The Trump Organization knows all about gilding the lily. Run by flamboyant, modern-day King Midas/media czar Donald Trump, The Trump Organization owns several pieces of high-end real estate in the Big Apple. Properties include Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump Tower, and 40 Wall Street. It also owns and operates hotels, resorts, residential towers, and golf courses in major US markets and abroad. Trump Organization holds a stake in Trump Entertainment Resorts, the troubled owner and operator of the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, and Trump Marina casinos in New Jersey's Atlantic City.

Founded in 1995, Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.’s (IMH) primary business has been its long term investment operations, investing primarily in non-conforming residential loans, and to a lesser extent, small balance commercial and multifamily loans. Until August 2007, IMH subsidiaries specialized in residential and multifamily loan origination, in addition to warehouse operations. In an effort to be pro-active and adapt to current market conditions, we have modified our business strategy to help support the needs of today’s challenging lending environment. Our business is now primarily focused on providing real estate services and asset management solutions to the mortgage industry.

We are the largest publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership and leasing of service stations, convenience stores and petroleum distribution terminals in the United States. We provide financing to the petroleum and convenience store industries for acquisitions, site upgrades and refinancing through our sale/leaseback and net lease financing programs. We own or lease approximately 1,050 service station and convenience store properties and nine petroleum distribution terminals in twenty-one states. We were founded in 1955 with the ownership of one gasoline service station in New York City and historically operated as an integrated wholesale and retail marketer and owner of gasoline stations. As our business grew, we combined real estate ownership, leasing and management with petroleum supply and distribution. We had our initial public offering in 1971 under the name Power Test Corp. In 1997, we spun-off our petroleum marketing business to our shareholders as a separate NYSE listed company, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., which was acquired in 2000 by a subsidiary of OAO Lukoil, one of Russia's largest integrated oil companies. We lease approximately 78% of our properties to Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. on a long-term net basis. The balance of the properties are leased to individual operators and petroleum distributors.

Stratus Properties Inc., a real estate company, engages in the acquisition, development, management, operation, and sale of commercial, multi-family, and residential real estate properties located primarily in the Austin, Texas area. The company also owns undeveloped commercial property in San Antonio, Texas. As of December 31, 2009, its investment in real estate includes approximately 2,273 acres of land located in Austin, Texas. The principal holdings consisted of 1,513 acres of residential, multi-family, and commercial property; and 122 developed residential estate lots within the Barton Creek community. Stratus Properties also holds approximately 35 acres of commercial property under development and 352 acres of undeveloped commercial property within the Circle C Ranch (Circle C) community

Established in 2007, Ellington Financial filed to go public in July 2009, hoping to take advantage of the current credit environment. Mortgage-related assets are music to Ellington Financial's ears. The specialty finance company manages a portfolio of primarily non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, valued at more than $366 million. It also seeks to acquire other target assets, such as residential whole mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial real estate debt, and asset-backed securities. Riskier residential whole mortgage loans, which are generally not guaranteed by the US government, include subprime, non-performing, and sub-performing mortgage loans.

Sperry Van Ness is very big on commercial real estate. The company's services include brokerage, asset management, financial services, and property management. Sperry Van Ness touts its technology-driven method of marketing its clients' real estate assets -- including multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and hospitality properties -- to thousands of outside brokers and investors. Sperry Van Ness has expanded rapidly, from serving some nine US markets in 2001 to more than 150 markets in 2008. It also operates international offices in Costa Rica and Panama.

At Beal Bank, we specialize in offering deposit customers competitive rates on term deposit accounts through certificates of deposit (CDs), money market accounts, and other savings products. All are FDIC insured up to $250,000 per depositor.Beal Bank has been successfully serving savings depositors since its founding in 1988. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the bank has branches in major metropolitan areas across the nation, with more branches opening in 2010.

Wihlborgs Fastigheter is the leading commercial property company in the Öresund region.The company was originally founded in Malmö in 1924 by master builder O P Wihlborg. Activities grew over the years and eventually comprised properties in Stockholm in addition to those around Öresund.On 9 May 2005, the properties in Stockholm and the Öresund region were separated. The property stock in Stockholm remained with the parent company and, at the same time, changed its name to Fabege AB. The Öresund property stock was incorporated in a new company which retained the name Wihlborgs Fastigheter. On 23 May 2005, Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB was listed on the Stockholm stock exchange’s O list.

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.

Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) develops and manages retail, commercial, and residential properties and operates five-star hotels through its Meritus Hotels and Resorts subsidiary. Meritus operates some seven five-star hotels in Asia that include its flagship Meritus Mandarin Singapore and Shanghai JC Mandarin in China. OUE, which has traditionally been known as a hospitality company, aims to expand its hotel properties as well as diversify its portfolio by owning and managing prime commercial properties such as the Mandarin Gallery -- a shopping mall undergoing a $200 million renovation.

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