Sponda was formed in 1991 by the Bank of Finland to take over the real estate properties held by Skopbank Group. Sponda rents history in Helsinki. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) with about 850,000 sq. meters of office, commercial, and logistics properties. Most of Sponda's properties are located in the Helsinki metropolitan area, including several historic properties in the central business district, such as the City Center complex (known by the locals as "Makkaratalo"). Sponda Plc also owns properties in the High Tech Espoo and Vantaa Airport City regions of Helsinki, as well as properties in other areas of Finland.

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.

ConopCo is the go-to firm for many of Chicago's largest fortune 500 firms and developers, providing project and development management services for their most important projects. ConopCo was founded by William G. Conopeotis (Learn more about Mr. Conopeotis) in 1999. In the past eight years ConopCo has amassed $55 million in assets under property management, and has successfully managed interior and built to suit projects valued at over $350 million. Mr. Conopeotis has been involved in over 7 million square feet of base building / build-to-suit projects, and brings unique knowledge and expertise to all aspects of a project, from base building development to world-class interior build-outs. Mr. Conopeotis has been involved on over 4.5 million square feet of interior projects, with eighteen of his 140 interior projects being between 100,000 square feet and 380,000 square feet. Under his leadership our firm has successfully served over 60 clients, and has consistently been ranked as one of the nations top independent project management firms.

Prudential Fox Roach will hope you find your own piece of Philly's rock. The company is the largest residential brokerage firm in the greater Philadelphia area, which includes southeast Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. (It calls itself the largest single-market firm in the US.) Prudential Fox Roach has more than 60 offices; it provides mortgage, transfer, and insurance services through The Trident Group. CEO Lawrence Flick controls the company, which is member of The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates. Prudential Fox Roach traces its roots back to the 1886 founding of Fox Real Estate and Roach Brothers Realtors in 1948.

MEPC wants to give clients their space.MEPC Limitedis one of the UK's largest developers and managers of sustainable business communities. MEPC's assets comprise eight mixed-use business parks across the UK totally more than 9 million sq. ft. of leasable space and accommodating some 1,000 local, national, and international businesses. The firm's properties have office, research and development, industrial, warehouse, and storage spaces, and include amenities such as nurseries, restaurants, and fitness centers. MEPC is owned by Leconport Estates, part of the BT Group's pension scheme.

Taubman Centers, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. As of June 30, 2005, the company owned a 63% managing general partner's interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership (the operating partnership). The operating partnership is a subsidiary that engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, development, and expansion of regional retail shopping centers and interests therein. As of August 23, 2007, it owned and/or managed 23 urban and suburban shopping centers in 11 states the United States. These centers are located in metropolitan areas, including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, Tampa, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. The operating partnership also owns certain regional retail shopping center development projects, as well as approximately 99% of The Taubman Company LLC, which manages the shopping centers and provides other services to the operating partnership and to the company. Taubman Centers qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, the company would not be subjected to federal income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Taubman Centers was founded in 1950 by A. Alfred Taubman and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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.

Crest Nicholson is brushing up on urban life and trying to take a bite out of suburbia. The company is a residential development company with property interests primarily in central and southern England. The firm focuses on developing sustainable master-planned communities and mixed-use developments, along with urban regeneration and commercial property developments. Crest Nicholson hit troubles in 2008 when the property sector collapsed and demand for housing plummeted. The company restructured itself that year and its creditors agreed to a debt-for-equity swap. The deal gave creditors a 90% stake in the company. Crest Nicholson is now considering a handful of takeover offers.

BRT Realty Trust is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRT, for over seventeen years, and has been active in the real estate business for over three decades.Since 1972, BRT Realty has focused on originating short-term acquisition and bridge real estate loans for properties throughout the continental United States. BRT Realty specializes in creative short term financing solutions for the commercial real estate industry. We provide hard money loans that are secured by income-producing real estate. We can structure and close loans quickly, in as little as 48 hours.Our sound financial resources allow us to respond quickly and to find creative financing solutions to meet our clients' needs. We have no fixed criteria for a hard money loan, so clients financial needs are not constrained by having to fit into a 'box'. BRT Realty understands that each client's needs are unique and loans can be customized and structured to meet specific real estate financing goals.

Noddle Development uses its noodle to develop and manage commercial property in about 20 states across the US. The company has built or bought nearly 100 shopping centers and a half dozen office buildings, primarily in Iowa and Nebraska. Noddle owns about 3 million sq. ft. and manages another 3 million sq. ft. of leasable area. The shopping centers feature tenants such as Kmart, Walgreen, and Wal-Mart, among others. Noddle Development offers architectural, construction, financing, leasing, management, and marketing services.

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