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Icade helps build France. The firm invests in, develops, and manages residential, office, retail, public, and industrial real estate. It owns some 3.6 million sq. meters of space in France as well as commercial space and land in Germany. Much of its office property is located in Paris' central business district. Icade has participated in about 25 public-private partnerships to develop schools, government buildings, and hospitals. Property services offered include administrative management, housing operations, and consultation. Icade operates as a SIIC, a public company similar to a real estate investment trust (REIT). Government-owned bank Caisse des Depots owns more than 60% of Icade.

iStar Financial Inc. operates as a finance company focusing on the commercial real estate industry. The company provides custom-tailored financing to high-end private and corporate owners of real estate. Its financing products include senior and mezzanine real estate debt, senior and mezzanine corporate capital, corporate net lease financing, and equity. The company also involves in corporate tenant leasing business, which provides capital to corporations and others who control facilities leased primarily to single creditworthy customers. As of December 31, 2008, iStar Financial owned 362 office, industrial, entertainment, hotel, and retail facilities in 39 states. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The iStar Financial Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

JER Investors Trust Inc., a specialty finance company, originates and acquires a portfolio of commercial real estate structured finance investments. Its target investments include commercial real estate structured finance products, such as commercial mortgage backed securities, mezzanine loans, and B-Note participations in mortgage loans, as well as whole commercial mortgage loans, loans to real estate companies, preferred equity, net leased real estate, and residential mortgages and related securities. JER Investors Trust Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

Part of real estate finance and investment management company Ladder Capital Group, Ladder Capital Realty Finance will operate as a commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) targeting first mortgage loans secured by income-producing properties. Other investments will include senior commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and other real estate-related assets. Externally managed by Ladder Capital Realty Finance Manager, an affiliate and indirect subsidiary of commercial finance company Ladder Capital Finance Holdings, Ladder Capital was formed and filed to go public in July 2009. It is currently backed by private equity firms TowerBrook Capital Partners and GI International (GI Partners).

Land Securities Group PLC, a real estate investment trust, engages in the ownership, development, and management of commercial properties primarily in the United Kingdom. It provides customers with access to retail units in shopping centers, retail warehouses, shops, and other regional properties. The company also offers customers with access to offices and creates office developments supporting complementary uses, such as retail, public space, and residential. In addition, Land Securities Group enables customers to outsource the construction and maintenance of buildings, as well as leasing, developing, managing, refurbishing, repairing, and maintaining properties, facilities, and land in the area of public private partnership in sectors, such as education, waste defense training, and local government infrastructure. The company also involves in urban community development operations through its multi-billion pound development program, transforming regional city centers and key sites in Central London. As of December 31, 2007, its property portfolio comprised 1.7 million square meters of retail accommodation; 1.1 million square meters of office and retail accommodation; and 3.1 million square meters properties in property outsourcing partnerships. Land Securities Group PLC was founded in 1944 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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