The paths of Philip Maritz and Lew Wolff, both real estate investors/developers and St. Louis natives, crossed in 1992 and led to a breakfast meeting at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in St. Louis, where they discussed collaborating on potential investment projects. Two years later they formed the hotel investment group, Maritz, Wolff & Co., and acquired The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Following the investment, through an innovative approach to ownership, Maritz, Wolff worked with The Ritz-Carlton’s management team to increase the property’s revenues by 14 percent and operating profits by 127 percent. During this period, the partners observed factors in the hotel industry indicating strong investment opportunities for top-tier urban and resort lodging properties.

Phillips Edison & Company is a fully-integrated retail real estate company with a portfolio of more than 25 million square feet of neighborhood shopping centers across the country. Since 1990, our primary mission has been to purchase under-performing, grocery-anchored properties and maximize their value through hands-on leasing, management and redevelopment.

Murray Hill Properties invests in, leases, and manages commercial and residential real estate in the New York metropolitan area. The company also performs real estate brokerage services, manages and leases properties for third parties, and oversees construction projects. The centerpiece of its portfolio, which includes office, retail, medical, and showroom properties, is some 7 million sq. ft. of leasable space located throughout Manhattan. Principals Neil Siderow and Norman Sturner co-founded Murray Hill Properties in 1972.

K. Wah International Holdings Limited ("KWIH"; stock code: 0173), listed in Hong Kong in 1987*, is the property flagship of K. Wah Group. With a property portfolio encompassing premium residential developments, Grade-A office towers, arcades, hotels and serviced apartments, KWIH has a presence in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Southeast Asia.

Foremark helps its clients in the restaurant industry choose and develop properties across the US. The firm provides advisory, brokerage, contracting, and other services. Foremark Development Services offers management services for restaurant construction and development. The company has served such diverse clients as CEC Entertainment (Chuck E. Cheese pizza parlors), California Pizza Kitchen, Roy's Restaurants, and Panda Express.

LTC Properties sees real estate as a healthy investment. The self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) primarily invests in health care and long-term care facilities. Its portfolio includes more than 80 assisted living centers (homes for elderly residents not requiring constant supervision), about 60 skilled nursing facilities (which provide rehabilitative and restorative nursing care), and a New Jersey charter school. It owns properties in some two-dozen states. Major tenants include Extendicare, Brookdale Senior Living, and MVP Health Care; together, the three firms account for more than half of LTC Properties' rental revenue.

Birmingham Midshires provides savings and mortgage lending products and services by telephone, by post, and online. Other products include bonds and individual savings accounts (ISAs). In 2005 and 2006 former parent company HBOS closed most of Birmingham Midshires' network of nearly 70 branch offices in the UK and rebranded the rest; employees were reassigned within the parent firm as Birmingham Midshires moved away from branch offices and exclusively to the Internet. In early 2009 Lloyds TSB acquired HBOS (along with Birmingham Midshires), forming Lloyds Banking Group.

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. company acquires, develops, leases, and manages research laboratories and offices for biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical firms, research institutions, and other life science tenants. BioMed owns more than 70 properties in about a dozen states; the properties contain around 120 buildings and total approximately 11 million sq. ft. of rentable space. The REIT's preferred markets include research and development hubs such as Boston, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.

Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) brings a global perspective to today's business opportunities as the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation (SC), one of Japan's major integrated trading and investment business enterprises. (Soga Shosha)Established in 1952 and headquartered in New York City, SCOA has offices throughout the United States, and North and South America, and is an investor and business partner in more than 80 subsidiary and affiliate companies.

Echelon is a real estate company which develops, owns and manages multi-family residential and commercial real estate. The company's portfolio of owned and managed properties is centered in the Tampa Bay area and consists of office buildings, apartment complexes, and undeveloped land. Its signature mixed-use development, Carillon Park, is on more than 400 acres and includes jogging trails and a boardwalk. The development is home to companies such as AEGON, and AllState. Carillon Park also has been eyed as a potential site for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The company's Echelon Real Estate Services (ERES) unit offers brokerage and property and construction management.

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