Franklin Street Properties Corp. provides real estate and investment banking/investment services in the United States. The company’s Real Estate Operations segment involves in real estate rental operations, leasing, and secured financing of real estate for interim acquisition or other property financing, as well as provides asset management, property management, property acquisitions, dispositions, and development. As of December 31, 2008, it owned and operated a portfolio of 29 real estate properties, which include 28 office buildings and 1 industrial use property. The company’s Investment Banking/Investment Services segment involves in the structuring of real estate investments and broker/dealer services that include the organization of Sponsored real estate investment trusts (REITs), the acquisition and development of real estate on behalf of Sponsored REITs, and the raising of capital to equitize the Sponsored REITs through sale of preferred stock in private placements. This segment offers investment banking/investment services primarily to institutions and high net-worth individuals. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Franklin Street Properties Corp. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) operates more than 250 long-term care and assisted-living facilities with approximately 30,000 residents in North America. Of those facilities, about 175 are located in the US, where subsidiary Extendicare Health Services operates the properties; Extendicare (Canada) operates more than 80. Extendicare REIT also offers outpatient therapy in the US through its ProStep unit and provides home health care services in Canada through ParaMed. All told, it has operations in about a dozen US states and four Canadian provinces. Extendicare REIT's Virtual Care Provider subsidiary offers interformation technology services to other long-term care providers in the US.

Atenor is narrowing its focus. The company, a real estate developer and private equity firm, operates through more than a dozen mostly real estate subsidiaries in the development, construction, and renovation of high-end office buildings. Once the properties (located in Belgium and Luxembourg) are built out and occupied, Atenor sells them for a profit, usually in one to three years. The company sold three of its investment companies in 2005 and plans to leave private equity funding completely. Once Atenor sells its investment firms, it plans to move into residential and retail development.

The JH Snyder Company offers the capacity to design, finance, entitle, build and operate various types of real estate assets. JH Snyder is able to assume the team lead role through all stages of development, or can step in at any point along the project timeline to design and entitle, commence or complete construction, manage an asset and/or provide financial and accounting expertise. The company has a fully integrated staff, including finance, construction, asset management and property management.

Captec provides equity capital for new development, opportunistic acquisitions, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse throughout the United States. Our equity investments usually range in size from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 with investment terms ranging from two to four years.The company provides property acquisition and sale services, as well as equity capital and equipment financing, to developers, investors, institutional owners, and retailers. It owns or manages a portfolio of assets worth more than $1 billion and has overseen more than $2 billion in net-leased property transactions.

In 1993, Don Barr established Donald L. Barr & Co. Inc. utilizing his specialized talents to build condominiums and cluster home communities. Don has had 16 years of experience with another Cleveland area builder where he was involved in the planning and construction of 18 communities and over 800 homes. He also served as a Builder/Developer Management Consultant for a number of local organizations and within the City of Cleveland.

Societe de la Tour Eiffel does boast an impressive portfolio of commercial real estate properties in France. The SIIC (similar to a US real estate investment trust) primarily invests in suburban offices, business parks, warehouses, light industrial buildings, and nursing homes. Its portfolio is worth more than E1.1 million ($1.6 million) and totals roughly 713,000 sq. meters of space. About half of its properties are divided between Paris and �le-de-France, while the remainder are located in other regions of France. Subsidiary Awon Asset Management oversees the company's investment strategy, land reserve development, and asset management.

Hang Lung Properties Limited (stock code: 101), the property arm of Hang Lung Group Limited (stock code: 10), is a leading Hong Kong company building and managing world-class commercial complexes in key cities on the Mainland since 1990s. It is a constituent stock of Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Indices, and is one of the world's largest pure real estate listed companies by market value.

Rayonier, Inc. engages in the sale and development of real estate and timberland management, as well as in the production and sale of cellulose fibers in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Rayonier company operates in four segments: Timber, Real Estate, Performance Fibers, and Wood Products. Timber segment owns, leases, or manages timberlands and sells standing timber at auction to third parties, as well as sells delivered logs. Real Estate segment sells medium and large tracts of land with infrastructure. This segment holds development and rural properties primarily in the southeast United States. Performance Fibers segment manufactures cellulose specialties that are used principally in acetate textile fibers, cigarette filters, rigid packaging, LCD screens, photographic film, impact-resistant plastics, high-tenacity rayon yarn, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, food casings, and food products; and absorbent materials that are used in disposable baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, incontinence pads, convalescent bed pads, industrial towels and wipes, and nonwoven fabrics. Wood Products segment primarily manufactures and sells dimension lumber used for residential and industrial construction applications. In addition, Rayonier involves in trading and exporting logs, lumber, and wood panel products. As of December 31, 2005, it owned, leased, or managed approximately 2.5 million acres of timberland and real estate. Rayonier company has a joint venture with RREEF Infrastructure to own and manage timber lands in New Zealand. Rayonier has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes and would not be subject to federal income tax on its REIT income that it distributes to its shareholders. Rayonier company, formerly known as Rainier Pulp & Paper Company, was founded in 1926. Rayonier is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Llanmoor Development Co. Limited develops a range of residential properties from small select enclaves to multi-phase residential communities in the South Wales region of the UK. The company's homes, built under the Llanmoor Homes brand, range from three- and four-bedroom detached homes to two- and three-bedroom semi-detached homes. With more than 2,000 homes already under its belt, the company has been developing properties for three decades. Llanmoor Development Co. is owned and managed by the Grey family through multiple offices in South Wales.

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