Lendmark Financial Services was organized in 1996 in the basement of Liberty Mortgage Corporation in Atlanta. We became part of the BB&T family when our parent company, First Liberty Bank, merged during the summer of 2000 with Branch Banking and Trust Company in Winston-Salem. Lendmark Financial Services original mission was to meet the personal and mortgage lending needs of clients in the state of Georgia who could not be served by traditional bank products. The company’s founders are among the current executive staff at Lendmark, Bobby Aiken – President and CEO and Joe H. Burgamy – Senior Vice President of Branch Operations.Almost from the beginning, it was clear that we had developed a plan that would prove to be a winner. We opened four branches in October 1996 in Conyers, Covington, Dalton, and Blue Ridge. A short eleven months later, we opened three more branches in Macon, Milledgeville, and Savannah, followed by our eighth branch in Waycross in June 1998. With the existing operation doing well and exceeding our goals and objectives, we took on the task of completing our first acquisition. In August of 1998, Lendmark acquired First Credit Corporation, expanding our branch presence to the Kingsland, Brunswick, and Augusta markets. Upon the completion of this successful acquisition, we began searching for additional opportunities. In March 1999, we completed our second acquisition of Center Finance. This acquisition was unique in that it allowed us to expand beyond the borders of Georgia into Jasper and East Ridge, Tennessee.

Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise (SFL) owns and manages property primarily located in Paris (about 75% of rents come from the Central Business District and Western region). SFL's holdings -- about 400,000 sq. meters of space, are dominated by office and retail buildings (93% of the portfolio); it also owns retail centers and parking lots. The firm adopted SIIC -- France's REIT-like structure -- status in 2004. SFL was established in 1879 by Henri Germain, also the founder of prominent French bank Credit Lyonnais.

Campus Apartments is one of the nation's largest developers, owners, and managers of student housing, with more than 26,000 beds in 23 states serving over 70 colleges and universities across the country.Since our founding in 1958, we've maintained the sole focus of providing high quality housing to college and university communities. With over $1 billion in assets under management, our portfolio consists of garden-style, mid-rise, and high-rise assets, as well as mixed-use and urban scattered-site housing.In 2006, we launched a $1.1 billion venture with GIC RE, the Government of Singapore's Real Estate Investment Arm, geared toward the acquisition, development and consolidation of university-related real estate. Our capital resources, coupled with a creative and flexible approach, strong balance sheet, and reputation as a "best-in-class" operator, have positioned our firm as a partner of choice among colleges and universities, local and regional developers, and investors seeking 3rd party services.A commitment to excellence, integrity, and smart growth are the hallmarks of our company. Our management team remains anchored to our founder's simple mission of providing high quality, well-managed real estate that exceeds the expectations of residents, university administrators, business partners and other stakeholders within the communities that we serve.

Health Care REIT is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in senior living and health care facilities, primarily skilled nursing and assisted-living facilities designed for older people needing help with everyday living. The trust also has investments in independent living facilities, hospitals, medical office buildings, and specialty care facilities. It owns approximately 600 properties leased to health care operators in some 40 states. Additionally, the company develops new build-to-suit properties through its HCN Development Services Group subsidiary. It also invests in mortgage loans and provides construction financing for its existing properties.

A slumping real estate market and mounting debt has forced the struggling firm into a $10 billion restructuring plan and in 2008 it announced plans to sell stakes in several of its holdings, including shopping mall developer Riofisa and France's Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise.Inmobiliaria Colonial is a holding company with lots of holdings, but some may slip from its grasp. The real estate firm develops, owns, and manages premium office buildings, shopping centers, and business parks, mainly in Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona. Colonial is also involved in housing development. Its holdings total more than 3 million sq. m. of leasable space, plus approximately 1.5 million sq. m. of land.

Hospitals trust Medical Properties to provide the leases under which their facilities operate. The self-administers real estate investment trust owns about 50 health care facilities, including acute-care, physical rehabilitation, and regional and community hospitals in more than 20 states. Almost half are in California and Texas; California alone represents approximately 45% of the REIT's annual revenue. It leases the facilities to some 15 hospital operators under long-term triple-net leases, where the tenant bears most of the operating costs. Prime Healtcare Services and Vibra Healthcare are the REIT's largest clients; together they account for more than half of its revenue.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation provides assistance for affordable rental housing. Together, Fannie and Freddie guarantee some 70% of all new home loans in the US. Due to losses related to the subprime mortgage crisis, the federal government seized both Fannie and Freddie in September 2008.These siblings know there's no place like home. Government-sponsored enterprises Freddie Mac (officially Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) and Fannie Mae were established to buy residential mortgages and boost the nation's housing market. They do so by purchasing mortgages from lenders and packaging them for resale, thereby mitigating risk and allowing lenders to provide mortgages to those who may not otherwise qualify.

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.

Hunt Companies develops, builds, manages, and invests in the multifamily housing, primarily for members of the US military. The company also has expertise in conventional multifamily properties, mixed-use master-planned communities, office space, and retail centers. It has completed projects in some 40 states, and in Puerto Rico and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hunt's current portfolio includes more than 44,000 housing units, some 220,000 sq. ft. of retail space, nearly 500,000 sq. ft. of industrial storage, and more than 6,000 acres of investment property.

Since 1849, Nottingham Building Society has had a proud tradition of putting its customers first. The principles of the founders were to promote the culture of home ownership whilst providing a safe haven for savings. Over 160 years later, these ideals have helped The Nottingham grow to become a top 20 building society and influence why it intends remaining a traditional building society.With a network of branches in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, Nottingham Building Society is one of the most successful regional building societies in the UK.

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