Newmark Knight Frank is one of the largest independent real estate service firms in the world. We provide comprehensive real estate solutions to many of the most prominent corporations, property owners, investors and developers across the globe. In January of 2006, Newmark formed a partnership with London-based Knight Frank, forming Newmark Knight Frank, a global real estate consultancy with extensive worldwide capabilities and coverage throughout North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The Newmark Knight Frank partnership now operates more than 220 offices in established and emerging property markets on six continents. With a staff of 7,300 employees, we have created an effective global platform from which to serve the property needs of our growing list of clients.

The Trump Organization knows all about gilding the lily. Run by flamboyant, modern-day King Midas/media czar Donald Trump, The Trump Organization owns several pieces of high-end real estate in the Big Apple. Properties include Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump Tower, and 40 Wall Street. It also owns and operates hotels, resorts, residential towers, and golf courses in major US markets and abroad. Trump Organization holds a stake in Trump Entertainment Resorts, the troubled owner and operator of the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, and Trump Marina casinos in New Jersey's Atlantic City.

Regency Centers Corporation operates as a real estate investment trust. The company, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and develops community and neighborhood shopping centers that are tenanted by grocers, category-leading anchors, specialty retailers, and restaurants. As of December 31, 2006, it owned 218 retail shopping centers located in 22 states and held partial interests in 187 retail shopping centers through joint ventures located in 24 states and the District of Columbia. The company is qualified as a real estate investment trust (REIT) under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, its net income would be exempt from federal taxation to the extent that it is distributed as dividends to shareholders. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Founded in 1946, the firm typically retains its properties for rental income. McKay Securities takes UK properties from rubbish to refurbished. The real estate investment trust (REIT) acquires and renovates commercial real estate in the UK. Its portfolio -- located primarily in London and southeast England -- is comprised of 30-plus properties totaling more than 1 million sq. ft. of office, retail, and industrial space. Nearly three-quarters of its portfolio has been developed or extensively refurbished by McKay Securities.

IFM Investments Limited (NYSE: CTC), is a leading comprehensive real estate services provider and the exclusive franchisor for the CENTURY 21® brand in China. We primarily focus on China's fast-growing and highly fragmented secondary real estate market, providing company-owned brokerage services, franchise services, mortgage management services,primary services, commercial services and fund management services. We have experienced substantial growth since we commenced operations in 2000, and received numerous awards and recognition as franchisor and real estate services provider for the service quality and business achievements. Our CENTURY 21® China network covers 32 major cities with nearly 1,500 sales offices, over 20,100 sales professionals and staff, and more than 6.5 million property listings as of September 30, 2010.

CW was founded in 1991 and has about 15 offices in the US. Fortress Investment Group acquired the company in 2010. The deal increased CW's financial strength and helped expand its lending platforms. CW Financial Service (CW) invests in commercial real estate. It mainly focuses on lending money for multifamily and health care projects. The company offers primary servicing, special servicing, investment management, and research consulting. CW offers loans through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA programs and services about 12,000 commercial and multifamily loans worth some $160 billion. It operates through three subsidiaries: CWCapital, CWCapital Asset Management, and CWCapital Investments.

We are the largest publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership and leasing of service stations, convenience stores and petroleum distribution terminals in the United States. We provide financing to the petroleum and convenience store industries for acquisitions, site upgrades and refinancing through our sale/leaseback and net lease financing programs. We own or lease approximately 1,050 service station and convenience store properties and nine petroleum distribution terminals in twenty-one states. We were founded in 1955 with the ownership of one gasoline service station in New York City and historically operated as an integrated wholesale and retail marketer and owner of gasoline stations. As our business grew, we combined real estate ownership, leasing and management with petroleum supply and distribution. We had our initial public offering in 1971 under the name Power Test Corp. In 1997, we spun-off our petroleum marketing business to our shareholders as a separate NYSE listed company, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., which was acquired in 2000 by a subsidiary of OAO Lukoil, one of Russia's largest integrated oil companies. We lease approximately 78% of our properties to Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. on a long-term net basis. The balance of the properties are leased to individual operators and petroleum distributors.

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.

American Land Lease was acquired by Chicago private equity firm Green Courte Partners in 2009. American Land Lease wants to make the American Dream an American Reality, especially during the golden years. The self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) owns, develops, renovates, and manages manufactured housing communities for active adults. It owns about 35 communities in Arizona, and Florida; properties include some 9,000 leased, developed, and undeveloped homesites and RV parks. In light of growing senior demographics, American Land Lease operates its properties primarily as retirement communities. The REIT's communities often feature swimming pools, golf courses, and clubhouses.

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society offers discounted "green" mortgages for energy-efficient homes and plants trees to offset the home's greenhouse gas production. It has more than 50 branches, primarily in the east of England. N&P was created in 1986 through the merger of the Norwich (founded in 1852) and Peterborough (founded in 1860) building societies.Mutually owned Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) provides financial services and products in the UK, including residential and commercial mortgages, deposit accounts, personal loans, credit cards, insurance, investments, stock trading, and financial advice.

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