Echelon is a real estate company which develops, owns and manages multi-family residential and commercial real estate. The company's portfolio of owned and managed properties is centered in the Tampa Bay area and consists of office buildings, apartment complexes, and undeveloped land. Its signature mixed-use development, Carillon Park, is on more than 400 acres and includes jogging trails and a boardwalk. The development is home to companies such as AEGON, and AllState. Carillon Park also has been eyed as a potential site for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The company's Echelon Real Estate Services (ERES) unit offers brokerage and property and construction management.

Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise (SFL) owns and manages property primarily located in Paris (about 75% of rents come from the Central Business District and Western region). SFL's holdings -- about 400,000 sq. meters of space, are dominated by office and retail buildings (93% of the portfolio); it also owns retail centers and parking lots. The firm adopted SIIC -- France's REIT-like structure -- status in 2004. SFL was established in 1879 by Henri Germain, also the founder of prominent French bank Credit Lyonnais.

WNC & Associates, Inc., was founded in 1971 when most people had never heard of affordable housing. At that time, few saw the opportunities in this emerging industry. That year we closed our first investment in affordable housing, becoming one of the first in the country to do so.The company was founded by Wilfred Newbury Cooper Sr. in 1971, three years after the Housing and Urban Development Act was created. Will Cooper Jr. runs WNC today.

Keppel Land Limited is the property arm of Keppel Corporation, one of Singapore’s largest multi-national groups with key businesses in offshore and marine, infrastructure, and property.With beginnings dating back to 1890, Keppel Land is today one of Asia’s premier property companies, recognised for its sterling portfolio of award-winning residential developments and investment grade commercial properties, and high standards of corporate governance and transparency.

First Hartford Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, development, ownership, management, and sale of real estate properties in the United States. It owns interests in various properties used as shopping centers, colleges, restaurants, police stations, and apartments located in Connecticut, New Jersey, Texas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine. The company was incorporated in 1909 and is based in Manchester, Connecticut.

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.

Prudential Fox Roach will hope you find your own piece of Philly's rock. The company is the largest residential brokerage firm in the greater Philadelphia area, which includes southeast Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. (It calls itself the largest single-market firm in the US.) Prudential Fox Roach has more than 60 offices; it provides mortgage, transfer, and insurance services through The Trident Group. CEO Lawrence Flick controls the company, which is member of The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates. Prudential Fox Roach traces its roots back to the 1886 founding of Fox Real Estate and Roach Brothers Realtors in 1948.

Pacific Century Premium Developments (PCPD) develops and manages high-end residential and commercial properties in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. Its investment portfolio includes Beijing's Pacific Century Place, a multi-purpose complex that houses more than 500 corporations, retailers, and embassies. PCPD also holds the development rights for the government-owned Cyberport project, which includes the luxury Bel-Air residential complex. Its subsidiary, Island South Property Management Limited, provides property and facilities managment to residents at the Bel-Air development. PCPD is majority owned by PCCW Limited, a leading telecommunications provider in Hong Kong.

Centro Properties may have taken the phrase "shop 'til you drop" a bit too literally. Centro owns, develops, manages, and leases retail properties in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. Through funds, it oversees a portfolio of approximately 400 properties leased to supermarkets, department stores, and other retailers. Centro entered the US in 2006 with its acquisition of Heritage Property Investment Trust; it followed that up with the $6.2 billion purchase of New Plan Excel Realty Trust in 2007. Unfortunately, the rapid growth meant big debt, just as the global credit squeeze took root.

Sunstone Hotel Investors, a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in, develops, and renovates mostly upscale and upper-upscale hotels. The company owns about 30 hotels with nearly 12,000 rooms in 15 states. Most of Sunstone Hotel Investors' properties are located in Southern California. Most also have affiliations with such franchises as Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt, Marriott, and Starwood. The REIT's hotels are managed by third parties; a division of Interstate Hotels & Resorts operates more than half of the properties.

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