ING Clarion is the Americas investment management arm of ING Real Estate Investment Management, assembling and managing portfolios of real estate assets for institutional and individual investors. Our expertise includes both the public and private equity markets, with investments in directly-owned real estate and public market equity securities.

Whitestone REIT, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the investment and operation of retail, office, and warehouse properties located in the Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Phoenix metropolitan areas. As of March 31, 2008, it owned and operated 37 properties. Whitestone REIT has elected to be treated as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Whitestone REIT, formerly known as Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, was founded in 1998 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Public Storage operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, and operation of self-storage facilities in the United States and Europe. The company’s self-storage facilities offer storage spaces for lease on a month-to-month basis for personal and business use. Public Storage also has interests in commercial properties containing commercial and industrial rental space; facilities that lease storage containers; and ancillary operations, which include reinsurance of policies against losses to goods stored by its self-storage tenants, retail operations comprising merchandise sales and truck rental operations. As of December 31, 2008, the company had interests in 2,012 self-storage facilities with approximately 127 million net rentable square feet in 38 states; and 181 self-storage facilities with approximately 10 million net rentable square feet in 7 western European nations. It also had direct and indirect equity interests in approximately 21 million net rentable square feet of commercial space located in 11 states in the U.S. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Public Storage was founded in 1971 and is based in Glendale, California.

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.

In August 2005 it acquired A/S Emico, an electrical contracting and servicing operator in Estonia, through its YIT Building Systems subsidiary. The company was borne out of Yleinen Insinööritoimisto YIT, a water supply company that was established in 1912.YIT Corporation provides building, construction, and industrial and network services to customers in Scandinavia, the Baltic states, and Russia. The Finnish company's building systems operations -- including real estate management and building safety features -- are its largest segment. YIT also offers residential and civil construction, water and environmental services, and industrial piping, and marine services

CapitaLand is one of Asia's largest real estate companies. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, the multi-local company's core businesses in real estate, hospitality and real estate financial services are focused in growth cities in Asia Pacific and Europe.The company's real estate and hospitality portfolio, which includes homes, offices, shopping malls, serviced residences and mixed developments, spans more than 110 cities in over 20 countries. CapitaLand also leverages on its significant asset base, real estate domain knowledge, financial skills and extensive market network to develop real estate financial products and services in Singapore and the region.

Founded in 1946, the firm typically retains its properties for rental income. McKay Securities takes UK properties from rubbish to refurbished. The real estate investment trust (REIT) acquires and renovates commercial real estate in the UK. Its portfolio -- located primarily in London and southeast England -- is comprised of 30-plus properties totaling more than 1 million sq. ft. of office, retail, and industrial space. Nearly three-quarters of its portfolio has been developed or extensively refurbished by McKay Securities.

Housing and Finance Association develops and manages affordable apartments and provides financial assistance to renters. Although it functions as an agent for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, IHFA is a self-supporting, private, not-for profit organization and is not an agency of the State of Idaho. It funds its operations primarily by selling bonds (securities backed by mortgage loans on residential and multifamily properties) to investors.

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

Studley’s multidisciplined specialists provide a variety of strategic brokerage and consulting services that enable our clients to achieve their business and financial goals. Our comprehensive process probes deeply into our clients’ businesses to understand the larger strategic corporate objectives and realize opportunities to optimize their real estate assets.

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