AmREIT, Inc., a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), the company invests in, develops, and manages retail properties, primarily lifestyle centers, grocery store-anchored strip centers, and single-tenant retail properties. It owns some 50 properties in about 15 states; more than half are located in Texas. The company's preferred assets are located in dense, high-traffic areas in the suburbs of Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. The REIT's largest tenants are Kroger, DineEquity (formerly IHOP), and CVS Pharmacy. AmREIT went private in December 2008 as part of its Vision 2010 strategic plan to create a more streamlined and stable company.

Delancey is a specialist investment advisor with over 17 years' experience of real estate and asset backed investment opportunities. Working with a wide range of clients, we take a diverse approach to creating value from property. Our innovative investment strategies exploit the potential of every aspect of real estate acquisition and management. As well as sourcing and negotiating direct property and corporate transactions, we advise on appropriate capital structures, procure third party financing and provide pro-active asset management and development services.

New Valley LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is engaged in the real estate business and is seeking to acquire additional operating companies. New Valley has a 50% ownership interest in Douglas Elliman Realty LLC, which operates the largest residential real estate brokerage company in the New York metropolitan area and is the fourth- largest residential real estate brokerage company in the United States based on closed sales volume by the Real Trends broker survey.

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.

IVG Immobilien AG has a local presence in the major European cities and can draw upon a broad spectrum of know how and a large experience in asset management.IVG’s focus lies on the core business asset management with stable and consistent income.IVG Caverns constructs, operates, and leases some 40 underground caverns in Germany for oil and gas storage, and holds the development rights for at least 90 more.

Lok'nStore has the key to storage needs. Lok'nStore Group Plc operates and rents some 725,000 sq. ft. in self-managed storage units in sizes ranging from 12 sq. ft. to 10,000 sq. ft. It boasts a flexible solution to customers, offering minimum 1-week stays up to no maximum and requiring notice of a week or less prior to moving in or out. Opening its first center in 1995 and listed on the Alternative Investment Market since 2000, Lok'nStore owns 21 storage sites in southeastern England.

The Shelter Group was founded in 1977.The Shelter Group can give you shelter (or more likely sell it to you). The company invests in, develops, renovates, and manages residential real estate in the eastern US. Its $2 billion portfolio, including assets managed for others, spans about a dozen states and consists primarily of multifamily and senior living communities. Apartment communities range from affordable to mid-market to luxury level, and senior housing properties (Park View and Bright View communities) range from more independent to assisted-living models. Many of the company's properties are located in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

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.

MFA Financial, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) primarily engaged in the business of investment, on a leveraged basis, in a portfolio of both Agency and non-Agency residential mortgage-backed securities. The mortgage-backed securities that MFA acquires are primarily secured by pools of hybrid and adjustable-rate mortgage loans on single family residences. Hybrid mortgage loans have interest rates that are fixed for a specified period and, thereafter, generally adjust annually to an increment over a pre-determined interest rate index. Interest rates on the hybrid and adjustable-rate mortgage loan collateralizing MFA's mortgage-backed securities are based on an index rate, such as the one-year constant maturity treasury rate or the London Interbank Offered Rate.MFA utilizes repurchase agreements, which typically bear interest rates reflective of the short-term London Interbank Offered Rate, to finance the acquisition of its hybrid and adjustable-rate mortgage-backed securities and other assets. MFA primarily generates net income by maintaining a positive spread between the interest and other income it earns on its investments and the cost of financing such investments and its operating costs. Unlike more traditional financial institutions, such as saving and loans and banks, MFA avoids the expense of a costly infrastructure and, due to its REIT status, corporate level taxation.

Chimera Investment Corporation is a specialty finance company that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes. Our objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to our investors over the long-term, primarily through dividends and secondarily through capital appreciation, by maintaining a business model that evolves with market opportunities. We have elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. We are externally managed by Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company (FIDAC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Annaly Capital Management, Inc.Chimera is a specialty finance company that manages residential mortgage credit risk. We strive to achieve our objective of providing attractive risk-adjusted returns to our investors over the long-term by investing in a diversified investment portfolio of RMBS, residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes.

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