Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) actually doesn't limit itself to hotel properties. The property investment, development, and management company has real estate holdings including hotels, condominiums, shopping centers, and office buildings in Asia, Australia, and Europe. It owns about 20 upscale hotels with a combined 4,000 rooms in tourist destinations, including resorts in Bali, Singapore, and the Maldives. Its hotel brands include Four Seasons and Hilton. Subsidiaries HPL Hotels & Resorts and Concorde Hotels and Resorts provide hotel management services.

West Bromwich Building Society teetered on the brink of collapse in 2009 before it struck a debt-for-equity deal with creditors. The West Brom also made workforce cuts and pulled the plug on pension benefits in order to cut costs. The society is looking into a number of corporate changes, including a possible headquarters move, name change, and/or expansion into Birmingham.One of the 10 largest building societies in the UK, West Bromwich Building Society (aka the West Brom) has about 50 branches in the West Midlands region of England. It provides home mortgages and a variety of savings products (including ISAs. Struggling under the weight of bad subprime, buy-to-let, and commercial property loans.

Ventas, Inc. owns about 600 health care properties, including some 250 senior housing communities, about 200 skilled nursing facilities, and some 150 hospitals and medical office buildings. Its properties are located throughout the US and in two Canadian provinces; California and Illinois are its largest markets. Ventas leases more than a third of its properties to long-term care providers Sunrise Senior Living, Brookdale Senior Living, and Kindred Healthcare.

Marden Homes purchases land, constructs homes and apartments, and carries out major refurbishments and extensions. Its developments range from midsized extensions to housing association projects. The company acquires residential and commercial properties for development throughout Greater London and the Home Counties. Marden also provides refurbishment, extension, and design services.

Kenmore invests in and develops commercial properties throughout the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. The company acquires (independently and in joint-venture arrangements) land for development as well as existing buildings for refurbishment; its portfolio is comprised of industrial, office, and retail properties. Kenmore, in a partnership with other investors, controls a 93-store grocery chain in Sweden; it also holds interests in France and Norway. Chairman John Kennedy founded Kenmore in 1986. Kenmore announced a restructuring in 2009, placing 21 companies in its group into administration and two other into receivership.

Hatteras Financial Corp. Company Profile Hatteras Financial hopes for smooth sailing on the sometimes tumultuous seas of mortgage investing. The company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate single-family residential mortgages guaranteed by a US government agency or a government-backed company such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac. Hatteras Financial's investment portfolio, valued at some $7 billion, consists mostly of hybrid adjustable-rate loans with terms of three to five years. Hatteras Financial is externally managed by Atlantic Capital Advisors.

Abbey plc develops residential properties -- mainly single-family homes and apartments -- in the UK, Ireland, and the Czech Republic. Its homebuilding division sells more than 450 homes annually, with an average selling price in the neighborhood of E184,000 ($225,000). Abbey experienced fewer home sales at lower prices during the economic recession. Homebuilding in Prague also was delayed due to economic conditions. The company's M&J Engineering subsidiary manages and leases industrial plants and equipment. Chairman Charles Gallagher, through Gallagher Holdings, controls about 41% of Abbey.

This group of village people operates apartment communities, not onstage at a revival show. Village Green develops and manages luxury, middle-market and senior apartment communities in about a dozen states. The firm's portfolio includes some 35,000 units in more than 130 properties branded as City Apartments, Regents Park, Village Green, and Village Park communities. Village Green also provide consulting to, and manages multifamily communities for, other property owners. Joseph Holtzman, the grandfather of CEO Jonathan Holtzman

Younan Properties Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Phoenix is a commercial real estate investment company focused on leveraging our expertise to improve underperforming properties. Younan Properties specializes in acquiring, repositioning and managing office buildings within the top 10 markets of the U.S.Utilizing proprietary market analyses, we combine an understanding of property management, leasing management and specific market insights. The result is our ability to improve underperforming assets. We have the expertise to proactively make value-added property improvements, accelerate leasing efforts to attract tenants, manage operating costs and generate more efficient utilization of acquired buildings.

Killam Properties Inc, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is one of Canada's largest residential landlords, owning and operating multi-family apartments and manufactured home communities (MHC). Killam's 124 apartment properties are located in Atlantic Canada's six major urban centres. The Company's 55 manufactured home communities, or land lease communities, are located across the country.

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