The Durst Organization has been a family-run real estate company grounded in simple but profound principles: Innovation. Integrity. Community. Sustainability. Today, those founding principles continue to guide The Durst Organization, prompting its leadership in environmentally responsible building practices and informing the company’s long-term approach to development.

Wharf has a raft of real estate businesses to keep it well afloat. The Hong Kong-based conglomerate is built on commercial and residential property development, trading, and management. Its flagship properties, the Harbour City and Hong Kong Times Square real estate complexes (including hotels, offices, and shops), generate the bulk of its rental income. It also has stakes in shipping terminals and cable TV providers. Majority-owned i-CABLE provides cable and broadband service for Hong Kong residents; Modern Terminals provides shipping terminal services in southern China. The company also operates ferry and tramway services. Wheelock and Company, controlled by tycoon Peter Woo, owns a 50% stake in Wharf.

Lion Gables Residential Trust (LGRT) is a privately-owned real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, develops, and manages apartment complexes, mainly in the southern US. The company, which also manages properties for third parties, oversees approximately 35,000 apartment homes and more than 60 apartment communities with some 17,000 units. The company targets "affluent renters-by-choice" through its focus on luxury properties in upscale, high-growth urban areas, rather than outlying suburban complexes. In 2005 Gables Residential was acquired by a private partnership sponsored by ING Clarion Partners, a part of Dutch financial giant ING Groep.

Deerfield Capital Corp acquired Charlotte-based Nova Credit Investment Management in 2010; it now plans to merge with Commercial Industrial Finance Corp (CIFC), which has some $6 billion under management.Specialty finance company Deerfield Capital grazes on a green pasture of investments. Through its subsidiaries, Deerfield Capital Management (DCM) and Columbus Nova Credit Investments, the company invests in and manages client assets such as residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), bank loans, government securities, and asset-backed securities. They offer some 30 investment products, including separately managed accounts and a private investment fund. Deerfield has some $9.4 billion of assets under management.

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 1984 and became a public REIT when the trusts were introduced in Canada in 1993. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) owns or has stakes in more than 150 industrial, retail, and office properties in urban areas throughout Canada as well as one retail property in Chicago. The company's holdings total more than 20 million sq. ft. of leasable space; industrial properties consist of nearly 8 million sq. ft. and retail properties make up more than 6 million sq. ft., while office properties comprise the remainder. Most of its properties are located in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Seeking somebody to manage your multifamily properties? Don't skip Riverstone. Riverstone Residential provides third-party management services of apartment communities for property investors. It oversees some 650 high-rise, midrise, and garden-style properties (approximately 200,000 individual units) in major markets thoughout the US. Services include leasing and marketing, due diligence, resident screening, and debt collection. Riverstone serves institutional investors such as BlackRock as well as smaller investors such as Hamilton Zanze. The company was established when Trammell Crow Residential spun its property management business off in 2006.

Republic State Mortgage stand? Why ... liberty and mortgages for all, of course. The lender provides fixed rate, adjustable rate, and jumbo residential mortgages to help borrowers purchase new homes or to refinance existing ones. It also offers mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration. Republic State Mortgage operates nearly 20 offices in Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. It's licensed to do business (or exempt from licensing) in more than a dozen other states. Founded in 1994, Republic State Mortgage is owned by chairman and CEO Robert Wagnon and is a member of Lenders One, a national cooperative of independent mortgage bankers.

Among the country's largest real estate investment trusts (REITs), Mack-Cali Realty Corporation is a leading owner, manager, and developer of class A office properties. The Company's property portfolio consists of approximately 32.2 million square feet of primarily office and office/flex buildings in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as close to 11 million square feet of land to accommodate additional commercial development.With debt-free ownership of the bulk of its portfolio, Mack-Cali is able to offer a faster and more streamlined leasing process. In addition, the Company is vertically integrated, providing a full range of leasing, property management, construction, legal, space planning, and architectural services. Mack-Cali’s strong financial position, superior properties, and award-winning building management all combine to instill confidence in even the most challenging of markets. Explore this section to find out why Mack-Cali office buildings are home to some of the world's finest companies.

Foremark helps its clients in the restaurant industry choose and develop properties across the US. The firm provides advisory, brokerage, contracting, and other services. Foremark Development Services offers management services for restaurant construction and development. The company has served such diverse clients as CEC Entertainment (Chuck E. Cheese pizza parlors), California Pizza Kitchen, Roy's Restaurants, and Panda Express.

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.

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