Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation, with approximately 7 million acres in major timber producing regions of the United States. We continually assess the value of the trees growing on our lands, the value of the natural resources (rocks, sand, minerals, oil and gas) that reside beneath the surface, and the value of the land itself. Our job, as stewards of these assets, is to maximize the value of each of them. Plum Creek Timber company produces lumber, plywood and medium density fiberboard (MDF) in our wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest. Plum Creek also operates a real estate development business known as Township 110 Land Company, a taxable REIT subsidiary. Plum Creek employs more than 1,250 people across 19 states.

Crest Nicholson is brushing up on urban life and trying to take a bite out of suburbia. The company is a residential development company with property interests primarily in central and southern England. The firm focuses on developing sustainable master-planned communities and mixed-use developments, along with urban regeneration and commercial property developments. Crest Nicholson hit troubles in 2008 when the property sector collapsed and demand for housing plummeted. The company restructured itself that year and its creditors agreed to a debt-for-equity swap. The deal gave creditors a 90% stake in the company. Crest Nicholson is now considering a handful of takeover offers.

Kilroy is still here, especially if you're referring to Southern California. A real estate investment trust (REIT), Kilroy Realty owns, manages, and develops office and industrial properties, mostly in suburban Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Its portfolio includes more than 90 office and 40 industrial properties, including the Kilroy Airport Center in Long Beach and the Westside Media Center in Los Angeles. Among its more than 285 tenants are large and small businesses including Intuit, Bridgepoint Education Scripps Health, and DIRECTV. Kilroy Realty Corporation also develops properties for itself and for other parties. It owns about 12 million sq. ft. of rentable space.

Coventry Building Society was set up to construct houses in the 1800s. Coventry acquired smaller building society Stroud & Swindon in 2010.Yanks may confuse it with bricks and mortar, but in the UK it stands for building for the future. Coventry Building Society, one of the top financial cooperatives in the UK, serves more than one million members. The building society has diversified over the years to offer mortgage banking, investment, personal loans ranging from £1,000 to £15,000 ($1,600 to $25,000), health and travel insurance services, and online banking. The society has more than £18 billion ($27 billion) in assets under management.

Cornish & Carey (C&C) provides commercial real estate services to owners, investors, and tenants in Northern California. The firm specializes in office, industrial, retail, research and development, warehouse, and multifamily residential properties. There are some 250 C&C agents in about a dozen offices who provide services such as acquisition and sales, leasing, facilities management, and financial advice. The firm's special assets services division, C&C Capital Advisors, helps sell performing and sub-performing loans and seeks out opportunities to buy discounted, off-market assets. C&C, which is active in global markets through its affiliation with ONCOR International, was founded in 1935.

Franklin Financial Group, Inc. is a mortgage brokerage located in Anderson Township, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. The company has been operating and originating mortgages since 1999. To date, we have originated and managed over 124 Million Dollars in mortgages. We operate under the highest standards of honesty, integrity and fairness, providing all of our customers with mortgages to meet their needs. We are able to shop around for the best products for our borrowers from Nationwide lenders. As a primarily referral-based company, we strive to provide the ultimate in customer service to ensure a smooth transaction each time with total customer satisfaction as the end result of each mortgage we originate. Our goal is to become "Mortgage Consultants for YOUR Life".

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, LiChinese 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.

PM Realty Group serves corporations, government agencies, and investors through 25 regional and divisional offices. Clients include Chevron, JPMorgan Chase, and TIAA-CREF. The firm was founded in 1954 as the Fletcher Emerson Company; it later became Property Management Systems and emerged as PM Realty after a 1990 buyout.PM Realty Group keeps its properties running day and night. The company manages a $25 billion client portfolio (some 160 million sq. ft. of office, retail, residential, and industrial space) of real estate throughout the US. It provides services including property management, marketing and leasing, construction and development services, and investment management.

The Company, through its AMREP Southwest Inc. subsidiary, is a major landholder and leading developer of real estate in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It is the founder of Rio Rancho, which is the third largest city in New Mexico, and the current focus of its activity there is on the entitlement, development and sale of land for residential, commercial and industrial uses.

Burroughs & Chapin Company's presence in Horry County (pronounced O-Ree) and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, began more than a century ago when Franklin G. Burroughs settled in nearby antebellum Conway and recognized the potential of the turpentine business there. As Burroughs' turpentine and mercantile business grew, Conway flourished as a primary destination on the Waccamaw River. Riverboats like the "F.G. Burroughs" linked Horry County to the rest of the world.

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