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.

Divaris Real Estate is part of the Divaris Group. Divaris Real Estate was founded in South Africa (where it still maintains an office) in 1974.Divaris Real Estate provides corporate, industrial, and retail property management services, including leasing, brokerage, and consultation, for clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Operating from about a dozen offices, the company oversees a portfolio of around 24 million sq. ft. of space. The firm also assists companies with expansion programs, entry into new markets, and investment sales. Along with Divaris Property Management.

Taconic Investment Partners invests in and manages commercial real estate in the New York metropolitan area. It owns about 10 office, multifamily residential, and mixed-use properties totaling more than 7 million sq. ft. of space in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Coney Island. The company's Taconic Management division handles property management, leasing, and construction management duties. Founded in 1997 by co-CEOs Charles Bendit and Paul Pariser, Taconic Investment Partners has also owned properties in Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, DC.

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.

Beitler Commercial Realty Services has been responsible for many of the largest lease and sale transactions in Southern California. Our strategically located offices in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Irvine, Palm Desert, and Marin County service all areas of Los Angeles, Ventura County, Orange County, the San Fernando Valley, the Inland Empire, San Diego, and San Francisco. To stay constantly competitive, Beitler maintains an extensive market research staff, which provides up to-date analysis essential for successful marketing strategies. Our state-of-the-art database provides information on current market trends, building data and demographics.

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 1984 and became a public REIT when the trusts were introduced in Canada in 1993. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) owns or has stakes in more than 150 industrial, retail, and office properties in urban areas throughout Canada as well as one retail property in Chicago. The company's holdings total more than 20 million sq. ft. of leasable space; industrial properties consist of nearly 8 million sq. ft. and retail properties make up more than 6 million sq. ft., while office properties comprise the remainder. Most of its properties are located in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Asia Standard International Group Limited - Stock Code: 0129 ("ASI") is a Hong Kong listed company which is engaged in the property investment and development of commercial, retail and residential properties in Hong Kong and the PRC. Through a listed subsidiary - Asia Standard Hotel Group Limited - Stock Code: 0292 ("ASH"), ASI also indirectly invests and operates four hotels - three in Hong Kong and one in Canada, one travel agency in Hong Kong and two franchised restaurants in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Gladstone Land's cash crop. Operating through its subsidiaries, Gladstone Land is an externally managed real estate investment firm that owns two farms in California. It leases its properties -- which cover about 960 acres -- to Dole Fresh Vegetables, a subsidiary of Dole Foods. Since 2004 Dole has used the firm's farmland to grow fruit crops like strawberries, as well as various types of vegetables. Recently, Gladstone has been taking steps to grow its business and is seeking to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It intends to acquire additional leasable farmland and is also planning to set up a mortgage lending division. Founded in 1997, the firm filed to go public in mid-2010.

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.

Cafaro Company hits the long ball with its small-town malls and shopping centers. Cafaro develops, owns, and operates approximately 50 retail properties in about a dozen states in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and Northwest US. The facilities total more than 30 million sq. ft. of leasable commercial space. Some malls feature adjacent entertainment facilities, such as the 6,400-seat baseball stadium for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers behind a Cafaro Company mall in Niles, Ohio. Founded in the 1940s by William M. Cafaro, the company is still owned and operated by the family, which is involved in local and state politics.

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