WNC & Associates, Inc., was founded in 1971 when most people had never heard of affordable housing. At that time, few saw the opportunities in this emerging industry. That year we closed our first investment in affordable housing, becoming one of the first in the country to do so.The company was founded by Wilfred Newbury Cooper Sr. in 1971, three years after the Housing and Urban Development Act was created. Will Cooper Jr. runs WNC today.

Voit Real Estate Services does what it can to fill any void in your corporate real estate needs. The company and its affiliates, including Voit Commercial Brokerage, Voit Development, and Valley Commercial Contractors, provide commercial real estate services such as brokerage, development, and construction. Active in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, the group specializes in office, industrial, and retail real estate, with a focus on distressed properties owned by banks and other financial institutions. Voit Real Estate Services has developed more than 20 million sq. ft. of real estate and has completed some $25 billion worth of brokerage transactions since CEO Robert Voit founded the company in 1971.

CB Richard Ellis Investors (CBRE Investors) often has that urge. By 1998 CBRE Investors had $6 billion of assets under management in separate accounts and commingled funds. That same year CB Commercial, as the parent company was then known, acquired Richard Ellis International to create CB Richard Ellis, the leading global real estate services organization.

The Shelter Group was founded in 1977.The Shelter Group can give you shelter (or more likely sell it to you). The company invests in, develops, renovates, and manages residential real estate in the eastern US. Its $2 billion portfolio, including assets managed for others, spans about a dozen states and consists primarily of multifamily and senior living communities. Apartment communities range from affordable to mid-market to luxury level, and senior housing properties (Park View and Bright View communities) range from more independent to assisted-living models. Many of the company's properties are located in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

Northacre has successfully designed, developed and marketed over £1.5bn of prime residential sites in London, a track record unrivalled by any other residential developer.The Bromptons, The Phillimores, Observatory Gardens, Earls Terrace, Kings Chelsea, and most recently, The Lancasters are some of London’s finest and sought after addresses. Northacre’s signature of generously proportioned apartments within signature buildings repeatedly attracts a unique following of discerning buyers.

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.

Panattoni develops, leases and owns, industrial, office and retail projects in more than 175 cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. The company client list includes over 500 companies. Panattoni has expanded and enhanced relationships with tenants, brokers and investors across all sectors of the commercial real estate market.

First Industrial wants to be the first and only stop for your industrial property needs. The self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) owns, manages, and develops industrial real estate. Its portfolio consists of about 775 properties in nearly 30 states and Canada, with the largest concentrations in Michigan, Texas, and Colorado. The REIT's more than 70 million sq. ft. of space is weighted toward light industrial properties but also includes bulk and regional warehouses, research and development buildings, and manufacturing facilities. First Industrial also develops customized spaces. Its tenants include manufacturing, retail, wholesale trade, distribution, and professional services firms.

DLC Realty Trust is a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires and manages shopping centers, many of them anchored by a grocery store or big-box retailer. The company owns more than 80 properties, almost all of them in the eastern US, that total some 13.5 million sq. ft. of retail space. Its DLC UrbanCore joint venture with real estate consulting firm G. L. Blackstone & Associates focuses on the development and renovation of retail and mixed-use properties in high-density urban areas. DLC Realty counts among its tenants big-box retailers such as Best Buy, Home Depot, and Staples. The company plans an IPO.

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.

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