Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation, with approximately 7 million acres in major timber producing regions of the United States. We continually assess the value of the trees growing on our lands, the value of the natural resources (rocks, sand, minerals, oil and gas) that reside beneath the surface, and the value of the land itself. Our job, as stewards of these assets, is to maximize the value of each of them. Plum Creek Timber company produces lumber, plywood and medium density fiberboard (MDF) in our wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest. Plum Creek also operates a real estate development business known as Township 110 Land Company, a taxable REIT subsidiary. Plum Creek employs more than 1,250 people across 19 states.

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.

Eurosic now focuses on major growth. The real estate division of French savings bank group Caisse d'Epargne controls a portfolio worth some E1.4 billion ($1.8 billion). Its properties consist mostly of commercial office buildings such as St. Christophe and Avant Seine. Eurosic also owns the Club Med resort in Deux Alpes and several refrigerated warehouses. The company, which was founded in 1976, bought Vectrane in 2007. The deal marked a change in direction for Eurosic and it sold many of its assets that didn't meet its new strategy. It has since been busy buying new office properties in the western business district of Paris.

Cheltenham & Gloucester (C&G) is a mortgage services and savings account provider with some 165 branches in the UK. Cheltenham & Gloucester is a division of Lloyds Banking Group, which was formed in 2009 when struggling banks Lloyds TSB and HBOS joined forces. Still beset by losses, Lloyds announced plans to close the entire C&G branch network (and cut some 1,660 jobs). Lloyds later said it would sell the mortgage unit rather than shut it down; it will continue to offer C&G-branded services via telephone, mail, or from one of more than 1,800 Lloyds branches. C&G was established as a mutual building society in 1850 and acquired by Lloyds in 1997.

Hatteras Financial Corp. Company Profile Hatteras Financial hopes for smooth sailing on the sometimes tumultuous seas of mortgage investing. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate single-family residential mortgages guaranteed by a US government agency or a government-backed company such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac. Hatteras Financial's investment portfolio, valued at some $7 billion, consists mostly of hybrid adjustable-rate loans with terms of three to five years. Hatteras Financial is externally managed by Atlantic Capital Advisors.

Equity One, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, management, acquisition, renovation, and development of neighborhood and community shopping centers in the United States. Its shopping centers are anchored by supermarkets, drug stores, or discount retail store chains. As of December 31, 2006, the company’s property portfolio consisted of 179 properties, including 166 shopping centers, 6 development parcels, and 7 non-retail properties. As a REIT, Equity One would not be subject to federal tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in North Miami Beach, Florida with an additional office in Israel.

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) is a publicly owned equity real estate investment trust. The firm manages owns, manages, develops, acquires, and leases mall and power and strip centers primarily in the Eastern United States. It also provides management, leasing, and development services to affiliate and third party property owners. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust was founded in 1960 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Emaar Properties PJSC is rapidly evolving to become a global provider of premier lifestyles. A Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company, Emaar is listed on the Dubai Financial Market and is part of the Dow Jones Arabia Titans Index In tandem with Dubai's rapid growth, Emaar has been shaping landscapes and lives in the Emirate since the company's inception in 1997. Not just building homes, Emaar develops value-added, master-planned communities that meet the homebuyers' full spectrum of lifestyle needs. A pioneer of innovative community-living concepts, Emaar is the prime mover of the Emirate's real estate and construction sector.

Strategic Hotels & Resorts (SHR) is a busy BEE when it comes to hospitality. The self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), which is traded under the symbol BEE, owns or has interests in more than 15 upscale and luxury hotels (some 8,000 rooms) in the US, Europe, and Mexico. It also leases a handful of hotel properties from landlords in Europe. SHR also owns land for development, which is adjacent to existing hotel resorts. Affiliated brands include Four Seasons, Hyatt, InterContinental, and Marriott. Focused on the asset management aspect of its properties, SHR relies on third-party management companies to handle day-to-day operations at its hotels.

EBL&S Development and affiliates have operated as real estate development, acquisition and management companies under the control of a senior leadership team that has been in place continuously for over 35 years. Over the past three and a half decades, the EBL&S group of companies has developed, redeveloped, managed, financed, refinanced and/or restructured over 200 commercial projects. During the height of the real estate market from 2004 through early 2008, EBL&S was an active seller of properties, disposing of holdings at the highest prices in the company's history.

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