Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that engages in the acquisition, ownership, management, and redevelopment of apartment properties. The company rents and leases its apartment units to a diverse base of residents. It also provides management services to third-party owners. As of June 30, 2010, AIMCO owned or managed a real estate portfolio of 817 apartment properties containing approximately 129,000 apartment units located in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. AIMCO was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust,the closed-end real estate investment trust (REIT) invests in commercial real estate throughout Canada, primarily retail properties including shopping malls and anchored shopping centers. It also invests in office and, to a far lesser extent, industrial real estate. Morguard manages a portfolio of real estate worth some C$1.2 billion (8 million sq. ft. of space). Retail properties account for more than half of its sales. Diversified real estate group Morguard Corporation owns 44% of the REIT; sister firm Morguard Investment provides facility management and leasing services.

Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) builds and maintains quite the nest. It invests in, develops, builds, acquires, and manages multifamily residential real estate such as apartments and condominiums. Projects range from upscale to affordable housing. The company, which operates through about 20 offices across the US, has developed more than 225,000 individual units since its founding in the late 1970s. TCR's portfolio includes some 200 properties located in major markets across the country, with the heaviest concentrations in Texas, the Southeast, and the West. Many are are branded Alexan or Wynhaven Communities.

VHDA is a self-supporting, not-for-profit organization created by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1972, to help Virginians attain quality, affordable housing. Our mortgages are funded by bonds we issue, not state taxpayer dollars, and are available primarily for first-time homebuyers and developers of quality rental housing. We also teach free homeownership classes, and help people with disabilities and the elderly make their homes more livable. VHDA works with lenders, developers, local governments, community service organizations and others to help put quality housing within the reach of every Virginian. Since our founding, VHDA has committed financing for more than 131,000 single family homes and 96,000 multifamily apartments.

Leisure Canada wants to welcome the American visitors expected flock to the island country when (and if) the tourism embargo between Cuba and the US is ever lifted. In preparation, the company has been acquiring land rights to develop resorts in the country, which is about 90 miles off the US coast. Leisure Canada's current holdings give it rights to develop some 4,200 high-end hotel rooms and several golf courses. Development has already begun on some three properties -- Monte Barreto, Cayo Largo, and Jibacoa. Dubai's Profile Group owns a majority of LCI. Chairman Walter Berukoff owns more than 20% of the company.

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (“Consolidated”) celebrated its 100th year in Florida in 2002. The company has a rich history dating back to 1902 in Jacksonville. It began as Consolidated Naval Stores Company, a timber-based company, specializing in harvesting gum converted into turpentine pitch and rosin from long leaf yellow pine for the maintenance of wooden ships. It became the largest naval stores factor in the world and initially owned more than one million acres of Florida forest lands. Consolidated pioneered in pine timber conservation by improving turpentine extraction methods.

Mainstreet Equity Corp. is a publicly traded (TSX: MEQ) residential real estate company in Canada. Established in 1998, Mainstreet has grown its portfolio from 272 units with a market value of approximately $17 million to over 6,000 units and approximately $719 million market value. Mainstreet positions itself as a value creator by purchasing under-performing properties, renovating them to a branded standard, improving operating efficiencies and repositioning them in the market for greater returns. Mainstreet currently owns and operates properties in Surrey, BC; Abbotsford, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Saskatoon, SK, and the Greater Toronto Area, ON.

China Housing & Land Development, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, management, and sale of commercial and residential real estate properties primarily in the western part of China. Its residential projects include multiple high-rise, middle-rise, and low-rise buildings, as well as a community center, commercial units, kindergarten, and other auxiliary facilities. The company also engages in land development activities, as well as provides property management services. Its customers primarily comprise first time home buyers and first time up-graders. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Xian, the Peoples Republic of China.

Equity Residential, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, development, and management of multifamily properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, it owned and invested in 579 properties in 24 states and the District of Columbia consisting of 152,821 units. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Equity Residential was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Heiwa Real Estate Co was formed by Japan's stock exchanges in 1947 to manage their properties.Heiwa Real Estate tries to find a little serenity in the Japanese stock market. The company, whose name translates to "peace," owns the buildings which house the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, and Fukuoka stock exchanges. The company's four divisions are real estate leasing, housing sales, asset development and securitization, and brokerage. To regain its fiscal tranquility following upheavals in the Japanese economy, Heiwa has broadened its holdings by buying less-specialized office and commercial properties. Heiwa also runs a nursing home and a building maintenance and contract construction business through its subsidiaries.

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