CB Richard Ellis Investors (CBRE Investors) often has that urge. By 1998 CBRE Investors had $6 billion of assets under management in separate accounts and commingled funds. That same year CB Commercial, as the parent company was then known, acquired Richard Ellis International to create CB Richard Ellis, the leading global real estate services organization.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc is a commercial real estate finance company that is focused primarily on originating, investing in, acquiring and managing senior performing commercial real estate mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, commercial real estate corporate debt and loans and other commercial real estate-related debt investments in the U.S. We are externally managed by ACREFI Management, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, LLC, a leading global alternative asset manager with a contrarian and value-oriented investment approach in private equity and credit-oriented capital markets. We are led by an experienced team of senior real estate professionals, including Joseph F. Azrack, who serves as our Chief Executive Officer, Scott Weiner, who serves as our Chief Investment Officer, and Stuart A. Rothstein, who serves as our Chief Financial Officer. Messrs. Azrack, Weiner and Rothstein are supported by a team of senior executives who have significant experience in commercial property ownership and finance. We will also draw upon the extensive transactional, financial, managerial and investment skills of Apollo Global Management’s private equity, credit-oriented capital markets and real estate investment professionals. We believe our relationship with Apollo Global Management provides us with significant advantages in sourcing, evaluating, underwriting and managing investments. Our goal is to be a pre-eminent commercial real estate finance company that provides creative senior financing solutions to real estate owners while at the same time providing attractive risk adjusted returns to our stockholders over the long term, primarily through dividends and secondarily through capital appreciation. We distinguish ourselves from other providers of capital through our seamless execution, first class management, and creative and experienced investment professionals. Our primary purpose is to create a diversified portfolio of performing commercial real estate mortgage loans and CMBS assets that will be held to maturity and which we expect will provide stable attractive cash flow yields for our stockholders.

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.

Majestic Realty Retail manages big-box retail centers, while Majestic Management provides property management services. Its Commerce Construction affiliate builds properties and C.C.C. Rental supplies heavy construction equipment. Billionaire CEO Edward Roski Jr. (whose father founded the family-owned firm in 1948) is part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings and their home, the Staples Center.

Capri Capital wants its investors to experience the Mediterranean isle's legendary spirit of "la dolce vita", "the sweet life." The company provides capital in the lending and equity investments arenas to public and private real estate companies. Its Capri Capital Advisors is a real estate investment management firm specializing in multifamily (more than two-thirds of its investments), industrial, retail, and office projects in major US markets. Capri Capital, named after founders Daryl Carter and Quintin Primo, was created in 1992 and manages nearly $5 billion in loans and investments related to real estate.

Icahn Enterprises L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the investment management, automotive, metals, real estate, and home fashion businesses in the United States and internationally. Its Investment Management segment provides investment advisory, and administrative and back office services to the private funds. The company’s Automotive segment offers vehicle and industrial products, including pistons, piston rings, piston pins, cylinder liners, valve seats and guides ignition products, dynamic seals, bonded piston seals, combustion and exhaust gaskets, static gaskets and seals, rigid heat shields, engine bearings, industrial bearings, bushings and washers, transmission components, brake disc pads, brake linings, brake blocks, element resistant systems protection sleeving products, acoustic shielding, flexible heat shields, brake system components, chassis products, wipers, fuel pumps, and lighting products. It primarily serves automotive and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers. Its Metals segment engages in collecting, processing, and selling ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Its ferrous products include shredded, sheared and bundled scrap metal, and other purchased scrap metals; and non-ferrous metals comprise aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, and nickel-bearing metals. The company’s Real Estate segment engages in the rental of retail, office, and industrial properties; property development and resort activities; and construction and sale of single-family and multi-family homes, lots in subdivisions and planned communities, and raw land for residential development. Its Home Fashion segment manufactures, sources, distributes, markets, and sells sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, quilts, comforters and duvet covers, towels, bed skirts and pillows, blankets, mattress pads, and kitchen towels and accessories. Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. serves as the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.

Development Securities PLC is a property development and investment company. Its principal objective is to carry out substantial, complex developments in a risk averse manner with a view to adding maximum value for its shareholders. The Company's major schemes under development have been forward funded, or the financial risk shared with a number of different institutional partners; such funding, quite apart from the significant reduction of downside risk to us, enables Development Securities to benefit in a material way from any strong improvement in specific letting markets.

Kravco Simon through its predecessor Kravco Company has been in business for over fifty years. During that time, the former Kravco Company established itself as a leading real estate development and asset management company specializing in regional shopping malls and community shopping centers. Kravco Simon currently manages and leases approximately 11.0 million square feet of regional enclosed shopping centers. In addition, Kravco Simon currently manages in excess of 1.5 million square feet of community, lifestyle, & office centers. Kravco Simon's largest mall, The Court and The Plaza at King of Prussia, is the second largest mall in the United States and has eight department stores.Kravco Simon Company was formed in the fourth quarter of 2003 as a result of Simon Property Group, an Indianapolis, Indiana- based REIT, increasing its ownership interests in Kravco Investments L.P. (KI) and in Kravco Company (KC), its affiliated property management company.The name change from Kravco Company (KC) to Kravco Simon Company (KSC) was done to reflect the new ownership structure. Arthur L. Powell, one of the original founders of KC, and family members remain active in the company and sit on the new Board of Directors. Arthur Powell is Chairman and his son, Jon R. Powell, President. Other members of the Board include: James Barkley, Richard S. Powell, Richard S. Sokolov, and Stephen Sterrett.

U-Store-It Trust invests in self-storage facilities. The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns approximately 375 facilities totaling more than 23 million sq. ft. of rentable space in more than 25 states and Washington, DC. Amenities at its self-storage properties include security systems and wider aisles for larger vehicles, as well as climate-controlled units and outdoor storage for vehicles and boats at selected sites. U-Store-It also sells storage-related items such as packing supplies and locks to tenants, who typically rent units on a month-to-month basis. The company manages self-storage facilities for third parties, as well.

Hillwood Development invests in and develops commercial, industrial, and residential property throughout the US. Many of Hillwood's properties are located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Projects in the group's portfolio include AllianceTexas, a mixed-use airport development; and the American Airlines Center, a sports and entertainment arena. Hillwood Residential develops master-planned communities, primarily in the Dallas area; its luxury properties arm has developed projects in Hawaii and Costa Rica, among other locations. Hillwood also invests in and sells land. Chairman Ross Perot, Jr., founded Hillwood Development in 1988.

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