Most Cheshires have nine lives. This one has had more than that, and is still alive to tell about it. The Cheshire Building Society is the product of more than a dozen mergers dating back to the 1960s. The Society provides savings accounts, mortgage financing and brokerage, real estate leasing and sales, investments, and insurance. With more than 450,000 members, it operates a network of more than 40 branches and about 15 Cheshire Estate Agency property service branches throughout northwest England. Nationwide Building Society, the world's largest building society with assets of more than £200 billion ($333 million), acquired Cheshire Building Society in December 2008.

W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit transactions for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio. It invests primarily in commercial properties that are each triple-net leased to single corporate tenants, which requires each tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. The company also operates as an advisor to publicly owned, non-actively traded real estate investment trusts, which are sponsored by it under the Corporate Property Associates brand name, as well as invests in similar properties. As of March 31, 2010, its portfolio comprised full or partial ownership interest in 167 properties that totaled approximately 14 million square feet. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York.

Lauth, one of the largest real estate development companies in the country, has been a leader in the development, construction, management and ownership of commercial real estate throughout the United States for the past 30 years. We’ve completed many high-profile projects including some of the nation’s most innovative corporate headquarters, healthcare facilities, national distribution centers and lifestyle retail centers.

The Mitsui Fudosan Group, in pursuing its mission to "bring enrichment and greater comfort to urban areas," consistently aims for complete customer satisfaction through the full understanding of diversifying customers needs and ongoing creation of new value.It is partnering with others to build what will be Tokyo's tallest building at completion. Mitsui Fudosan is developing luxury and lifestyle properties to match Japan's shift from an industry-based economy to a services-based one.

Service Link founded in 1997, ServiceLink is owned by Fidelity National Financial subsidiary Chicago Title Insurance Company.Service Link, doing business as ServiceLink, is the tie that binds together several of the largest residential lending companies. A licensed title insurance agency, ServiceLink provides centralized mortgage and residential real estate title and closing services to institutional mortgage lenders and financial institutions, including most of the mortgage-lending firms in the US. Because the company provides closing management services from a centralized location, it claims to decrease processing time by days, if not weeks.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The company, through its subsidiary, Tanger Properties Limited Partnership, engages in acquiring, developing, owning, operating, and managing factory outlet shopping centers. As of September 30, 2005, Tanger owned and operated 33 factory outlet centers in 22 states totaling 8.7 million square feet of gross leasable area. It also provides development, leasing, and management services for its outlet centers. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to Federal income taxes provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Tanger Factory Outlet Centers was founded by Stanley K. Tanger in 1981. The company is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. company acquires, develops, leases, and manages research laboratories and offices for biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical firms, research institutions, and other life science tenants. BioMed owns more than 70 properties in about a dozen states; the properties contain around 120 buildings and total approximately 11 million sq. ft. of rentable space. The REIT's preferred markets include research and development hubs such as Boston, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.

Capital Shopping Centres (formerly Liberty International) owns, manages, and develops shopping centers, primarily in the UK. A real estate investment trust (REIT), the company owns or partially owns about 15 regional shopping centers totaling some 13 million sq. ft. of leasable space. Major tenants include Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, and Boots. Liberty International demerged its London-focused property arm Capital & Counties in 2010 and took the name of its Capital Shopping Centres retail arm. (The split-off Capital & Counties operates as a separately listed non-REIT.) Later that year, Capital Shopping Centres sold its US portfolio to Equity One.

Abbey plc develops residential properties -- mainly single-family homes and apartments -- in the UK, Ireland, and the Czech Republic. Its homebuilding division sells more than 450 homes annually, with an average selling price in the neighborhood of E184,000 ($225,000). Abbey experienced fewer home sales at lower prices during the economic recession. Homebuilding in Prague also was delayed due to economic conditions. The company's M&J Engineering subsidiary manages and leases industrial plants and equipment. Chairman Charles Gallagher, through Gallagher Holdings, controls about 41% of Abbey.

Kravco Simon through its predecessor Kravco Company has been in business for over fifty years. During that time, the former Kravco Company established itself as a leading real estate development and asset management company specializing in regional shopping malls and community shopping centers. Kravco Simon currently manages and leases approximately 11.0 million square feet of regional enclosed shopping centers. In addition, Kravco Simon currently manages in excess of 1.5 million square feet of community, lifestyle, & office centers. Kravco Simon's largest mall, The Court and The Plaza at King of Prussia, is the second largest mall in the United States and has eight department stores.Kravco Simon Company was formed in the fourth quarter of 2003 as a result of Simon Property Group, an Indianapolis, Indiana- based REIT, increasing its ownership interests in Kravco Investments L.P. (KI) and in Kravco Company (KC), its affiliated property management company.The name change from Kravco Company (KC) to Kravco Simon Company (KSC) was done to reflect the new ownership structure. Arthur L. Powell, one of the original founders of KC, and family members remain active in the company and sit on the new Board of Directors. Arthur Powell is Chairman and his son, Jon R. Powell, President. Other members of the Board include: James Barkley, Richard S. Powell, Richard S. Sokolov, and Stephen Sterrett.

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