Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (DDR) operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company engages in acquiring, developing, redeveloping, owning, leasing, and managing shopping centers, mini-malls, and lifestyle centers. As of February 5, 2007, it owned or managed approximately 461 shopping centers and 7 business centers, as well as 1,170 acres of undeveloped land. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. DDR was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio.

Lennar Corporation (Lennar), one of the nations largest homebuilders, formed our Company in June 1997 to separate Lennars real estate investment, finance and management business from its homebuilding business. On October 31, 1997, Lennar distributed our stock to Lennars stockholders in a tax-free spin-off.

Grosvenor’s history began with the marriage of Mary Davies and Sir Thomas Grosvenor in 1677. Mary had inherited 500 acres of land north of the Thames to the west of the City of London. Sir Thomas was the descendant of a family which traces its roots back to William the Conqueror.The company is owned by trusts for the Grosvenor family, which has held land in central London since 1677.

Hatteras Financial Corp. Company Profile Hatteras Financial hopes for smooth sailing on the sometimes tumultuous seas of mortgage investing. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate single-family residential mortgages guaranteed by a US government agency or a government-backed company such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac. Hatteras Financial's investment portfolio, valued at some $7 billion, consists mostly of hybrid adjustable-rate loans with terms of three to five years. Hatteras Financial is externally managed by Atlantic Capital Advisors.

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.

SEGRO plc is a commercial property investment and development company that has become Europe’s leading provider of flexible business space by focusing on delivering what our customers want, where they want it and by working in partnership with them as their requirements evolve. Operating in ten countries, our property portfolio includes offices, light industrial, logistics, warehouses and datacentre properties.

City Site Estates invests in commercial and residential property in Ireland and England. Its holdings and interests include three Holiday Inn Express hotels as well as office and retail buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow. City Site Estates trades in the residential market as well: The firm recently developed and sold five luxury apartments in Edinburgh. City Site Estates commands a portfolio of $251 million Previously listed on the London Stock Exchange, the firm was taken private by Scottish tycoon and managing director Louis Goodman (through family-owned Union Estates) in 1999.

Agile Property Holdings is nimbly building residential communities all over mainland China. The company develops large-scale residential projects; most are townhouse-style, but a few are multi-story towers. It has about 50 properties in 20 cities throughout China, many of which are concentrated in the Pearl River Delta region. Altogether, Agile Property owns a land bank of 300 million sq. ft. (5 million of which is developed.) The company is also engaged in property management and interior design.

Melcor Developments Ltd. The acquisition, planning and development of urban communities and the subsequent marketing and sale of single family, multiple family and commercial/industrial lots in Alberta within the metropolitan areas of Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Kelowna, British Columbia and in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Glimcher Group was founded in 1984 and is owned by Robert Glimcher. His brother, Michael Glimcher, is chairman and CEO of Glimcher Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Columbus, Ohio. Over the years Glimcher Group has developed more than 7 million sq. ft of retail space.The Glimcher Group has a gleam in its eye for commercial real estate. The company owns and manages about 55 shopping centers around the US. It also buys under-performing retail properties and renovates them in order to increase their value. Most of its holdings are in the Northeast, though it also owns properties in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona. Tenants include Giant Eagle, IKEA, Sears, and Wal-Mart.

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