Cofinimmo is the leading listed Belgian real estate company specialising in rental property (offices, healthcare properties, corporate operating properties and public properties).Our company focuses on creating value for our shareholders and close client relationship while optimising the composition and quality of the portfolio over the long term.We are listed on Euronext Brussels and included in the BEL20 index. As a company, we also benefit from the Belgian fiscal Sicafi regime and the French SIIC regime. These statuses grant us exemption from corporate income tax on rental income and realised capital gains, a.o. in exchange for a complulsary profit distribution policy.

Founded by Joseph J. Gumberg, J. J. Gumberg Co. was originally a developer of high-rise apartments, “Main Street” retail stores, and commercial and industrial properties. In 1977, the company launched its retail property division, refocusing its portfolio and strategy to concentrate on the creation, ownership and management of institutional-quality,large-scale retail properties.

St Modwen Properties PLC and Stan Clarke became its Chairman with Anthony Glossop, formerly Chief Executive of Redman Heenan, as its Managing Director. St Modwen then comprised a small but experienced development team, operating through a network of regional offices with a tradition of working in partnership with landowners and local authorities, and a useful rental income arising from the rump of Redman Heenan and two property investment companies owned by Stan Clarke and Jim Leavesley which had been included in the take-over. It had net assets of 10p per share and in its first financial period achieved pre-tax profits of just over £1million.

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.

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) provides financing for home ownership and insurance products throughout India. The company's home loans are sold at about 50 Home Loan Services India offices and about 100 third-party locations. HDFC also offers process outsourcing, credit and risk assessment, and related banking services through its subsidiaries and affiliate companies. HDFC has supplemental operations in the UK and the Middle East. The late Hasmukhbhai Parekh founded the company in 1977; chairman Deepak Parekh joined HDFC in 1978.

Chinese Estates Group (the "Group") is one of the leading property developers in Hong Kong. The Group comprises of three companies publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, namely Chinese Estates Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 127), Chi Cheung Investment Company, Limited (Stock Code: 112) and G-Prop (Holdings) Limited (Stock Code: 286).Chinese Estates' core businesses comprise of property investment for rental and property development for sale. The Group focuses primarily in Hong Kong, and actively increases exposures in Macau and mainland China in the recent years.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust is one of the largest owners and managers of commercial property in Quebec, with more than 200 office, retail, industrial, and mixed-use properties totaling more than 18 million sq. ft. of space. (Industrial and mixed-use properties represent most of its holdings.) In its largest acquisition to date, the REIT acquired nearly 50 properties totaling more than 6 million sq. ft. from Alexis Nihon in 2007. Three years later, the firm expanded into Atlantic Canada with the purchase of Overland Realty. Cominar was founded in 1965 by Quebec City entrepreneur Jules Dallaire.

ECC Capital Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in residential mortgage loans in the United States. It owns and manages interests in securitization trusts, which issues securities collateralized by residential real estate mortgages. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. ECC Capital Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in Irvine, California.

Sunstone Hotel Investors, a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in, develops, and renovates mostly upscale and upper-upscale hotels. The company owns about 30 hotels with nearly 12,000 rooms in 15 states. Most of Sunstone Hotel Investors' properties are located in Southern California. Most also have affiliations with such franchises as Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood. The REIT's hotels are managed by third parties; a division of Interstate Hotels & Resorts operates more than half of the properties.

Noddle Development uses its noodle to develop and manage commercial property in about 20 states across the US. The company has built or bought nearly 100 shopping centers and a half dozen office buildings, primarily in Iowa and Nebraska. Noddle owns about 3 million sq. ft. and manages another 3 million sq. ft. of leasable area. The shopping centers feature tenants such as Kmart, Walgreen, and Wal-Mart, among others. Noddle Development offers architectural, construction, financing, leasing, management, and marketing services.

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