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.

Acadia owns or has interests in some 80 properties -- mostly shopping centers anchored by a grocery store, drug store, or big box store -- that contain more than 10 million sq. ft. of leasable space. It also has investments in self-storage properties, mortgage loans, and other real estate interests. The company's largest tenants include A&P, SUPERVALU, The TJX Companies, and Wal-Mart.A self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), Acadia Realty acquires, redevelops, and manages retail properties in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest. The REIT specializes in community shopping centers and mixed-use properties in urban areas.

Brookfield Properties is making big ripples in the commercial property market. Doing business as Brookfield Office Properties, the company owns stakes in about 100 commercial properties around the world. It primarily invests in properties in large cities including Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, Calgary, Toronto, and Washington, DC. The company's portfolio totals some 70 million sq. ft. and includes most of Manhattan's World Financial Center; Brookfield also has a handful of properties in the development pipeline. Tenants include Merrill Lynch, CIBC, JPMorgan Chase, and Target Corporation. Brookfield plans to spin off its residential property assets to concentrate on expanding its global office portfolio.

Sperry Van Ness is very big on commercial real estate. The company's services include brokerage, asset management, financial services, and property management. Sperry Van Ness touts its technology-driven method of marketing its clients' real estate assets -- including multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and hospitality properties -- to thousands of outside brokers and investors. Sperry Van Ness has expanded rapidly, from serving some nine US markets in 2001 to more than 150 markets in 2008. It also operates international offices in Costa Rica and Panama.

Big Yellow Group may conjure up an image of giant bananas, but they want their storage properties to be the main appeal. The company owns and operates some 60 self-storage facilities in the UK (and has several more under development), most of which are located in London. Closing in on 3.5 million square feet of space, Big Yellow acquires and develops its distinctive big yellow storage sites at highly visible locations; it offers 24-hour security and unlimited visits to it customers. Expanding outside the UK, the company has acquired property in the United Arab Emirates. In 2009, Big Yellow acquired the 10-unit Armadillo Self Storage portfolio. Big Yellow became a real estate investment trust (REIT) in 2007.

Wharf has a raft of real estate businesses to keep it well afloat. The Hong Kong-based conglomerate is built on commercial and residential property development, trading, and management. Its flagship properties, the Harbour City and Hong Kong Times Square real estate complexes (including hotels, offices, and shops), generate the bulk of its rental income. It also has stakes in shipping terminals and cable TV providers. Majority-owned i-CABLE provides cable and broadband service for Hong Kong residents; Modern Terminals provides shipping terminal services in southern China. The company also operates ferry and tramway services. Wheelock and Company, controlled by tycoon Peter Woo, owns a 50% stake in Wharf.

Kenmore invests in and develops commercial properties throughout the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. The company acquires (independently and in joint-venture arrangements) land for development as well as existing buildings for refurbishment; its portfolio is comprised of industrial, office, and retail properties. Kenmore, in a partnership with other investors, controls a 93-store grocery chain in Sweden; it also holds interests in France and Norway. Chairman John Kennedy founded Kenmore in 1986. Kenmore announced a restructuring in 2009, placing 21 companies in its group into administration and two other into receivership.

Douglas Jemal was born in Brooklyn, New York, and came to Washington, DC, in 1966. Mr. Jemal began his career in the retail trade with a small store on 7th Street, NW. He soon expanded into the electronics and music business. By the mid-1980’s he had created one of the most successful retail electronics chains in the nation.

Stratus Properties Inc., a real estate company, engages in the acquisition, development, management, operation, and sale of commercial, multi-family, and residential real estate properties located primarily in the Austin, Texas area. The company also owns undeveloped commercial property in San Antonio, Texas. As of December 31, 2009, its investment in real estate includes approximately 2,273 acres of land located in Austin, Texas. The principal holdings consisted of 1,513 acres of residential, multi-family, and commercial property; and 122 developed residential estate lots within the Barton Creek community. Stratus Properties also holds approximately 35 acres of commercial property under development and 352 acres of undeveloped commercial property within the Circle C Ranch (Circle C) community

EBL&S Development and affiliates have operated as real estate development, acquisition and management companies under the control of a senior leadership team that has been in place continuously for over 35 years. Over the past three and a half decades, the EBL&S group of companies has developed, redeveloped, managed, financed, refinanced and/or restructured over 200 commercial projects. During the height of the real estate market from 2004 through early 2008, EBL&S was an active seller of properties, disposing of holdings at the highest prices in the company's history.

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