At a time when most investors are bailing on the US mortgage market, Petra Real Estate Opportunity Trust sees a golden opportunity. The real estate investment trust (REIT) formed in late 2007 by the owners of Petra Capital Management, a hedge fund. Petra Real Estate Opportunity Trust plans to invest in commercial mortgage loans and other real estate-related assets that generate risk-adjusted returns, such as first mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), secured and mezzanine loans, Class B Notes, and land and real estate synthetic securities. It foresees investments ranging from $20 million to $70 million, with maturities ranging from three to seven years. Petra filed an IPO in June 2008.

The Newhall Land and Farming Company specializes in giving Los Angelinos a place to get away from it all. The company is a real estate developer specializing in master-planned, mixed-use communities, primarily north of the Los Angeles metro area. Newhall owns some 15,000 acres in California, most of which started out as bucolic agricultural land that has gained in value as the City of Angels sprawls northward. Some 30 miles north of downtown L.A. is Newhall's flagship project, the city of Valencia (named after the orange), established in 1965.

Nakheel PJSC The developer is best known for constructing man-made islands that, when finished, will add more than 600 miles of coastline to Dubai. The first island, shaped like a palm tree and called Palm Jumeirah, will be home to private villas, mansions, luxury apartment towers, and a 60-story Trump hotel. Nakheel is building two other palm-shaped islands, a 300-island archipelago called The World (shaped to mimic the continents), and more than a dozen other large-scale developments across Dubai. Nakheel is populating the projects with hotels, restaurants, and shopping malls that it will also manage

WNC & Associates, Inc., was founded in 1971 when most people had never heard of affordable housing. At that time, few saw the opportunities in this emerging industry. That year we closed our first investment in affordable housing, becoming one of the first in the country to do so.The company was founded by Wilfred Newbury Cooper Sr. in 1971, three years after the Housing and Urban Development Act was created. Will Cooper Jr. runs WNC today.

NAI Global is the premier network of independent commercial real estate firms and one of the largest commercial real estate service providers worldwide. NAI Global manages a network of 5,000 professionals and 350 offices in 55 countries throughout the world. NAI professionals work together with our global management team to help our clients strategically optimize their real estate assets. NAI offices around the world completed over $45 billion in transactions annually. We also manage over 200 million square feet of commercial space.

G&L Realty ("GLR") is a real estate developer and investor that owns, acquires, develops, manages and leases healthcare properties. G&L was founded in 1975 and has become one of the leading Medical Office building landlords in Southern California. GLR currently consists of investments, made either directly or through joint ventures, in medical office buildings ("MOB"), assisted living facilities ("ALF") and skilled nursing facilities ("SNF"). GLR owns over 1,000,000 square feet of "class A" MOB's in California, with a high concentration of "trophy" buildings in the heart of Beverly Hills, CA, two blocks from World famous Rodeo Drive.

Llanmoor Development Co. Limited develops a range of residential properties from small select enclaves to multi-phase residential communities in the South Wales region of the UK. The company's homes, built under the Llanmoor Homes brand, range from three- and four-bedroom detached homes to two- and three-bedroom semi-detached homes. With more than 2,000 homes already under its belt, the company has been developing properties for three decades. Llanmoor Development Co. is owned and managed by the Grey family through multiple offices in South Wales.

American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It invests in agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S. Government sponsored entities. The company funds its investments primarily through short-term borrowings structured as repurchase agreements. It has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to U.S. federal or state corporate taxes on its taxable net income to the extent that the company distributes its annual taxable net income to its stockholders. AGNC is externally managed and advised by American Capital Agency Management, LLC, a subsidiary of a wholly-owned portfolio company of American Capital, Ltd., an alternative asset manager included in the S&P 500. American Capital Agency Corp. was founded in 2008 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), is engaged in the management of high credit quality residential adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) loans and mortgage-backed securities (MBS).As of March 31, 2007, the Company has exited the mortgage lending business. The Company’s portfolio is comprised of securitized, high credit quality, adjustable and hybrid ARM loans, and purchased MBS. Historically at least 98% of the portfolio has been rated "AA" or "AAA". As a REIT, the Company is not subject to federal income tax provided that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT income to stockholders.

National Realty & Development Corp. is headquartered in Purchase, Westchester County, New York, and has been successful in fostering long-standing relationships with its clients, tenants and business associates. The company’s tenancy includes prominent names such as Walmart, Target, Kohl’s Department Store, Lowe’s Home Improvement Center, Toys ‘R Us, The Home Depot, Sears, Pathmark, A&P, Staples, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Supervalu, TJX Companies and Nabisco, among others.

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