Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 1984 and became a public REIT when the trusts were introduced in Canada in 1993. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) owns or has stakes in more than 150 industrial, retail, and office properties in urban areas throughout Canada as well as one retail property in Chicago. The company's holdings total more than 20 million sq. ft. of leasable space; industrial properties consist of nearly 8 million sq. ft. and retail properties make up more than 6 million sq. ft., while office properties comprise the remainder. Most of its properties are located in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. acquires, develops, and owns residential and commercial real estate properties through acquisitions, leases, and partnerships in the United States. The company leases apartment units to residents; leases office, industrial, and retail space to various for-profit businesses, as well as to local, state, and federal agencies; and leases trade show and exhibit space to temporary, as well as long-term tenants. In addition, its real estate properties consist of commercial properties, including office buildings, industrial warehouses, and shopping centers; apartments; and new properties, such as apartment homes. Further, the company invests in unimproved land and apartment development and construction, and mortgage loans on real estate, including first, and wraparound and junior mortgage loans. Additionally, it originates its mortgage loans, and acquires existing mortgage notes directly from builders, developers, and property owners, as well as through mortgage banking firms, commercial banks, and other qualified brokers. As of September 30, 2008, its properties consisted of 29 commercial buildings, including 20 office buildings, 5 commercial warehouses, and 4 retail centers; 51 apartment communities; and 7,425 acres of developed and undeveloped land. The company was founded in 1983 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. is a subsidiary of American Realty Investors, Inc.

Healthcare Realty Trust has the prescription for health care providers. The self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) invests in, develops, and manages medical office buildings, physician clinics, and inpatient and outpatient health care facilities. It owns about 200 properties with more than 12 million sq. ft. of space in some two-dozen states. Healthcare Realty Trust also invests in mortgages backed by health care properties and provides property management services for about 140 health care facilities. The REIT's largest tenant is HealthSouth, which accounts for more than 10% of the company's revenues.

JER Investors Trust Inc., a specialty finance company, originates and acquires a portfolio of commercial real estate structured finance investments. Its target investments include commercial real estate structured finance products, such as commercial mortgage backed securities, mezzanine loans, and B-Note participations in mortgage loans, as well as whole commercial mortgage loans, loans to real estate companies, preferred equity, net leased real estate, and residential mortgages and related securities. JER Investors Trust Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

Prudential Connecticut Realty helps people buy and sell houses in the Constitution State, home to some of the highest-priced homes in the US. The company has more than 60 sales offices throughout the state and some 1,800 sales professionals. In addition to residential brokerage services, Prudential Connecticut Realty provides relocation services, referrals for renters, and commercial real estate services.

Unibail-Rodamco will always have Paris -- along with the rest of Europe. The commercial property investor operates shopping centers, offices and convention and exhibition halls in five regions: France, the Netherlands, Spain, Nordic countries, and central Europe. Retail space accounts for nearly 75% of its portfolio and the company has about 100 shopping centers totaling more than 3 million square meters in 13 countries. The company has more than 430,000 square meters of office space concentrated in business districts. Unibail-Rodamco also operates convention and exhibition space in Paris through a joint operation with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Zamias Services provides real estate services from Z to A. The firm invests in, leases, and manages retail and residential properties such as big-box shopping centers, malls, and apartment complexes primarily in Pennsylvania. The company also provides accounting and collection services and asset management. Zamias typically buys underperforming assets or develops in distressed areas, allowing it to turn the properties into more profitable ventures. Its owns more than 50 shopping centers, in addition to apartments, hotels, and industrial properties in about a dozen states. Affiliate company George D. Zamias Developer develops the firm's properties. Zamias Services, which is owned by the Zamias family.

Donahue Schriber Realty Group Inc., a private real estate investment trust (REIT), the company invests in, develops, redevelops, owns, manages, and leases neighborhood and community shopping centers in the western US, primarily California. It handles everything from project management to marketing of its property holdings, which typically feature grocery stores or other anchor retailers. The REIT owns and operates about 95 shopping centers totaling more than 16 million sq. ft. of leasable space. It also provides third-party management services. Donahue Schriber The late Daniel Donahue (the brother of CEO Patrick Donahue) and chairman Thomas Schriber founded the company in 1969.

The Atia Group Ltd. is and international real estate development company having its primary assets in Croatia and the United States. The company’s mission is to identify real estate development opportunities throughout the world by leveraging the company’s extensive global network, management’s expertise, experience and presence on the ground. Senior Management and its Advisors have experience in construction, property management, and development of single family homes, multi-family homes, commercial, retail, mixed-use, and master planned communities around the world.

Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 100 company-owned and affiliate offices draw from a unique platform of real estate services, practice groups and investment products to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions to real estate owners, tenants and investors. The firm’s transaction, management, consulting and investment services are supported by highly regarded proprietary market research and extensive local expertise. Through its investment subsidiaries, the company is a leading sponsor of real estate investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), mutual funds and other real estate investment funds.

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