LaSalle Hotel Properties is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in, renovates, and leases luxury full-service hotel properties in the US. It owns about 35 hotels in about a dozen states. Its hotels, which together have about 8,500 rooms, are typically located in major urban markets near convention centers, business districts, and resorts. The properties are managed by outside hotel operators under such brand names as Marriott, Sheraton, and Hilton. Among its properties are Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa and Hotel Deca in Seattle. LaSalle Hotel Properties became self-managing in 2001 after three years under the wing of Jones Lang LaSalle.

Filinvest Development Corporation (FDC) is one of the Philippines’ leading conglomerates, with interests in real estate development and leasing, financial and banking services, hotel and resort management, and the sugar milling and refining. The group continues to diversify and is currently considering investments in the power and water sectors. FDC is controlled by the Gotianun Family through ALG Holdings Corporation.

Homburg Invest grows value by managing, acquiring and developing high quality assets that return consistent increases in property and development revenues over the medium to long term. That growth philosophy is underpinned by a culture of risk mitigation that is reflected in all aspects of our business.

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.

Groupe Affine comprises Affine, Buro Facility International (BFI), Promaffine, and the Concerto Group. The group is an independent force in the French property financing, leasing, rental, financial engineering, and property development sectors. Affine and its subsidiaries handle everything from initial financial planning and consultation to the logistics and engineering, and eventual construction or refurbishment, of industrial and commercial properties. The company manages hundreds of lease and rental properties around Paris and invests in property development operations in both France and the US.

SunVesta is a group of real estate, associated, consultation and development companies, which was founded in 2005 and is based in Switzerland. SunVesta’s core competencies are in the evaluation, financing and development of lucrative, long-term projects in the growing markets of the luxury real estate, “private residence clubs” and “fractional ownership” industries.

Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the investment in and the acquisition, ownership, and management of a portfolio of properties. The company also involves in the development of industrial and residential properties. It focuses on acquiring, developing, owning, leasing, and managing medical, commercial, and industrial real estate. The company has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax purposes, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in St. James, New York.

The Company was founded in 1991 as the Schroders International Property Fund N.V. and was subsequently renamed Eurocommercial Properties N.V. in 2000 when it became independent. At the outset Eurocommercial invested in a variety of countries, including France where the Company made its first investment in 1992 with the acquisition of Les Atlantes shopping centre in Tours. In 1994 Eurocommercial purchased Curno in Bergamo, marking its first acquisition in Italy. Eurocommercial moved into the Swedish market in 2001 with the purchase of Burlöv Center in Malmö.

Locindus owns, leases, and manages French commercial and industrial properties and provides credit for property financing and development. Real estate financing accounts for more than 97% of Locindus' sales. Locindus' holdings includes offices, shopping malls, health clinics, and retirement homes, as well as warehouses and factories. The company owns several subsidiaries, including Oxiane, which provides real estate project management services to such clients as Carrefour, and Scribe-Bail.

Federal Realty Investment Trust operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership, management, development, and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties. As of June 30, 2005, it owned or had a majority interest in 103 community and neighborhood shopping centers, and retail mixed-use properties (excluding joint venture properties) comprising approximately 17.4 million square feet located primarily in strategic metropolitan markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and California. In addition, it had 30% interest in approximately 0.5 million square feet of retail space through its joint venture with an affiliate of Clarion Lion Properties Fund, and one apartment complex in Maryland. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT. As a REIT, it is not subject to federal income tax on taxable income that it distributes to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

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