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.

Acanthe Développement is a property company with SIIC fiscal status in France and is listed on the Euronext Paris (Eurolist B segment). It also part of the IEIF – Foncières, EPRA-Europe and GPR – General Index indices. Its assets primarily comprise luxury office and commercial buildings located mainly in the central business districts of Paris. The company owns 30 buildings with a total surface area of 80,000m² including 38,100m² of office space (47.8% of total), 11,600m² of commercial premises (14% of total) and 30,470 m² of hotels and apartment hotels (38.2% of total). A total of 82.5% of the value of this portfolio is located in the central business districts of Paris, and the occupancy rate is 95%.

Icahn Enterprises L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the investment management, automotive, metals, real estate, and home fashion businesses in the United States and internationally. Its Investment Management segment provides investment advisory, and administrative and back office services to the private funds. The company’s Automotive segment offers vehicle and industrial products, including pistons, piston rings, piston pins, cylinder liners, valve seats and guides ignition products, dynamic seals, bonded piston seals, combustion and exhaust gaskets, static gaskets and seals, rigid heat shields, engine bearings, industrial bearings, bushings and washers, transmission components, brake disc pads, brake linings, brake blocks, element resistant systems protection sleeving products, acoustic shielding, flexible heat shields, brake system components, chassis products, wipers, fuel pumps, and lighting products. It primarily serves automotive and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers. Its Metals segment engages in collecting, processing, and selling ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Its ferrous products include shredded, sheared and bundled scrap metal, and other purchased scrap metals; and non-ferrous metals comprise aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, and nickel-bearing metals. The company’s Real Estate segment engages in the rental of retail, office, and industrial properties; property development and resort activities; and construction and sale of single-family and multi-family homes, lots in subdivisions and planned communities, and raw land for residential development. Its Home Fashion segment manufactures, sources, distributes, markets, and sells sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, quilts, comforters and duvet covers, towels, bed skirts and pillows, blankets, mattress pads, and kitchen towels and accessories. Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. serves as the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.

SunTrust Banks, Inc., with total assets of $174.7 billion on September 30, 2010, is one of the nation's largest financial services holding companies.Through its flagship subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, the company provides deposit, credit, trust, and investment services to a broad range of retail, business, and institutional clients. Other subsidiaries provide mortgage banking, brokerage, investment management, equipment leasing, and investment banking services.Atlanta-based SunTrust enjoys leading positions in some of the most attractive markets in the United States and also serves clients in selected markets nationally.

Health Care REIT is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in senior living and health care facilities, primarily skilled nursing and assisted-living facilities designed for older people needing help with everyday living. The trust also has investments in independent living facilities, hospitals, medical office buildings, and specialty care facilities. It owns approximately 600 properties leased to health care operators in some 40 states. Additionally, the company develops new build-to-suit properties through its HCN Development Services Group subsidiary. It also invests in mortgage loans and provides construction financing for its existing properties.

CresaPartners in Boston, the firm’s headquarters, tracks local real estate market statistics by five primary geographic submarkets—Downtown Boston, Cambridge, Route 128 North, Route 128 South, and Metro West/Route 495—with an experienced, professional staff in each specific submarket. While current market conditions are changing, we expect that it will remain a generally balanced market for the rest of this year. Companies that plan ahead still have an opportunity to lock into favorable terms, whether they are relocating or renewing and restructuring their leases. Please refer to the Boston Tenant's Guide for current market specifics such as average rental and vacancy rates.

AmREIT, Inc., a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), the company invests in, develops, and manages retail properties, primarily lifestyle centers, grocery store-anchored strip centers, and single-tenant retail properties. It owns some 50 properties in about 15 states; more than half are located in Texas. The company's preferred assets are located in dense, high-traffic areas in the suburbs of Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. The REIT's largest tenants are Kroger, DineEquity (formerly IHOP), and CVS Pharmacy. AmREIT went private in December 2008 as part of its Vision 2010 strategic plan to create a more streamlined and stable company.

Myriad Entertainment and Resorts, Inc., an investment holding company, owns and operates destination experience resorts. The company, through MER Resorts, Inc., owns 99% interest in Myriad World Resorts of Tunica, LLC, which engages in the development of the planned 513-acre resort, casino, and championship golf course in Tunica, Mississippi. It also intends to own, operate, and manage country clubs, casinos, resort amenities and facilities, real estate operations, and corporate services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tunica, Mississippi.

Innkeepers USA Trust is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in upscale and extended-stay hotel properties. (IT also invests in full-service hotels and mid-priced lodgings.) The REIT owns stakes in about 75 hotels with some 10,000 rooms in more than 20 states. Nearly all are leased by management company Island Hospitality. About half of its hotels are operated under the Residence Inn by Marriott brand. Other brands include Hampton Inn and Summerfield Suites. Laden with more than $1 billion in debt, the REIT filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2010.

Federal Realty Investment Trust operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership, management, development, and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties. As of June 30, 2005, it owned or had a majority interest in 103 community and neighborhood shopping centers, and retail mixed-use properties (excluding joint venture properties) comprising approximately 17.4 million square feet located primarily in strategic metropolitan markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and California. In addition, it had 30% interest in approximately 0.5 million square feet of retail space through its joint venture with an affiliate of Clarion Lion Properties Fund, and one apartment complex in Maryland. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT. As a REIT, it is not subject to federal income tax on taxable income that it distributes to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

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