American Land Lease was acquired by Chicago private equity firm Green Courte Partners in 2009. American Land Lease wants to make the American Dream an American Reality, especially during the golden years. The self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) owns, develops, renovates, and manages manufactured housing communities for active adults. It owns about 35 communities in Arizona, and Florida; properties include some 9,000 leased, developed, and undeveloped homesites and RV parks. In light of growing senior demographics, American Land Lease operates its properties primarily as retirement communities. The REIT's communities often feature swimming pools, golf courses, and clubhouses.

Housing and Finance Association develops and manages affordable apartments and provides financial assistance to renters. Although it functions as an agent for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, IHFA is a self-supporting, private, not-for profit organization and is not an agency of the State of Idaho. It funds its operations primarily by selling bonds (securities backed by mortgage loans on residential and multifamily properties) to investors.

Capital & Counties (Capco) invests in, develops, and manages commercial properties in the UK and the US. The firm's portfolio is concentrated in central London's West End and West London, and contains some 3.5 million sq. ft. of retail, office, and mixed-use space. Capco also owns exhibition, conference, and events company Earls Court & Olympia. In the US, Capco owns some 2.6 million sq. ft. of commercial space in California. The firm also has operations in China. Former parent company Liberty International spun Capco off in 2010 to focus on its Capital Shopping Centres unit (even adopting the Capital name).

Capital Builders capitalizes on buildings to build capital. The company develops commercial real estate and provides property and asset management services for private, corporate, and institutional investors. It has developed and managed more than 1 million sq. ft. of space, primarily in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Its portfolio includes business parks (including the 182,000 sq. ft. Highlands Eighty Commerce Center), office buildings, and industrial properties. Capital Builders provides asset and building management to investors who take direct ownerships, private partnerships, or limited liability partnerships in the properties.

Ashford Hospitality is in with the inn crowd. A self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT), Ashford owns and has interests in about 100 upscale hotels with more than 20,000 rooms in some two dozen states and Washington, DC; most operate under the Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood nameplates. Nearly half of Ashford's properties are managed by firms owned by company chairman Archie Bennett and his son, CEO Monty Bennett, with the rest overseen by other third-party management companies. In addition to making direct investments in hotels, the REIT also originates loans secured by hotel properties.

The Koll Company, headquartered in Newport Beach, California, was founded by Donald Koll in 1962. The company was originally established as a regional general construction firm and rapidly grew into a leading real estate services company. Koll's track record includes the development of over 90 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space, and over forty years in the industry. Today the company is a well-capitalized full-service real estate operating company, which is operated by some of the most experienced and visionary managers in the industry.

Silverstein Properties, Inc. (SPI) is one of the most active and respected real estate development and investment firms nationwide. SPI has developed, owned and managed more than 35 million square feet of commercial, residential and retail space in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, Michigan and Florida. Founded in 1957, SPI offers fully integrated real estate services. The firm specializes in complex and mixed-use properties that incorporate transportation, retail and public spaces.

Development Securities PLC is a property development and investment company. Its principal objective is to carry out substantial, complex developments in a risk averse manner with a view to adding maximum value for its shareholders. The Company's major schemes under development have been forward funded, or the financial risk shared with a number of different institutional partners; such funding, quite apart from the significant reduction of downside risk to us, enables Development Securities to benefit in a material way from any strong improvement in specific letting markets.

The information is being disclosed for the purposes of Rule 26 of the AIM Rules for Companies China Western Investments Plc is the holding company of Lanzhou International Trade Building Company Ltd (LITBC), a company incorporated in Lanzhou which is the capital of Gansu Province, Peoples Republic of China. China Western intends to continue the construction of its office tower and the operations of the hospital to keep cash flowing in and eventually pursue further property investments. The company was formerly an investor of UK properties but switched its geographic focus in 2007.

British Land is building its own empire at home. The real estate investment trust (REIT) is one of the largest property owners in the UK (along with Land Securities). It owns and manages a roughly £14 billion ($22 billion) portfolio of office and retail properties in the UK and Western Europe. Retail properties account for about two-thirds of the portfolio, while Central London office assets comprise the remainder. British Land directly owns the majority of its holdings and the rest is owned through funds and joint ventures. Office properties include posh addresses such as its York House headquarters, Regents Place, and Broadgate. Tenants of its retail assets include Marks & Spencer, Tesco, and IKEA.

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