Forest City Ratner Companies maintains a strong commitment to developments that enhance local communities and encourage economic development. Based in Brooklyn, Forest City Ratner Companies is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate company with expertise in all facets of development. It is well known as a firm that consistently takes on and completes large, complex mixed-use projects.

A slumping real estate market and mounting debt has forced the struggling firm into a $10 billion restructuring plan and in 2008 it announced plans to sell stakes in several of its holdings, including shopping mall developer Riofisa and France's Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise.Inmobiliaria Colonial is a holding company with lots of holdings, but some may slip from its grasp. The real estate firm develops, owns, and manages premium office buildings, shopping centers, and business parks, mainly in Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona. Colonial is also involved in housing development. Its holdings total more than 3 million sq. m. of leasable space, plus approximately 1.5 million sq. m. of land.

Duke Realty Corporation operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. It offers leasing, property and asset management, development, construction, build-to-suit, and other tenant-related services. As of December 31, 2006, Duke Realty owned approximately 721 industrial, office, and retail properties comprising 113.8 million rentable square feet, as well as owned 6,400 acres of unencumbered land for development. The company has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax purposes, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with regional offices in Alexandria, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Nashville, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; and Tampa and Weston, Florida.

Cafaro Company hits the long ball with its small-town malls and shopping centers. Cafaro develops, owns, and operates approximately 50 retail properties in about a dozen states in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and Northwest US. The facilities total more than 30 million sq. ft. of leasable commercial space. Some malls feature adjacent entertainment facilities, such as the 6,400-seat baseball stadium for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers behind a Cafaro Company mall in Niles, Ohio. Founded in the 1940s by William M. Cafaro, the company is still owned and operated by the family, which is involved in local and state politics.

CeGeREAL was formed in 1999 as Commerz Grundbesitz France. Commerz Real is the company's main shareholder. CeGeREAL is keepin' it real in the Île-de-France. The SIIC (known in the US as a real estate investment trust) owns and rents office space in the Île-de-France, more commonly called the Paris Region. CeGeREAL's assets are valued at nearly E940 million ($1.3 billion). Its portfolio includes the Europlaza at La Défense, which is comprised of two upscale office towers that house such high profile tenants as CapGemini and GE Capital. CeGeREAL also owns three buildings at the Arcs De Seine (home to France's mobile phone carrier Bouygues Telecom) and Rives de Bercy (wholly occupied by Crédit Foncier).

Panattoni develops, leases and owns, industrial, office and retail projects in more than 175 cities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. The company client list includes over 500 companies. Panattoni has expanded and enhanced relationships with tenants, brokers and investors across all sectors of the commercial real estate market.

The people of Cassidy Turley have advocated for there clients like more than 100 years. they have 427 million square feet of managed space, 60 offices, 21 national markets, and more than $13 billion in completed transactions for 2009. We also are a dominant provider of Capital Markets and Corporate Services—serving more than 25,000 locations.

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.

Countrywide is the UK's leading provider of integrated property services, employing around 10,000 personnel nationwide. Its UK network of local brands provides both corporate clients and home movers with a comprehensive range of property related solutions, delivered with valuable local expertise. As the UK's largest estate agency, Countrywide is accessible to all UK home movers, with approximately 1,300 estate agency or lettings offices operating under 46 local high street brands. Our financial services division includes the largest UK mortgage brokerage with around 650 mortgage consultants. We also offer expert advice on life and general insurance along with access to quality financial products.

Entertainment Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), develops, owns, leases, and finances entertainment and related properties in the United States and Canada. Its properties include megaplex theatres, entertainment retail centers, and destination recreational and specialty properties. As of December 31, 2007, the company had a real estate portfolio of 79 megaplex theatre properties located in 26 states in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada; 1 additional theatre property under development; 8 entertainment retail centers located in Westminster, Colorado, New Rochelle, New York, White Plains, New York, Burbank, California, and Ontario, Canada; and 1 additional entertainment retail center under development and land parcels leased to restaurant and retail operators. Entertainment Properties Trust qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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