MPI / Mall Properties, established by founder and chairman Morton L. Olshan in 1968, is a full service real estate development and investment firm, with complete construction, financing, leasing and management capabilities.Together with its two wholly owned affiliates, Janoff & Olshan and Olshan Hotel Management, the company employs over 1,250 people, including over twenty professionals. Mall Properties has been engaged in all forms of real estate development with great emphasis on retail, residential, hotel and mixed use properties.

Brookfield Properties is making big ripples in the commercial property market. Doing business as Brookfield Office Properties, the company owns stakes in about 100 commercial properties around the world. It primarily invests in properties in large cities including Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, Calgary, Toronto, and Washington, DC. The company's portfolio totals some 70 million sq. ft. and includes most of Manhattan's World Financial Center; Brookfield also has a handful of properties in the development pipeline. Tenants include Merrill Lynch, CIBC, JPMorgan Chase, and Target Corporation. Brookfield plans to spin off its residential property assets to concentrate on expanding its global office portfolio.

Folkes Holdings, which has been under family control since 1697 and is now run by Constantine Folkes (see Profile), specialises in commercial property development and investment in the United Kingdom and the Republic of South Africa and the provision of equity or mezzanine finance to third party property developers and landowners.

Aviv REIT sees a healthy future in health care-related real estate. The real estate investment trust (REIT) invests in health care properties consisting primarily of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Aviv leases its facilities to local, regional, and national operators throughout the US. The REIT's portfolio includes more than 150 properties with some 15,000 licensed beds in 20 states. Operators include Daybreak, Cathedral Rock, and Sunbridge. Although the REIT was formed in 2008 to pursue an IPO, the company has been in the business of financing operators of SNFs for more than 25 years through predecessor entities. Aviv postponed its IPO in late 2009, to possibly be rescheduled for a later date.

Gladstone Land's cash crop. Operating through its subsidiaries, Gladstone Land is an externally managed real estate investment firm that owns two farms in California. It leases its properties -- which cover about 960 acres -- to Dole Fresh Vegetables, a subsidiary of Dole Foods. Since 2004 Dole has used the firm's farmland to grow fruit crops like strawberries, as well as various types of vegetables. Recently, Gladstone has been taking steps to grow its business and is seeking to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It intends to acquire additional leasable farmland and is also planning to set up a mortgage lending division. Founded in 1997, the firm filed to go public in mid-2010.

Link REIT is managed by Link Management Limited. When it comes to shopping, The Link isn't missing a beat. Hong Kong's first real estate investment trust (REIT), Link REIT invests in and manages retail properties and parking garages throughout the territory. The company manages a portfolio of about 180 properties, comprising approximately 11 million sq. ft. of retail space and 80,000 parking spots. Among its notable properties are the Fu Tung Shopping Centre, the Cheung Fat Shopping Centre, and the flagship Lok Fu Plaza. Tenants include restaurants, grocery stores, department stores, and miscellaneous retailers.

SL Green Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The firm engages in the property management, acquisitions, financing, development, construction, and leasing. It also provides tenant services to its clients. The firm invests in real estate markets of the United States. It primarily invests in commercial office and retail properties. SL Green Realty Corp. was founded in 1970 and is based in New York, New York.

The firm's wholly-owned operating subsidiaries include First Choice Estates, Thames Valley Retirement Homes, and Village Residential; it also owns a 48% interest in Campmoss Property Company. Among Cardiff Property's holdings are office buildings Brittania Wharf in Woking and Clivemont House in Maidenhead. Its portfolio is valued at about $75 million (almost 40 million). The firm invests in properties primarily west of London, in Surrey and Berkshire counties, and near Heathrow airport.

The Derbyshire owns and operates some 50 offices in the UK. Burned by bad money-market investments and subprime mortgages, the company was taken over in late 2008 by Nationwide Building Society, the largest in the world. In the race to savings, Derbyshire Building Society (or, as it is better known, The Derbyshire) evens the odds. The company offers personal financial services such as deposit and savings accounts, mortgages, fixed-rate bonds, and homeowners, mortgage, and term life insurance. Other insurance and investment products are available through an agreement with Norwich Union (now part of Aviva).

Founded in 1980, AMLI evolved from a private real estate development company to, in 1994, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. In February 2006, AMLI became a private company again through a $2.1 billion transaction with the Prime Property Fund, a core, open-ended, institutional real estate fund managed by Morgan Stanley. Prime owns or has an investment interest in approximately $9 billion of high-quality, diverse real estate assets including retail, office, multifamily, hotel, and industrial properties located in major markets throughout the United States. Prime's acquisition of the AMLI platform was a strategic transaction designed to provide institutional investors a nationally respected branded owner, developer and manager of luxury apartment communities.AMLI is one of the preeminent multifamily companies in the nation. The company is focused on the development, acquisition and management of luxury apartment communities. AMLI is committed to customer service and providing our residents a worry-free, high-value living experience in our communities. AMLI® is a brand name representing high quality, exceptional service and superior value.

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