Beginning in 1985, Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. has been committed to creating greater shareholder value through the acquisition, financing, operation and sale of real estate across the United States. IORI is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol "IOT."Income Opportunity's principal source of revenue is in rents from property operations. Under Income Opportunitity Realty Investors, properties referred to as "undervalued" or "underperforming," are given added value by physical improvements and management improvements. The 14 properties owned by Income Opportunity are held for investment in three different geographic regions of the US—the Southeast, Southwest and Pacific.

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.

PS Business Parks, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, and operation of commercial properties primarily multi-tenant flex, office, and industrial space. As of December 31, 2007, the company owned and operated approximately 19.6 million rentable square feet of commercial space located in Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, as well as managed approximately 1.4 million rentable square feet. It also owned approximately 6.4 acres of land in Northern Virginia; 14.9 acres in Portland, Oregon; and 10.0 acres in Dallas, Texas for the development of commercial properties. PS Business Parks has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1983. It was formerly known as Public Storage Properties XI, Inc. and changed its name to PS Business Parks, Inc. in 1998. The company is based in Glendale, California.

Shapery Enterprises is an operating company for the various corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies operated thereunder. Shapery Enterprises is, or has been, involved in the ownership, design, and development of high-rise office buildings, high-rise hotels, commercial centers and raw land. Shapery Enterprises is also designing, developing, and implementing technological advances in transportation including vertical take-off aircraft, electric zero emissions conversion and upgrade of existing freight and passenger rail systems, non-rail zero emissions roadway passenger and freight systems and port zero emissions container moving systems with LSM/LIM technology and high-speed magnetic levitation train systems.

Home Group is one of the UK's leading providers of affordable housing for rent or sale. Founded in 1935 the company manages approximately 52,000 rental homes throughout England and Scotland; it builds or refurbishes some 2,000 additional properties each year. The company conducts business through its various divisions, including Nashayman, which focuses on ethnic minority communities, and Stonham, which serves the homeless, the elderly, victims of domestic violence, people with mental or physical difficulties, and refugees. Live Smart @ Home is Home Group's commercial arm, providing middle-market rental and owner-occupied housing, including BoKlok prefabricated homes manufactured by IKEA.

Transwestern Realty Finance is actually Midwestern but realty finance is the name of the game. The Chicago company, a newly formed real estate investment trust (REIT), plans to originate, acquire, and manage loans and other debt backed by US commercial real estate. It plans to make most of the loans itself targeting experienced borrowers with a good track record; it will also acquire undervalued debt. The company, which filed an IPO in 2009, believes a combination of tight credit markets and government assistance programs will help it succeed. Transwestern Realty Finance will be managed by Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, which has about a dozen investment funds and nearly $4 billion in equity capital.

Established in 1994, Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. (Stock code at SEHK: 2777) is one of the real estate enterprises with the most powerful comprehensive strength in China. Its registered capital is RMB760 million yuan and it has become an enterprise that integrates real estate design, development, engineering supervision, sales, property management and real estate intermediary. It possesses first-class development qualification issued by the Ministry of Construction, Class-A design qualification, Class-A engineering supervision qualification, first-class property management qualification and first-class real estate intermediary qualification.

Warehouses De Pauw specializes in developing storage space for its clients. The company builds customized warehouses of all sizes primarily in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, and Italy. Warehouses De Pauw also purchases and renovates existing spaces and then rents them to customers. The company chooses land sites and invests in buildings close to road, waterway, rail, or air transport access. Warehouses De Pauw has about 60 sites in its portfolio.

LGI Development has grown from a respected local land developer into a nationally recognized corporation that includes affordable new home construction and mortgage lending servies LGI's portfolio includes more than 12,000 acres of land and 4,500 new homes largely in Texas and portions of the Southeast, including the Carolinas, Tennessee, and West Virginia. LGI seeks to acquire land to be developed for both residential and recreational purposes. The privately held company was founded by CEO Tom Lipar.

Stockland invests as a sole owner, as well as co-investing with other entities, including HBOS's Bank of Scotland and Citigroup Private Bank. Aussie property firm Stockland Corporation bought Halladale in 2007.

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