in private subdivisions, high-end resorts, a marina, beaches, and private schools, but it's most famous for its polo fields and golf courses. (The Valderrama golf course hosts the Volvo Masters every year). The Sotogrande concept was devised by an American, Joseph McMicking, who in 1962 bought five farms (one of which was named Sotogrande) to develop into a coastal resort community.

Sabra Health Care REIT doesn't mind a little healthy competition in the real estate sector. The company, which plans to qualify as a health care real estate investment trust (REIT) beginning in 2011, owns and seeks to acquire health care properties throughout the US. Its portfolio consists of more than 80 skilled nursing centers, as well as several assisted and independent living centers and mental health centers. The facilities house about 10,000 beds and are located in 21 states. Substantially all of the properties are leased to and operated by subsidiaries of Sun Healthcare Group, which spun off its real estate assets to form Sabra Health Care REIT in 2010.

Thakral Corporation Ltd is in the consumer electronics distribution business as well as strategic property and equity investments. Presently, China (including Hong Kong) and India are the Group's key markets for its products. Under its extensive consumer brand portfolio are global names such as Apple, Canon, Casio, Fuji, Hewlet-Packard, Kodak, Lenovo, Nikon, Nokia, Orion, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony.

ProLogis will help you spread the word -- or at least help you spread the goods. The industrial real estate investment trust (REIT) acquires and develops warehouses and distribution facilities for some 4,000 retailers and manufacturers such as MolsonCoors and Unilever. It owns more than 2,400 properties in Asia, Europe, and North America. All together, ProLogis owns, manages or is developing more than 475 million sq. ft. of space. The company is selective about development and usually only develops pre-leased properties. Its fund management operations oversee long-term property investments. ProLogis holds about 30% of publicly traded ProLogis European Properties.

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) provides mortgages, savings, personal loans, and brokerage services. One of the UK's largest mutually owned financial institutions, the group also offers insurance coverage including mortgage-payment policies and home and auto insurance. YBS operates more than 175 offices in the UK and Northern Ireland; subsidiaries include Yorkshire Guernsey, Yorkshire Key Services, and Accord Mortgages. The society merged with Chelsea Building Society in 2010 in a deal that added about 35 locations. YBS, which has more than �36 billion in assets under management, was established in 1864 as the Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Benefit Building Society.

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