United Trust Fund is a real estate investment firm that specializes in sale-leaseback transactions. The company buys real estate from a business, typically a smaller mid-tier public company in the US, and leases the property back to the seller. United Trust Fund's investments include such commercial properties as bank branches, industrial facilities, office buildings, and retail spaces. It has completed sale-leaseback deals with corporations including AGCO, Carlisle Companies, and RF Micro Devices. United Trust Fund is also involved in build-to-suit development and, through a joint venture with GE Real Estate, purchases net lease properties in the US and Canada.

Kenmore invests in and develops commercial properties throughout the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. The company acquires (independently and in joint-venture arrangements) land for development as well as existing buildings for refurbishment; its portfolio is comprised of industrial, office, and retail properties. Kenmore, in a partnership with other investors, controls a 93-store grocery chain in Sweden; it also holds interests in France and Norway. Chairman John Kennedy founded Kenmore in 1986. Kenmore announced a restructuring in 2009, placing 21 companies in its group into administration and two other into receivership.

Innkeepers USA Trust is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in upscale and extended-stay hotel properties. (IT also invests in full-service hotels and mid-priced lodgings.) The REIT owns stakes in about 75 hotels with some 10,000 rooms in more than 20 states. Nearly all are leased by management company Island Hospitality. About half of its hotels are operated under the Residence Inn by Marriott brand. Other brands include Hampton Inn and Summerfield Suites. Laden with more than $1 billion in debt, the REIT filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2010.

The Company has proposed to the Government of Oman (the "Government") the development of a real-estate and tourism project (the "Omagine Project") to be developed in Oman by Omagine LLC (the "Project Company"). Omagine LLC was formed in Oman as a limited liability company on November 23, 2009 and is presently 100% owned by the Company and it will design, develop, own and operate the entire Omagine Project.

Stratus Properties Inc., a real estate company, engages in the acquisition, development, management, operation, and sale of commercial, multi-family, and residential real estate properties located primarily in the Austin, Texas area. The company also owns undeveloped commercial property in San Antonio, Texas. As of December 31, 2009, its investment in real estate includes approximately 2,273 acres of land located in Austin, Texas. The principal holdings consisted of 1,513 acres of residential, multi-family, and commercial property; and 122 developed residential estate lots within the Barton Creek community. Stratus Properties also holds approximately 35 acres of commercial property under development and 352 acres of undeveloped commercial property within the Circle C Ranch (Circle C) community

IVG Immobilien AG has a local presence in the major European cities and can draw upon a broad spectrum of know how and a large experience in asset management.IVG’s focus lies on the core business asset management with stable and consistent income.IVG Caverns constructs, operates, and leases some 40 underground caverns in Germany for oil and gas storage, and holds the development rights for at least 90 more.

Sponda was formed in 1991 by the Bank of Finland to take over the real estate properties held by Skopbank Group. Sponda rents history in Helsinki. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) with about 850,000 sq. meters of office, commercial, and logistics properties. Most of Sponda's properties are located in the Helsinki metropolitan area, including several historic properties in the central business district, such as the City Center complex (known by the locals as "Makkaratalo"). Sponda Plc also owns properties in the High Tech Espoo and Vantaa Airport City regions of Helsinki, as well as properties in other areas of Finland.

MHI Hospitality owns seven full-service hotels operating under the Hilton, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, and Crowne Plaza brands in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern US. The company also holds a minority stake in another hotel, has two under development, and owns leasehold interests in common areas of the Shell Island Resort in Wilmington, North Carolina. MHI Hotel Services, which spun off MHI Hospitality in 2004, manages the REIT's properties. Executive officers and board members of MHI Hospitality collectively own more than a quarter of the company.

Bayerische Immobilien buys, sells, and rents properties in Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Dresden. The company's properties range from single offices in central locations to combined residential and office locations. Immobilien also leases retail, restaurant, and hotel properties Innerhalb der Bayerischen Hausbau ist das Leistungsspektrum in die drei Kerngeschäftsfelder Projektentwicklung, Immobilien und Immobilien Management gegliedert. Namentlich sind dies die Gesellschaften Bayerische Hausbau Projektentwicklung GmbH, Bayerische Hausbau Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG und Bayerische Hausbau Immobilien Management GmbH. Die Tochtergesellschaft Hanse Haus GmbH rundet mit dem Fertighausbau die Leistungspalette ab."

Brookfield Properties is making big ripples in the commercial property market. Doing business as Brookfield Office Properties, the company owns stakes in about 100 commercial properties around the world. It primarily invests in properties in large cities including Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, Calgary, Toronto, and Washington, DC. The company's portfolio totals some 70 million sq. ft. and includes most of Manhattan's World Financial Center; Brookfield also has a handful of properties in the development pipeline. Tenants include Merrill Lynch, CIBC, JPMorgan Chase, and Target Corporation. Brookfield plans to spin off its residential property assets to concentrate on expanding its global office portfolio.

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