Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) builds and maintains quite the nest. It invests in, develops, builds, acquires, and manages multifamily residential real estate such as apartments and condominiums. Projects range from upscale to affordable housing. The company, which operates through about 20 offices across the US, has developed more than 225,000 individual units since its founding in the late 1970s. TCR's portfolio includes some 200 properties located in major markets across the country, with the heaviest concentrations in Texas, the Southeast, and the West. Many are are branded Alexan or Wynhaven Communities.

Established in 1923, The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Limited has a long presence in Hong Kong. Pursuant to a corporate restructuring in 1989, the holding company was renamed “Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited”.the company develops and invests in property in China, Hong Kong, and Macao. Additionally, it operates a ferry and shipyard business that consists of a dangerous-goods vehicular ferry service, harbor cruises, and fuel oil trading. Its travel and hotel business offers local and overseas tours, train ticketing, and hotel reservations. The company is also involved in shipbuilding and repairs, property management, financing, and even a floating restaurant. Henderson Land Development bought a nearly one-third stake in the company from Henderson Investment in 2007.

Public Storage operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, and operation of self-storage facilities in the United States and Europe. The company’s self-storage facilities offer storage spaces for lease on a month-to-month basis for personal and business use. Public Storage also has interests in commercial properties containing commercial and industrial rental space; facilities that lease storage containers; and ancillary operations, which include reinsurance of policies against losses to goods stored by its self-storage tenants, retail operations comprising merchandise sales and truck rental operations. As of December 31, 2008, the company had interests in 2,012 self-storage facilities with approximately 127 million net rentable square feet in 38 states; and 181 self-storage facilities with approximately 10 million net rentable square feet in 7 western European nations. It also had direct and indirect equity interests in approximately 21 million net rentable square feet of commercial space located in 11 states in the U.S. 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. Public Storage was founded in 1971 and is based in Glendale, California.

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 1984 and became a public REIT when the trusts were introduced in Canada in 1993. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) owns or has stakes in more than 150 industrial, retail, and office properties in urban areas throughout Canada as well as one retail property in Chicago. The company's holdings total more than 20 million sq. ft. of leasable space; industrial properties consist of nearly 8 million sq. ft. and retail properties make up more than 6 million sq. ft., while office properties comprise the remainder. Most of its properties are located in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

The REALIA Group was founded in the year 2000, formed through the merger of the property ownership and property management teams from FCC and Caja Madrid, which have both existed in the sector since the 1980’s.Since its creation, the mission of REALIA has focussed on the development, management and development of all types of property. Business areas include Property, through the development and leasing of offices and shopping centres owned by the group, Sale of residential properties and Property Management.The company has concentrated on expansion outside Spain using two approaches: property investment in France and residential development in Eastern Europe. A positive outcome of this strategy occurred in May 2006 when REALIA took over SIIC de Paris, a real estate company floated on the French Stock Exchange. In Eastern Europe, REALIA has made investments and developed projects in Poland and Romania.

ones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides integrated real estate and investment management services to owner, occupier, and investor clients worldwide. Its real estate services include agency leasing, space acquisition and disposition, property management, facilities management/outsourcing, project and development management, valuations, consulting, capital markets, real estate investment banking and merchant banking, brokerage of properties, corporate finance, hotel advisory, energy and sustainability services, value recovery and receivership, and investment management services. The company offer these services to real estate investors and occupiers for a range of property types, including offices, hotels, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, hospitals, critical environments and data centers, sports facilities, cultural institutions, and transportation centers. It also offers a range of real estate investment products and services in the public and private capital markets, as well as indirect public investments in real estate investment trusts and other real estate equities. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited engages in the development, rental, and sale of residential and commercial properties primarily in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Its portfolio of properties includes residential, shopping centre, office, hotel, and industrial properties. The company’s other business activities include ownership and operation of hotels in Hong Kong; provision of construction-related services and supply of concrete; provision of property management services; provision of mortgage servicing, home mortgages, deposit taking, and other services; and provision of a range of insurance products, including household, fire, employee compensation, travel, personal accident, and motor vehicles.

New Valley LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is engaged in the real estate business and is seeking to acquire additional operating companies. New Valley has a 50% ownership interest in Douglas Elliman Realty LLC, which operates the largest residential real estate brokerage company in the New York metropolitan area and is the fourth- largest residential real estate brokerage company in the United States based on closed sales volume by the Real Trends broker survey.

Strategic Hotels & Resorts (SHR) is a busy BEE when it comes to hospitality. The self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), which is traded under the symbol BEE, owns or has interests in more than 15 upscale and luxury hotels (some 8,000 rooms) in the US, Europe, and Mexico. It also leases a handful of hotel properties from landlords in Europe. SHR also owns land for development, which is adjacent to existing hotel resorts. Affiliated brands include Four Seasons, Hyatt, InterContinental, and Marriott. Focused on the asset management aspect of its properties, SHR relies on third-party management companies to handle day-to-day operations at its hotels.

Shanghai Forte Land develops and sells residential properties. Serving the mass residential property market in Shanghai, the company also other real estate services such as construction supervision and real estate agency services. Forte's portfolio of properties are located mostly across Shanghai and target different segments within the mass residential property market, including young white collar employees, middle to senior management in enterprises, entrepreneurs, families with young children and, to a lesser but increasing extent, property investors.

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