CLS Holdings plc is a property investment company which has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1994. The company has a market capitalisation in excess of £233.3m and a property portfolio in London, France, Germany and Sweden valued at £813.0m (31 December 2009). CLS has invested primarily in office buildings let on long leases in order to achieve stable cash flows. Its established local management operate from offices in London, Paris, Stockholm and Hamburg and their priority is to meet the requirements of tenants by providing high quality premises with efficient and proactive management services incorporating the latest technical and IT facilities.

Signature Associates is the largest-volume, full-service commercial real estate firm in the region. Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, Signature is the dominant real estate firm with over a 42% market share. With additional offices in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, and Kalamazoo, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, Signature Associates provides a diversity of services, including industrial, office, and retail brokerage, investment sales, property/asset management, market research, mortgage banking and corporate services.

Knight Frank represent the highest standards of quality and integrity in global property transactional, management and advisory services. Our reputation for uncompromising professionalism in everything we do is earned day in and day out serving our clients and earning their trust.Knight Frank & Rutley was founded in 1896 as a valuations, surveying and auctions business. Its first sale was held on 23 April at Conduit Street in London. Since then, Knight Frank has grown to become the world’s largest privately owned global property agency and consultancy. Today it is widely regarded throughout the world as the firm of choice for high quality commercial and residential property.In the 1960s the firm expanded into Europe, and in the decades that followed, acquired offices in Asia-Pacific and Middle East, Australia, Africa and the Caribbean. Its global network, including US based Newmark Knight Frank, encompasses 207 offices in 43 countries across six continents.More than 6,343 professionals handle in excess of US$886 billion (more than £594 billion) worth of commercial, agricultural and residential property annually, advising clients ranging from individual owners and buyers to major developers, investors and corporate tenants.

Spirit Finance Corporation,a real estate investment trust (REIT), the company specializes in single-tenant, free-standing properties such as restaurants and gas stations; it owns or has financed more than 1,000 that are leased to retail, distribution, and service-oriented firms in more than 40 states. Spirit, founded in 2003, also offers commercial mortgage, business, and construction loans and equipment financing. An investment group led by Australia's Macquarie Bank and Iceland-based Kaupthing Bank acquired Spirit Finance in 2007 for some $3.5 billion including debt.

Oxford Properties owns stakes in more than 47 million sq. ft. of office, retail, industrial, and multifamily residential space in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company's portfolio is worth some $15 billion. Oxford also provides real estate management for its Canadian properties. Among its holdings are about a half-dozen Canadian Fairmont luxury hotels, as well as residential complexes containing more than 250,000 apartment units. Oxford Properties has worked to diversify its portfolio, which is now split half and half between Canada and international locations. Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) owns Oxford Properties, which was founded in 1960.

Intervest Retail SA Company Profile Intervest Retail keeps both eyes squarely fixed on Belgian shopping destinations. The firm buys up retail properties throughout the country, particularly buildings in inner-city neighborhoods. Intervest additionally considers retail warehouses, shopping centers, and factory outlets for addition to its portfolio. Some 47% of the firm's holdings is comprised of retail warehouses, while 37% is represented by inner-city shops; it is most active in the cities of Flanders (61%), Wallonia (27%), and Brussels (12%). Intervest Retail was established in 1987.

Berkshire Property Advisors, L.L.C., is the operating entity of The Berkshire Group that is responsible for the property management of its multifamily portfolio and a series of funds including the Berkshire Income Realty Fund, a $600 million Real Estate Investment trust and Berkshire Multifamily Value Funds I and II. Berkshire Multifamily Value Fund I is a $300 million dollar real estate fund and Berkshire Multifamily Fund II is a $600 million Fund positioned to provide value-added investment returns by rehabilitating, redeveloping and repositioning high-quality multifamily real estate in major markets and submarkets throughout the United States.Berkshire Property Advisors core competency is in the multifamily real estate segment and is widely recognized as a fully integrated multifamily investment management firm. With properties extending throughout the United States, Berkshire Property Advisors provides investors with national reach and local market presence and expertise.Through a series of predecessor entities the Berkshire story goes back to 1969. Since that time Berkshire's senior management has witnessed impressive expansions in the real estate markets and prevailed through significant declines. These shifting economic and real estate market conditions called for management's resourcefulness in determining appropriate financial structure and property portfolio mix. Ownership structures have included both public and private limited partnerships, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust and a subsequent $1.3 billion privatization of the company. Today there are more than 26,000 apartment units under management and a period of rapid growth is forecasted.Berkshire Property Advisors is located in Boston, Massachusetts. There is a national office located in Atlanta, Georgia with regional and district offices located in Texas, Maryland and Florida. Throughout Berkshire's history, the company's guiding principle has remained a commitment to providing exceptional service to residents and a challenging and rewarding work environment for staff. Sustained by this foundation, the company has been able to capitalize on its experience in the financial markets to create economic opportunities within the real estate industry.

MI Developments Inc., a real estate operating company, engages in the acquisition, development, construction, lease, management, and ownership of industrial and commercial real estate properties. As of December 31, 2009, the company’s property portfolio comprised approximately 106 industrial and commercial properties located in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Poland. It also owns land for industrial development. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Aurora, Canada.

Innkeepers USA Trust is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in upscale and extended-stay hotel properties. (IT also invests in full-service hotels and mid-priced lodgings.) The REIT owns stakes in about 75 hotels with some 10,000 rooms in more than 20 states. Nearly all are leased by management company Island Hospitality. About half of its hotels are operated under the Residence Inn by Marriott brand. Other brands include Hampton Inn and Summerfield Suites. Laden with more than $1 billion in debt, the REIT filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2010.

PMC Commercial Trust likes lending to little businesses. The real estate investment trust (REIT) makes small business loans, primarily to limited-service hotel franchisees. The loans, ranging from $100,000 to $4 million, are secured by first liens on real estate and written for hotel owner/operators of national franchises such as Comfort Inn and Holiday Inn Express. PMC Commercial Trust also lends to owners of convenience stores, restaurants, and other small businesses. About 20% of its loan portfolio is concentrated in Texas. Subsidiaries are active in Small Business Administration (SBA) lending and in investing (as small business investment companies, or SBICs). The company was founded in 1993.

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