Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns properties that are leased to firms in the technology sector. Its portfolio includes more than 90 properties in the US, Europe, and Asia, including data communications hubs, electronic storage and processing centers, tech manufacturing facilities, and offices of tech companies. All told, the REIT owns more than 16 million sq. ft. of rentable space, including space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty Trust focuses on properties in hot tech markets such as Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, New York, northern Virginia, and California's San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley (its largest market).

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.

n the 1930s, the late Teo Teck Huat founded a building construction business. A historical landmark project is the original Cathay Cinema. Following the incorporation of the Company in 1970 under the name Teo Teck Huat Enterprises (Private) Limited, the Group continues to expand in the building construction and property development business. Subsequently, it changed its name to Teo Teck Huat Investments Pte Ltd and later to Amara Holdings Pte Ltd. Amara Holdings Limited was listed on SGX Sesdaq on 15 August 1997 and transferred to SGX Mainboard on 10 July 2000.

CAPREIT restructured to qualify as a real estate investment trust under Canadian tax laws at the end of 2010. Apart from apartments, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust doesn't have much on its mind. Known as CAPREIT, the company invests in multi-family real estate. Its portfolio contains some 28,000 residential units in apartment buildings and townhouse complexes in urban areas across the country. As part of its diversified strategy, CAPREIT's properties vary from affordable housing to luxury suites. Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust also owns two Ontario adult lifestyle communities with more than 1,200 land lease sites.

Sumitomo Realty supplies office space and tony condos, but can also make your old house "shinchiku sokkurisan" (good as new). One of Japan's largest real estate operators, Sumitomo Realty develops and leases office buildings and sells residential units in high-rise condominiums. Its properties are located primarily in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas (Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka/Kobe, Sapporo, and Sendai); it manages more than 3.4 million sq. meters of office space.

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It invests in real estate debt business, which acquires, originates, and structures debt investments secured primarily by income-producing real estate properties; real estate securities business that invests in commercial real estate debt securities, including commercial mortgage backed securities, REIT unsecured debt, and credit tenant loans; and net lease properties business, which acquires properties that are primarily net leased to corporate tenants. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT and it would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. NorthStar Realty Finance was founded in 1997 and is based in New York City.

Texas Pacific Land Trust engages in the sale, lease, and management of land in the United States. It also retains oil and gas royalties, and involves in temporary cash investments. The company leases land to the ranching industry for grazing purposes. As of March 12, 2010, it owned the surface estate in 962,553 acres of land located in 20 counties in the western part of Texas. The company also owned a 1/128 nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest under 85,414 acres of land and a 1/16 nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest under 386,988 acres of land in the western part of Texas. Texas Pacific Land Trust was founded in 1888 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Nestled among the rolling hills of the beautiful San Ramon Valley, Bishop Ranch was originally part of a 3000-acre parcel of land called Norris Ranch. Populated with pear trees, walnut groves, and herds of sheep, Norris Ranch was subdivided in 1895; 1,770 acres became known as Bishop Ranch. Upon the death of Mr. Bishop 60 years later, the land was sold for development, and Western Electric acquired Bishop Ranch to house a manufacturing plant.In the 1970s residential parcels of Bishop Ranch were sold, leaving dormant 585 acres zoned for controlled manufacturing. Sunset Development Company saw the opportunity to create Bishop Ranch, which soon launched the economic growth for the entire region.Today Bishop Ranch stands as one of America's premier corporate locations. Home to more than 300 companies and their 30,000 employees, Bishop Ranch's 9 million square feet of office space houses companies in the high-growth fields of financial services, healthcare, communications, transportation, and computer technology.

Morguard is one of Canada's largest integrated real estate companies with a diversified portfolio of more than $8.7 billion in properties owned or under management. We offer investment and property management services across all asset classes: office, retail, industrial, and residential. We operate from a nationwide network of offices in the country's major Markets.

The Macerich Company operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company, through its majority-owned partnership, The Macerich Partnership, L.P., engages in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management, and leasing of regional and community shopping centers. As of June 30, 2005, it owned or had ownership interests in 76 regional shopping centers, 20 community shopping centers, and 2 development/redevelopment projects. The Macerich Company has elected to be treated as a REIT under Sections 856 through 858 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax, provided that it distributes at least 90% of taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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