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Transwestern Realty Finance is actually Midwestern but realty finance is the name of the game. The Chicago company, a newly formed real estate investment trust (REIT), plans to originate, acquire, and manage loans and other debt backed by US commercial real estate. It plans to make most of the loans itself targeting experienced borrowers with a good track record; it will also acquire undervalued debt. The company, which filed an IPO in 2009, believes a combination of tight credit markets and government assistance programs will help it succeed. Transwestern Realty Finance will be managed by Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, which has about a dozen investment funds and nearly $4 billion in equity capital.

UMH Properties, Inc. (UMH) is a real estate investment trust. The firm engages in the ownership and operation of manufactured home communities. It leases manufactured home spaces to private manufactured home owners, as well as leases homes to residents. The firm invests in the real estate markets of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Tennessee. In addition, it invests in debt and equity securities of REITs. United Mobile Homes was incorporated in 1968. The company was formerly known as United Mobile Homes, Inc. UMH Properties is based in Freehold, New Jersey.

Wereldhave was established in 1930 as a residential property investor and construction firm. Wereldhave would like to have the whole world in its hands. A Dutch investment institution (equivalent to a US real estate investment trust, or REIT), Wereldhave develops, invests in, and manages apartments, industrial properties, office buildings, and shopping centers in Belgium, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the US. Wereldhave company, which made only one new investment in fiscal 2009 amid declining real estate prices, plans to sell its industrial properties and focus on large retail and commercial properties in the markets where it is already active.

Whitestone REIT, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the investment and operation of retail, office, and warehouse properties located in the Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Phoenix metropolitan areas. As of March 31, 2008, it owned and operated 37 properties. Whitestone REIT has elected to be treated 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. Whitestone REIT, formerly known as Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, was founded in 1998 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Winthrop Realty Trust is a Boston and New York-based real estate investment trust publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FUR”. Our principal business activities include investing and making loans secured by real estate, joint venture investments with local real estate partners and acquiring equity and debt securities where the underlying assets consist of real estate.Our management team is composed of individuals whose careers have been devoted to a value oriented opportunistic real estate investment strategy. Management seeks to earn high risk adjusted returns by targeting for acquisition assets which we believe are undervalued and/or exhibit the potential for superior growth. Where required, management has the skill sets to provide the property management, asset management and construction management expertise in order for our investments to realize their full potential. With certain limitations, we will invest in real estate asset categories as well as most positions throughout the capital structure.

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