Shaftesbury PLC,the real estate investment trust (REIT) buys, redevelops, and leases property in London's fashionable West End. It owns more than 400 mixed-use buildings, primarily in the Carnaby Street, Covent Garden, and Chinatown districts. Its portfolio includes more than 300 shops and 150 restaurants and bars, as well as about 500,000 sq. ft. of office space. Shaftesbury also leases more than 300 apartments located on the upper floors of some of its commercial properties. Its restaurant and retail tenants, however, account for most of its income. Peter Levy founded the company in 1986 by acquiring 32 properties in Chinatown, and he took Shaftesbury public a year later.

Wilshire Enterprises, Inc. engages in acquiring, owning, and managing real estate properties and real estate related securities in the United States. It owns residential and commercial properties, including multi-family properties, office space, retail space, and land located in the states of Arizona, Texas, and New Jersey. The company was formerly known as Wilshire Oil Company of Texas and changed its name to Wilshire Enterprises, Inc. in June 2003. Wilshire Enterprises was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey.

Thakral Corporation Ltd is in the consumer electronics distribution business as well as strategic property and equity investments. Presently, China (including Hong Kong) and India are the Group's key markets for its products. Under its extensive consumer brand portfolio are global names such as Apple, Canon, Casio, Fuji, Hewlet-Packard, Kodak, Lenovo, Nikon, Nokia, Orion, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony.

Great Portland Estates is a central London property investment and development company owning over £1.5 billion of real estate.Great Portland Estates invests in, develops, renovates, and manages commercial real estate in central London, primarily in the West End. Its core focus is office property, but the company increasingly invests in retail properties; tenants include banks, corporations, retailers, and government entities. Great Portland actively buys, sells, and upgrades its properties; it also develops properties jointly with other investors.

FAS was founded in 1996 and is a subsidiary of Canadian real estate services company FirstService Corporation.One homeowner's loss to foreclosure is this company's gain. Based in Austin, Texas, Field Asset Services (FAS) provides residential property preservation, repair, and maintenance services for mortgage and asset management companies nationwide -- services include re-keying and securing properties, preparing properties for sale, repairs, and rehabilitation. The company's service portfolio includes 85,000 properties worth an estimated $6.5 billion.

Grainger is one of the UK's largest public residential property investment firms Established in Newcastle in 1912, Grainger directly owns £2.1bn of property assets and has £2.8bn of property assets under management. Grainger is also the property manager for approximately 26,400 properties in the UK and Germany.

Ellicott Development Company is a multi-faceted, fully integrated Property Management, Leasing and Development Firm with the “In-House” capacity to provide legal, administrative, financial, management, accounting, development, site selection, site assemblage, architectural design and drafting services, construction, leasing, maintenance, janitorial and security services.

The Shaner Hotel Group buys, renovates, repositions, re-brands, and builds hotels. The company owns and manages more than 20 hotels containing around 3,500 rooms in 15 states, mainly in the East and the South. Shaner's hotels are affiliated with several major brands, including Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Marriott, and Radisson. In addition to maintaining its existing portfolio of hotels, the company also is working together with investors and colleges and universities to develop new hotels on or near campuses. Shaner is affiliated with business services outsourcing firm Shaner Solutions.

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (MREIC) is a real estate investment trust. It owns, manages, and leases properties to investment-grade tenants on long-term leases. The firm invests in the public equity and real estate markets of the United States. It primarily invests in industrial properties and holds a portfolio of REIT securities. Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Freehold, New Jersey.

Warner Estate invests in and manages UK commercial properties, specializing in retail, office, and industrial holdings. It invests in and manages property funds, including the Agora Shopping Centre Fund and the Skipper Regional Office Fund (both joint ventures with The Bank of Scotland). Investment vehicle Trefick owns 24% of Warner Estates. Warner sealed a $320.9 million (169.7 million) joint bid with Anglo Irish Bank for industrial property investor Ashtenne in April 2005; less than a year later it said it would buy out Anglo Irish Bank's 50% interest.

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