Red Seal Development Corp. (also known as Red Seal Homes), one of Chicagoland’s leading builders of luxury homes, was founded in 1934 by Joe Horwitz. In the housing boom following World War II, Red Seal created large new residential communities in Glenview and Arlington Heights. Under Mr. Horwitz's leadership, the company followed with communities in Deerfield and Northbrook. Mr. Horwitz served as President of the company until 1977.

Boardwalk REIT often renovates the properties after it acquires them. It also subsidizes affordable housing. Down by this Boardwalk are residential apartments scattered across Canada. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (formerly Boardwalk Equities) owns and operates more than 260 multi-family properties with some 36,000 units totaling about 40 million sq. ft. of rentable space in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Properties include garden and high-rise apartments, extended-stay hotel apartments, condominiums, and townhouses.

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.

City Site Estates invests in commercial and residential property in Ireland and England. Its holdings and interests include three Holiday Inn Express hotels as well as office and retail buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow. City Site Estates trades in the residential market as well: The firm recently developed and sold five luxury apartments in Edinburgh. City Site Estates commands a portfolio of $251 million Previously listed on the London Stock Exchange, the firm was taken private by Scottish tycoon and managing director Louis Goodman (through family-owned Union Estates) in 1999.

Sabra Health Care REIT doesn't mind a little healthy competition in the real estate sector. The company, which plans to qualify as a health care real estate investment trust (REIT) beginning in 2011, owns and seeks to acquire health care properties throughout the US. Its portfolio consists of more than 80 skilled nursing centers, as well as several assisted and independent living centers and mental health centers. The facilities house about 10,000 beds and are located in 21 states. Substantially all of the properties are leased to and operated by subsidiaries of Sun Healthcare Group, which spun off its real estate assets to form Sabra Health Care REIT in 2010.

United Industrial Corporation Limited (UIC) was incorporated in Singapore in 1963 as a private company. The main business was the manufacturing and distribution of detergent and toiletry products. It was listed as a public company in 1969.The core business of the Group is property development and investment and with the acquisition of the majority equity of Singapore Land Limited, a well-established property company in 1990, the Group became a major real estate developer with a portfolio of 2.6 million sq ft of office space and 1 million sq ft of retail premise in Singapore.

HomeVestors of America, Inc., otherwise known as the "We Buy Ugly Houses®" people, is the #1 buyer of houses in the U.S.Founded in 1989, and franchising since 1996, HomeVestors has bought more than 45,000 houses. Our franchisees buy homes that are hard to sell, paying cash to owners who often are in difficult situations ... they rehab houses ... and sell and lease homes, improving neighborhoods in the process and providing opportunities for first-time homebuyers and renters.

Crest Nicholson is brushing up on urban life and trying to take a bite out of suburbia. The company is a residential development company with property interests primarily in central and southern England. The firm focuses on developing sustainable master-planned communities and mixed-use developments, along with urban regeneration and commercial property developments. Crest Nicholson hit troubles in 2008 when the property sector collapsed and demand for housing plummeted. The company restructured itself that year and its creditors agreed to a debt-for-equity swap. The deal gave creditors a 90% stake in the company. Crest Nicholson is now considering a handful of takeover offers.

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) provides mortgages, savings, personal loans, and brokerage services. One of the UK's largest mutually owned financial institutions, the group also offers insurance coverage including mortgage-payment policies and home and auto insurance. YBS operates more than 175 offices in the UK and Northern Ireland; subsidiaries include Yorkshire Guernsey, Yorkshire Key Services, and Accord Mortgages. The society merged with Chelsea Building Society in 2010 in a deal that added about 35 locations. YBS, which has more than �36 billion in assets under management, was established in 1864 as the Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Benefit Building Society.

Sumitomo Realty supplies office space and tony condos, but can also make your old house "shinchiku sokkurisan" (good as new). One of Japan's largest real estate operators, Sumitomo Realty develops and leases office buildings and sells residential units in high-rise condominiums. Its properties are located primarily in Tokyo and other metropolitan areas (Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka/Kobe, Sapporo, and Sendai); it manages more than 3.4 million sq. meters of office space.

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