The Richard E. Jacobs Group has long been one of the nation’s most established and respected owners, developers, and managers of commercial real estate. It was founded in 1955 by the late Richard E. Jacobs and his late brother David H. Jacobs and is headquartered in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The Jacobs Group was among the early pioneering companies in the development of major enclosed regional shopping malls across America.

Maxco, Inc. is a Michigan corporation incorporated in 1946. In February, 2007, Maxco sold substantially all the assets of the Company’s former wholly owned subsidiary Atmosphere Annealing, Inc., which was Maxco’s last operating company. Currently, Maxco holds investments in real estate and certain miscellaneous other assets. The Company continues to work toward the goal of obtaining the highest value for our shareholders as Maxco continues to formalize and execute a plan of liquidation of its remaining assets.

HKR International. Since the 1980s HKR has been involved in developing some two dozen high-end residential properties comprising more than 10,000 units. Its primary development, the 70 million sq. ft. Discovery Bay on Hong Kong's Lantau Island, includes residences, a golf course, marina, swimming pool, clubhouse, shops, restaurants, schools, and a fleet of ferries and buses to transport residents to and from the property. HKR also owns two hotels: The Sukhothia in Thailand and The Sentosa Resort and Spa in Singapore. Other key investments include cancer treatment centers and dentist offices; Spa Botanica, with locations throughout Asia; and Imperial, a bathroom products manufacturer.

Beginning in 1985, Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. has been committed to creating greater shareholder value through the acquisition, financing, operation and sale of real estate across the United States. IORI is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol "IOT."Income Opportunity's principal source of revenue is in rents from property operations. Under Income Opportunitity Realty Investors, properties referred to as "undervalued" or "underperforming," are given added value by physical improvements and management improvements. The 14 properties owned by Income Opportunity are held for investment in three different geographic regions of the US—the Southeast, Southwest and Pacific.

Ideally, Paragon Real Estate Equity and Investment Trust would be the very model of real estate investing, but it merely is a corporate shell company. The firm is seeking investment opportunities in land development, joint ventures, other real estate companies, and retail, office, industrial, and hospitality properties. In 2008 it began investing in stock of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). Entities associated with CEO James Mastandrea control more than three-quarters of Paragon, which has expressed doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern and may seek additional investors or sell its corporate shell.

Rancho Mission Viejo is doin' it 'til the cows come home. The working cattle ranch is 23,000 acres of land in Southern California's Orange County, including more than 500 acres of citrus groves. It is a producer of lemons, as well as avocados, beans, and barley. Purchased in 1882 by Richard O'Neill, Sr. and James Flood, the ranch has been owned and managed by members of the O'Neill family and its descendants. A majority of the land is reserved as permanent open space for parks and wilderness reserves, while other portions are leased out for business and industrial uses, such as sand and gravel mining, seed collection and plant growing, and aerospace, telecommunications, and utilities operations.

Eliason Real Estate Group is a diverse real estate investment and services firm with an experienced in-house team specializing in commercial real estate acquisition, financing, leasing, management and sales. Our equation for success is a mix of The fast-growing company manages more than 20 multifamily and retail properties (4,800 multifamily units and 311,000 sq. ft. of retail space) worth about $415 million. Its portfolio includes real estate across the midwestern, southeastern, and southwestern US. The firm traces its roots to Donald and Richard Eliason's establishment of the small real estate brokerage, Eliason Realty of the North, in 1961.

Excel Trust, Inc. is a retail focused real estate investment trust that targets value oriented community and power centers, grocery anchored neighborhood centers and freestanding retail properties. Excel Trust trades publicly on the NYSE under the symbol EXL. The current management team has over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector having overseen more than $4 billion in retail related acquisitions and developments.

Urban Splash is making waves in the UK's property development pool. The company builds new buildings and rejuvenates old ones by modifying them into hip, multi-functional office and residential complexes. Its past projects include the Collegiate school-to-apartment conversion and St. Peter's church-to-restaurant conversion in Liverpool, as well as the Chorlton Park social housing regeneration in Manchester.

Capstead Mortgage was established in 1985. Capstead Mortgage is holding steady in a turbulent real estate market. To stay the course, the self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) makes leveraged investments in single-family residential adjustable-rate mortgages issued and backed by government agencies such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae it occasionally makes limited investments in credit-sensitive commercial mortgage assets, as well. The REIT typically funds its investment activities through short-term borrowings or equity offerings.

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