Ideally, Paragon Real Estate Equity and Investment Trust would be the very model of real estate investing, but it merely is a corporate shell company. The firm is seeking investment opportunities in land development, joint ventures, other real estate companies, and retail, office, industrial, and hospitality properties. In 2008 it began investing in stock of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). Entities associated with CEO James Mastandrea control more than three-quarters of Paragon, which has expressed doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern and may seek additional investors or sell its corporate shell.

Industrial Developments International (IDI) develops, owns, manages, and leases industrial properties throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. Founded in 1989, the firm has developed more than 60 business parks containing approximately 130 million sq. ft. of space to date, including warehouse, distribution, and light manufacturing facilities. The company's investment portfolio includes some 25 million sq. ft. of space owned through development partnerships, joint ventures, and investment funds. It also manages more than 55 million sq. ft. of space for its own account and for third parties.

Eurosic now focuses on major growth. The real estate division of French savings bank group Caisse d'Epargne controls a portfolio worth some E1.4 billion ($1.8 billion). Its properties consist mostly of commercial office buildings such as St. Christophe and Avant Seine. Eurosic also owns the Club Med resort in Deux Alpes and several refrigerated warehouses. The company, which was founded in 1976, bought Vectrane in 2007. The deal marked a change in direction for Eurosic and it sold many of its assets that didn't meet its new strategy. It has since been busy buying new office properties in the western business district of Paris.

The Lightstone Group's continued growth is fueled by a passion to achieve excellence in every endeavor. While its growth has been extraordinary, the cornerstone principles of The Lightstone Group have changed very little since its inception. The company is committed to preserving its entrepreneurial culture, to conducting business with unyielding integrity and to making a positive difference in every community in which it invests.

First Mortgage issues and purchases mortgage loans. Founded in 1975, the company originates loans for the purchase or refinancing of single-family residences. The company offers conventional, jumbo, and nonconforming loans, as well as loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Veterans Administration (VA). First Mortgage has more than 15 offices in California. The company is also an approved lender of the state's Public Employees' Retirement System, its State Teachers' Retirement System, and the state Housing Finance Agency.

Welsh Property Trust, Inc. filed an initial public offering (IPO) in 2010. For lease: Industrial space in the central US. Welsh Property Trust, Inc. -- a self-managed commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) -- manages, acquires, and owns industrial and office space in about a dozen central US states, including Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa, and Michigan. The company, which operates through its Welsh Property Trust L.P. subsidiary, maintains a portfolio of more than 64 properties, including 9.3 million sq. ft. of warehousing, distribution, manufacturing, and office space. Welsh Property Trust, Inc. also offers a variety of services, including brokerage, construction, and property management, through its Welsh TRS subsidiary.

Americold Realty Trust is keeping temperatures low to make revenues grow. The company owns more than 180 temperature-controlled warehouses that are part of the supply chain serving food producers, distributors, and retailers who rent space to store frozen and perishable food products. A majority of its warehouse facilities are located in the US; they are operated by subsidiary and distribution services provider AmeriCold Logistics. Internationally, Americold Realty Trust owns and operates warehouses in Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand. The company acquired more than 50 facilities from VersaCold in 2010. Americold filed to go public, but shelved its plans that year due to market conditions.

RAIT Financial Trust ("RAIT"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust ("REIT"), manages a portfolio of real estate related assets, provides a comprehensive set of debt financing options to the real estate industry and invests in real estate related assets throughout the United States and Europe. RAIT's management uses their experience, knowledge and relationship network to seek to generate and manage real estate related investment opportunities for RAIT and for outside investors.

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.

Transwestern Realty Finance is actually Midwestern but realty finance is the name of the game. The Chicago company, a newly formed real estate investment trust (REIT), plans to originate, acquire, and manage loans and other debt backed by US commercial real estate. It plans to make most of the loans itself targeting experienced borrowers with a good track record; it will also acquire undervalued debt. The company, which filed an IPO in 2009, believes a combination of tight credit markets and government assistance programs will help it succeed. Transwestern Realty Finance will be managed by Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, which has about a dozen investment funds and nearly $4 billion in equity capital.

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