Lendmark Financial Services was organized in 1996 in the basement of Liberty Mortgage Corporation in Atlanta. We became part of the BB&T family when our parent company, First Liberty Bank, merged during the summer of 2000 with Branch Banking and Trust Company in Winston-Salem. Lendmark Financial Services original mission was to meet the personal and mortgage lending needs of clients in the state of Georgia who could not be served by traditional bank products. The company’s founders are among the current executive staff at Lendmark, Bobby Aiken – President and CEO and Joe H. Burgamy – Senior Vice President of Branch Operations.Almost from the beginning, it was clear that we had developed a plan that would prove to be a winner. We opened four branches in October 1996 in Conyers, Covington, Dalton, and Blue Ridge. A short eleven months later, we opened three more branches in Macon, Milledgeville, and Savannah, followed by our eighth branch in Waycross in June 1998. With the existing operation doing well and exceeding our goals and objectives, we took on the task of completing our first acquisition. In August of 1998, Lendmark acquired First Credit Corporation, expanding our branch presence to the Kingsland, Brunswick, and Augusta markets. Upon the completion of this successful acquisition, we began searching for additional opportunities. In March 1999, we completed our second acquisition of Center Finance. This acquisition was unique in that it allowed us to expand beyond the borders of Georgia into Jasper and East Ridge, Tennessee.

MCAN Mortgage invests in residential and commercial mortgages, residential construction, real estate, income and royalty trusts. It has a 22% stake in MCAP, a mortgage, construction loan, and equipment financing company that has about $30 billion in assets under management. Most of the mortgages that MCAN invests in are originated and serviced by MCAP. MCAP's operations include construction loans for thrid-party investors in Canada. MCAP's leasing division offers lease financing for office equipment including communications, medical/dental equipment, and restaurant equipment.

The Newhall Land and Farming Company specializes in giving Los Angelinos a place to get away from it all. The company is a real estate developer specializing in master-planned, mixed-use communities, primarily north of the Los Angeles metro area. Newhall owns some 15,000 acres in California, most of which started out as bucolic agricultural land that has gained in value as the City of Angels sprawls northward. Some 30 miles north of downtown L.A. is Newhall's flagship project, the city of Valencia (named after the orange), established in 1965.

Starwood Property Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust, primarily focuses on originating, investing in, financing, and managing commercial mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial real estate debt investments, and other commercial real estate-related debt investments. It also focuses to invest in residential mortgage loans and residential mortgage-backed securities. SPT Management, LLC serves as manager of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Ellicott Development Company is a multi-faceted, fully integrated Property Management, Leasing and Development Firm with the “In-House” capacity to provide legal, administrative, financial, management, accounting, development, site selection, site assemblage, architectural design and drafting services, construction, leasing, maintenance, janitorial and security services.

Eurohypo has targeted Japan, Russia, and Turkey, as well as the US, for expansion. Only about 2% of Eurohypo's shares are publicly traded; Commerzbank controls 98% of the company. In 2008, Commerzbank acquired complete ownership of Hypothekenbank in Essen (Essen Hyp), another German real estate bank, and merged it into Eurohypo.Eurohypo is hyperactive in its quest to become Europe's leading mortgage specialist. The company is involved in commercial real estate finance, public sector finance, and real estate investment banking in Europe and the US. It also originates residential loans in Germany.

Hansteen Holdings gives European companies a place to call home. A commercial real estate investment trust (REIT), Hansteen Holdings acquires, invests in, and leases industrial properties in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. The company manages a portfolio of more than 100 properties totaling more than 2 million sq. meters of warehouse, office building, distribution, and other commercial space. It seeks to acquire low-cost, vacant (or occupied) properties that it subsequently invests in, leases out, and in some cases, sells. Co-CEOs Morgan Jones and Ian Watson founded Hansteen in 2005.

Westdale Asset Managemen also owns and manages more than 330,000 sq. ft. of retail and office space in Texas and is one of the largest property owners in Dallas' Deep Ellum arts and entertainment district. Services include facilities maintenance, financial reporting, and renovation management. President Joseph Beard founded Westdale Asset Management in 1991.Westdale Asset Management provides asset and property management services for multifamily and commercial real estate throughout the US. Its management portfolio includes more than 150 apartment communities (approximately 30,000 individual units) in about a dozen states in the South, West, and Midwest; most properties are located in Texas.

Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation provides loan servicing. Founded in 1981, Merrill Lynch Home Loans serves primarily wealthy customers throughout the US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Done in by the global credit crisis, direct parent Merrill Lynch was taken over by Bank of America in a $50 billion deal in 2009.Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation works to place more Americans in their dream castles. Doing business as Merrill Lynch Home Loans, the company is one of the residential mortgage units of financial giant Bank of America. Its offerings include a variety of adjustable- and fixed-rate mortgages for first and second homes, construction loans, mortgage refinancing, and equity lines of credit.

Rubloff Development Group (RDG) offers real estate development and other related services for commercial projects, primarily in Chicago and the Midwest. The firm has developed more than 15 million sq. ft of shopping center space over the years and owns about 40 retail properties. RDG's services include in-house engineering, architecture, construction, leasing, and management. The company also owns custom home builder Hallmark Homes and cargo and passenger air charter providers Rubloff Jet Express and Ryan International Airlines. RDG was founded in 1930 by Arthur Rubloff, often called "the man who changed the face of Chicago."

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