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.

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.

The Company, through its AMREP Southwest Inc. subsidiary, is a major landholder and leading developer of real estate in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It is the founder of Rio Rancho, which is the third largest city in New Mexico, and the current focus of its activity there is on the entitlement, development and sale of land for residential, commercial and industrial uses.

In House Group plc’s aim is to establish itself as a foremost property investment, trading and development company procuring profitable niche market investments and portfolios and breaking them up or trading them on for profit.The company also brokers the sale of real estate and invests in lodging properties outside of the UK. In House is the latest in a diverse string of investment vehicles -- cash shells taken public and used to launch reverse takeovers -- spearheaded by entrepreneur and Manchester United director Michael Edelson (dubbed the "Shellmeister").

Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation, with approximately 7 million acres in major timber producing regions of the United States. We continually assess the value of the trees growing on our lands, the value of the natural resources (rocks, sand, minerals, oil and gas) that reside beneath the surface, and the value of the land itself. Our job, as stewards of these assets, is to maximize the value of each of them. Plum Creek Timber company produces lumber, plywood and medium density fiberboard (MDF) in our wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest. Plum Creek also operates a real estate development business known as Township 110 Land Company, a taxable REIT subsidiary. Plum Creek employs more than 1,250 people across 19 states.

Founded in 1993, Franklin American Mortgage Company (FAMC), a privately-held mortgage banking firm located in Franklin, Tennessee, is a full-service professional mortgage banker licensed to provide residential mortgages across the nation. FAMC, which offers a host of diverse, flexible mortgage packages for customers with a variety of backgrounds and needs, is committed to helping families and individuals achieve the dream of home ownership through its three divisions: retail, wholesale and correspondent. An emerging leader in the mortgage industry, Franklin American Mortgage Company is fast becoming a preferred lender for consumers and mortgage professionals across the country. The Company’s Correspondent Lending division was designed to service small to large lenders across the nation. The Correspondent Lending division was created to harness FAMC’s growing national presence to provide high-quality services and products to these institutions and their customers. This will help smaller lenders compete with larger “mega banks” in an increasingly tight market.The Company’s Wholesale division funds and underwrites loans for mortgage brokers, offering efficiency and scalability through superior technology. FAMC’s Retail division offers individuals throughout the United States the opportunity to work directly with the Company to secure a mortgage.FAMC offers borrowers, brokers and lenders the strength and security of a forward-thinking national mortgage company, dedicated to remaining an industry trendsetter. FAMC truly values its relationship with each customer and mortgage professional they work with, maintaining a company tradition of responsiveness and personalized service characteristic of a much smaller organization. This philosophy has enabled FAMC to become one of the fastest growing mortgage bankers in the nation.This growth rate has enabled Franklin American to become a six-time recipient of the Inc. 500 Award, subsequently entering the Company into the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame. Additionally, the Company has twice been recognized by Business Nashville Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in middle Tennessee and was awarded top honors for the Small Business Award by the Nashville Business Journal. The Company is also a three time recipient of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and The Tennessean Music City Future 50 Award.Franklin American Mortgage Company is based in Franklin, TN with offices throughout the country. The company is FHA Direct Endorsed, VA Automatic, a LAPP authority and a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae Approved seller/servicer.

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.

Scannell Development, operating as Scannell Properties, is a developer and owner of office and industrial facilities, such as office showrooms, distribution centers, and bulk distribution terminals throughout the US and Canada. The company typically provides full-service, build-to-suit services at multiple sites for its clients. It has developed properties in about 36 states and Canada, with plans to expand beyond North America. Scannell Properties has an in-house architecture and property development team but outsources most of the construction work to local service providers.

Boston Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and development of office properties. Its properties are located in Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; midtown Manhattan, New York; San Francisco, California; and Princeton, New Jersey. As of December 31, 2008, the company owned interests in 147 properties, totaling approximately 49.8 million net rentable square feet and structured parking for vehicles containing approximately 11.2 million square feet. Its properties also included 143 office properties, 1 hotel, and 3 retail properties. In addition, the company owned or controlled an undeveloped land totaling approximately 509.3 acres. Boston Properties, Inc. has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income taxes, if it distributes approximately at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Boston Properties, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

n the 1930s, the late Teo Teck Huat founded a building construction business. A historical landmark project is the original Cathay Cinema. Following the incorporation of the Company in 1970 under the name Teo Teck Huat Enterprises (Private) Limited, the Group continues to expand in the building construction and property development business. Subsequently, it changed its name to Teo Teck Huat Investments Pte Ltd and later to Amara Holdings Pte Ltd. Amara Holdings Limited was listed on SGX Sesdaq on 15 August 1997 and transferred to SGX Mainboard on 10 July 2000.

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