The Shelter Group was founded in 1977.The Shelter Group can give you shelter (or more likely sell it to you). The company invests in, develops, renovates, and manages residential real estate in the eastern US. Its $2 billion portfolio, including assets managed for others, spans about a dozen states and consists primarily of multifamily and senior living communities. Apartment communities range from affordable to mid-market to luxury level, and senior housing properties (Park View and Bright View communities) range from more independent to assisted-living models. Many of the company's properties are located in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

Bresler & Reiner, Inc. engages in the acquisition, development, and ownership of commercial, residential, and hospitality real estate in the United States. It has operations in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Houston, Texas; and the Tampa and Orlando, Florida metropolitan areas. The company is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

In the real estate industry, Casto is more than a development company. We are a privately held, fully integrated real estate services firm dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of client service. With eighty years of successful development and management of commercial, industrial and residential real estate, we continue to utilize our core competencies, market strengths and competitive advantages in ways that produce substantial returns, both financial and non-financial, for our clients, investors, partners and the communities in which our projects are located. We are a team of more than 300 associates who bring diverse talents, perspectives and experience to the Casto name and believe that the best efforts are rewarded with the best results.

Tops Estates thinks shopping on high street is, well, the tops. The commercial real estate investor owns, renovates, and manages city shopping centers in England; its more than a half dozen commercial properties include the West 12 Centre in London and the Oasis retail park in Corby. Company founder and wealthy UK businessman Everard Goodman sold Tops Estates (a formerly-listed enterprise) to Land Securities Group for approximately $970 million (517.2 million) in 2005; the corporate acquisition was Land Securities' first in nearly four decades.

Artery’s reputation for the development of local landmark projects such as Artery Plaza, Democracy Plaza, Arlington Courthouse, Germantown Town Center, and Fairfax Government Center has enabled us to create and maintain strong relationships with local builders, landowners, fellow developers and governmental authorities. Our joint ventures include partnerships with large public companies such as Ryland Homes, NVR, Beazer Homes, private builders such as Clark Realty Capital, and individual landowners and investors.

Alexander's knows what's great about real estate. The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns, manages, and leases about a half-dozen properties totaling about 3.5 million sq. ft. in metropolitan New York City. Once a department store chain, Alexander's held on to its property interests, including the site of its erstwhile flagship store -- an entire block on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue. The REIT leases space at the mixed-use Lexington site to tenants such as Bloomberg, Citibank, The Home Depot, and The Container Store. The Lexington site is also home to about 100 condominiums. Bloomberg accounts for about a third of the REIT's sales.

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.

Manhattan Loft Corporation (MLC) buys disused industrial buildings and warehouses and converts them into residential lofts. When developers were faced with a shortage of residential land in the UK, chief executive Harry Handelsman found inspiration -- and opportunity -- in the lofts of New York's SoHo neighborhood. He is credited with introducing loft living to London with the establishment of MLC in 1992. The firm also builds some of its properties outright, and has started building office and mixed-use projects. MLC has built properties in England, Wales, and Germany.

Investors Real Estate Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership and operation of income-producing real estate properties in the United States. It owns multi-family residential properties and commercial office, medical, industrial, and retail properties located primarily in the upper midwest states of Minnesota and North Dakota. As of April 30, 2008, the company operated a real estate portfolio of 72 multi-family residential; 65 office; 48 medical; 17 industrial; and 33 retail properties. Investors Real Estate Trust has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, the trust is not subject to federal corporate income taxes, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Minot, North Dakota with additional offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas City, Kansas, and St. Louis, Missouri.

Capital Builders capitalizes on buildings to build capital. The company develops commercial real estate and provides property and asset management services for private, corporate, and institutional investors. It has developed and managed more than 1 million sq. ft. of space, primarily in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Its portfolio includes business parks (including the 182,000 sq. ft. Highlands Eighty Commerce Center), office buildings, and industrial properties. Capital Builders provides asset and building management to investors who take direct ownerships, private partnerships, or limited liability partnerships in the properties.

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