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.

Colliers International is a leading global real estate services organization defined by our spirit of enterprise. Through our culture of service excellence and a shared sense of initiative, we have integrated the resources of real estate specialists worldwide to accelerate the success of our clients.

Shorenstein is one of the country’s oldest and most respected real estate organizations active nationally in the ownership and operation of high-quality office properties. Due to its success over many years and multiple real estate cycles, Shorenstein has established its reputation as a creative and knowledgeable investor. The company is privately owned and is headquartered in San Francisco. Currently, Shorenstein owns and manages a portfolio exceeding 25 million square feet valued at $6.2 billion.

The REALIA Group was founded in the year 2000, formed through the merger of the property ownership and property management teams from FCC and Caja Madrid, which have both existed in the sector since the 1980’s.Since its creation, the mission of REALIA has focussed on the development, management and development of all types of property. Business areas include Property, through the development and leasing of offices and shopping centres owned by the group, Sale of residential properties and Property Management.The company has concentrated on expansion outside Spain using two approaches: property investment in France and residential development in Eastern Europe. A positive outcome of this strategy occurred in May 2006 when REALIA took over SIIC de Paris, a real estate company floated on the French Stock Exchange. In Eastern Europe, REALIA has made investments and developed projects in Poland and Romania.

Established in 1976 as Steven D. Bell & Company, Bell Partners Inc. is a privately held real estate investment and management firm headquartered in Greensboro, N.C. Since its inception, the company has focused on the acquisition, financing, management and disposition of quality apartment communities, commercial and senior housing properties. These Bell-managed properties are located in more than 110 cities throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Massachusetts.

MWB Group Holdings Plc were established in 1994 by the existing Executive Team. The Group obtained a public listing by its reversal into the listed Ex-Lands Properties Plc in June 1997. Since then, the Group has operated and managed many high profile property developments and corporate joint ventures. It is now focused on its two core operating businesses of Malmaison & Hotel du Vin and MWB Business Exchange Plc.

ones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides integrated real estate and investment management services to owner, occupier, and investor clients worldwide. Its real estate services include agency leasing, space acquisition and disposition, property management, facilities management/outsourcing, project and development management, valuations, consulting, capital markets, real estate investment banking and merchant banking, brokerage of properties, corporate finance, hotel advisory, energy and sustainability services, value recovery and receivership, and investment management services. The company offer these services to real estate investors and occupiers for a range of property types, including offices, hotels, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, hospitals, critical environments and data centers, sports facilities, cultural institutions, and transportation centers. It also offers a range of real estate investment products and services in the public and private capital markets, as well as indirect public investments in real estate investment trusts and other real estate equities. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Long & Foster is the largest real estate company in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our goal is to bring you the total home ownership experience. That means providing services that go beyond the exchange of real estate. We can help with your mortgage, title, and insurance. We also provide relocation and settlement services. And, when it comes to maintenance, repairs and upgrades to your home, we know people. Our partnerships with some of the region’s top service providers make us a convenient, single stop when you’re ready to get work done on your home.

Manhattan Loft Corporation (MLC) buys disused industrial buildings and warehouses and converts them into residential lofts. When developers were faced with a shortage of residential land in the UK, chief executive Harry Handelsman found inspiration -- and opportunity -- in the lofts of New York's SoHo neighborhood. He is credited with introducing loft living to London with the establishment of MLC in 1992. The firm also builds some of its properties outright, and has started building office and mixed-use projects. MLC has built properties in England, Wales, and Germany.

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