SIIC de Paris develops and manages commercial and residential properties in and around Paris. The company invests in properties in the coveted historic districts, and renovates or remodels the properties into office space, industrial use, car parks, and hotels. SIIC de Paris is a subsidiary of Spanish firm Realia Business.

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.

HCP is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in, develops, and manages real estate that it leases to health care facilities, including senior living and skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, medical office buildings, and biotech and pharmaceutical laboratories. It has interests in about 700 properties in more than 40 states and Mexico, though nearly half of its holdings are in California and Texas. The company also provides mortgages and other financing to health care providers.

A+ Mortgage Services isn't a big lender, but it does offer jumbo mortgages. Serving consumers and real estate professionals in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, A+ Mortgage Services originates loans that put clients in houses. The lending company self-funds its mortgages and then sells those mortgages on the secondary market. The self-funding business model allows it to approve loans based on its own criteria, offer customized mortgages, and shop the mortgage to multiple sources to keep costs down. Tight control of the transaction process also cuts down on processing time. A+ offers conventional, jumbo, FHA, and VA loan programs.

In 1993, Don Barr established Donald L. Barr & Co. Inc. utilizing his specialized talents to build condominiums and cluster home communities. Don has had 16 years of experience with another Cleveland area builder where he was involved in the planning and construction of 18 communities and over 800 homes. He also served as a Builder/Developer Management Consultant for a number of local organizations and within the City of Cleveland.

Alexander's knows what's great about real estate. The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns, manages, and leases about a half-dozen properties totaling about 3.5 million sq. ft. in metropolitan New York City. Once a department store chain, Alexander's held on to its property interests, including the site of its erstwhile flagship store -- an entire block on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue. The REIT leases space at the mixed-use Lexington site to tenants such as Bloomberg, Citibank, The Home Depot, and The Container Store. The Lexington site is also home to about 100 condominiums. Bloomberg accounts for about a third of the REIT's sales.

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.

Urban Splash is making waves in the UK's property development pool. The company builds new buildings and rejuvenates old ones by modifying them into hip, multi-functional office and residential complexes. Its past projects include the Collegiate school-to-apartment conversion and St. Peter's church-to-restaurant conversion in Liverpool, as well as the Chorlton Park social housing regeneration in Manchester.

WinnCompanies undertook the development of a property in Salem, Massachusetts and created 250-units of quality affordable housing. During the early years, the Winn team produced thousands of units of affordable housing throughout New England.By 1980, the company's philosophy had earned it a position of trust and respect among regional real estate professionals, lenders, and community leaders in Greater Boston and beyond. That reputation was enhanced with the development of the Bostonian Hotel in 1982-a solid example of the kind of vision that propelled the company into a series of successful ventures along the east coast. From the urban centers of the Deep South to the mid-Atlantic region, WinnCompanies expanded its portfolio of properties, all the while becoming known as an organization of integrity, sensitivity, and style.

The Lion Group was established in the 1930’s and today, has operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, USA, Mexico, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Its main businesses are steel, motor, tyre, computer, plantation, retail and property development. Since 1992, the Group has also ventured into China with operations in the retail, automotive and tyre businesses.

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