Urbas makes a living for itself by making living places for others. Urbas Guadahermosa primarily develops residential communities in Spain. It builds detached houses and multifamily properties throughout the country including Madrid, Guadalajara, Asturias, and Salamanca. The company has also developed homes in Morocco and plans further expansion abroad. Additionally, the company has developed commercial space and parking facilities.

Highwoods Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The trust engages in leasing, management, development, construction, and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. It invests in the real estate markets of United States. The trust’s portfolio includes office, industrial, and retail properties. Highwoods Properties was founded in 1978 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Crest Nicholson is brushing up on urban life and trying to take a bite out of suburbia. The company is a residential development company with property interests primarily in central and southern England. The firm focuses on developing sustainable master-planned communities and mixed-use developments, along with urban regeneration and commercial property developments. Crest Nicholson hit troubles in 2008 when the property sector collapsed and demand for housing plummeted. The company restructured itself that year and its creditors agreed to a debt-for-equity swap. The deal gave creditors a 90% stake in the company. Crest Nicholson is now considering a handful of takeover offers.

MHI Hospitality owns seven full-service hotels operating under the Hilton, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, and Crowne Plaza brands in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern US. The company also holds a minority stake in another hotel, has two under development, and owns leasehold interests in common areas of the Shell Island Resort in Wilmington, North Carolina. MHI Hotel Services, which spun off MHI Hospitality in 2004, manages the REIT's properties. Executive officers and board members of MHI Hospitality collectively own more than a quarter of the company.

The Lion Group was established in the 1930’s and today, has operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, USA, Mexico, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Its main businesses are steel, motor, tyre, computer, plantation, retail and property development. Since 1992, the Group has also ventured into China with operations in the retail, automotive and tyre businesses.

Abbey plc develops residential properties -- mainly single-family homes and apartments -- in the UK, Ireland, and the Czech Republic. Its homebuilding division sells more than 450 homes annually, with an average selling price in the neighborhood of E184,000 ($225,000). Abbey experienced fewer home sales at lower prices during the economic recession. Homebuilding in Prague also was delayed due to economic conditions. The company's M&J Engineering subsidiary manages and leases industrial plants and equipment. Chairman Charles Gallagher, through Gallagher Holdings, controls about 41% of Abbey.

Asia Standard International Group Limited - Stock Code: 0129 ("ASI") is a Hong Kong listed company which is engaged in the property investment and development of commercial, retail and residential properties in Hong Kong and the PRC. Through a listed subsidiary - Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited - Stock Code: 0292 ("ASH"), ASI also indirectly invests and operates four hotels - three in Hong Kong and one in Canada, one travel agency in Hong Kong and two franchised restaurants in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Higgins Development Partners has created over $5 billion in development value, delivering comprehensive real estate development services to a wide range of corporate, institutional and governmental clients throughout the United States and Canada.

CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR) delivers powerful, network-rich data centers that optimize, secure and interconnect the mission-critical IT assets of the world's top organizations. 600+ customers, including Global 1000 enterprises, cloud providers, financial firms, and Government agencies, choose CoreSite for reliability, service and expertise in delivering customized, flexible data center solutions. CoreSite offers private data centers and suites, cage-to-cabinet colocation, and interconnection services, such as Any2, CoreSite's Internet exchange. The company's portfolio comprises more than two million square feet, including space held for redevelopment and development, and provides access to over 200+ network service providers via 11 data centers in seven key U.S. economic centers.

Countryside Properties develops real estate in the UK, including multi- and single-family homes, community centers, and mixed-use facilities. It specializes in developing sustainable communities and the regeneration of urban and rural properties. Countryside Properties primarily operates in and around London, but it is expanding into the West Midlands. Major initiatives the company has tackled include the renovation of Anglia Polytechnic University in Essex and the regeneration of Canning Town in London. The firm, which was founded in 1958, is co-owned by the family of chairman and co-founder Alan Cherry (through Copthorn Holdings) and Bank of Scotland.

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