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.

Mirvac is one of the leading brands in the Australian development and construction industry and has a proven track record of delivering innovative and quality products that exceed customers’ expectations and lead the market. For over 38 years, Mirvac has produced some of Australia's most renowned residential projects including Magenta Shores on the Central Coast, NSW; Walsh Bay in Sydney, NSW; Ephraim Island on the Gold Coast, QLD; Yarra's Edge, VIC; and The Peninsula at Burswood in Perth, WA. Meticulous planning, knowledge, and a stringent control of design and construction means customers receive the quality they expect and deserve. Click here to view the latest Mirvac properties for sale.

Franklin Street Properties Corp. provides real estate and investment banking/investment services in the United States. The company’s Real Estate Operations segment involves in real estate rental operations, leasing, and secured financing of real estate for interim acquisition or other property financing, as well as provides asset management, property management, property acquisitions, dispositions, and development. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated a portfolio of 29 real estate properties, which include 28 office buildings and 1 industrial use property. The company’s Investment Banking/Investment Services segment involves in the structuring of real estate investments and broker/dealer services that include the organization of Sponsored real estate investment trusts (REITs), the acquisition and development of real estate on behalf of Sponsored REITs, and the raising of capital to equitize the Sponsored REITs through sale of preferred stock in private placements. This segment offers investment banking/investment services primarily to institutions and high net-worth individuals. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Franklin Street Properties Corp. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Guangzhou Investment Company focuses on real estate, paper, and toll roads, primarily in Hong Kong and China. The firm develops, manages, and invests in real estate properties, and also operates toll highways and bridges through its GZI Transport subsidiary. In addition, Guangzhou Investment makes newsprint paper; the company produces some 300,000 tons of paper each year. Guangzhou Investment Company plans to develop other service areas such as logistics, finance, exhibition, and cultural services. Yue Xiu Enterprises owns about 51% of the company.

Leisure Canada wants to welcome the American visitors expected flock to the island country when (and if) the tourism embargo between Cuba and the US is ever lifted. In preparation, the company has been acquiring land rights to develop resorts in the country, which is about 90 miles off the US coast. Leisure Canada's current holdings give it rights to develop some 4,200 high-end hotel rooms and several golf courses. Development has already begun on some three properties -- Monte Barreto, Cayo Largo, and Jibacoa. Dubai's Profile Group owns a majority of LCI. Chairman Walter Berukoff owns more than 20% of the company.

Kilroy is still here, especially if you're referring to Southern California. A real estate investment trust (REIT), Kilroy Realty owns, manages, and develops office and industrial properties, mostly in suburban Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Its portfolio includes more than 90 office and 40 industrial properties, including the Kilroy Airport Center in Long Beach and the Westside Media Center in Los Angeles. Among its more than 285 tenants are large and small businesses including Intuit, Bridgepoint Education Scripps Health, and DIRECTV. Kilroy Realty Corporation also develops properties for itself and for other parties. It owns about 12 million sq. ft. of rentable space.

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (“Consolidated”) celebrated its 100th year in Florida in 2002. The company has a rich history dating back to 1902 in Jacksonville. It began as Consolidated Naval Stores Company, a timber-based company, specializing in harvesting gum converted into turpentine pitch and rosin from long leaf yellow pine for the maintenance of wooden ships. It became the largest naval stores factor in the world and initially owned more than one million acres of Florida forest lands. Consolidated pioneered in pine timber conservation by improving turpentine extraction methods.

Nakheel PJSC The developer is best known for constructing man-made islands that, when finished, will add more than 600 miles of coastline to Dubai. The first island, shaped like a palm tree and called Palm Jumeirah, will be home to private villas, mansions, luxury apartment towers, and a 60-story Trump hotel. Nakheel is building two other palm-shaped islands, a 300-island archipelago called The World (shaped to mimic the continents), and more than a dozen other large-scale developments across Dubai. Nakheel is populating the projects with hotels, restaurants, and shopping malls that it will also manage

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.

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.

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