Campus Crest went public via a 2010 IPO and plans to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT). College dorms have moved beyond cinder block walls and Murphy beds, thanks to Campus Crest Communities. The company develops, builds, and manages on- and off-campus student housing apartment communities at medium-sized colleges and universities. Campus Crest owns interests in more than 25 communities, which are branded as The Grove, located mostly in the South. Its properties feature furnished apartments with such amenities as a pool, library, volleyball and basketball courts, fitness center, tanning beds, and gated entry with keyed bedroom locks. The student-friendly rents include utilities.

Driven... Anthem Properties is a 100-person real estate investment, development and management company operating in Western Canada, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. The group principally pursues retail and multi-family residential asset classes. The Anthem portfolio is currently comprised of 3.5 million square feet of retail, 50 acres of urban and suburban land held for future development, and approximately 1,000 residential condominium units under construction.

Like the mythical phoenix rising out of the ashes, Arizona Land Income gained new life as Pacific Office Properties Trust. The real estate investment trust (REIT) largely languished in inactivity for years, but in 2008 joined forces with private commercial property owner Shidler Group. The combined company owns more than 20 commercial properties with some 4.7 million sq. ft. of leasable space in the western US. The REIT is the largest office building owner in Honolulu. Chairman Jay Shidler, who founded Shidler Group and has had success with other REITS including Corporate Office Properties Trust and First Industrial Realty Trust, owns 94% of Pacific Office Properties Trust.

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.

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, development, acquisition, management, and leasing of community shopping centers, single tenant retail properties, and one regional mall in the Midwestern, Southeastern, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the company owned interests in 89 shopping centers, which included 65 community centers, 21 power centers, 2 single tenant retail properties, and 1 enclosed regional mall. Ramco-Gershenson Properties has elected to be a taxable REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income taxes, if it distributes approximately 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Reyal Urbis is one of the largest real estate companies in Spain, and present in over 20 cities in Spain and Portugal with a widely-experienced team of professionals Among the company's many notable factors, the most outstanding features are its positioning in the widest and most stable sector of the market (first town homes for the middle classes), an extended network, diversification of products, low cost of acquiring land and a recognised brand.

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. is a publicly owned real estate investment trust (REIT). The firm engages in the ownership and operation of lifestyle oriented properties. Its portfolio of properties include various amenities and common facilities, such as a clubhouse, a swimming pool, laundry facilities, and cable television service, sauna/whirlpool spas, golf courses, tennis, shuffleboard and basketball courts, and exercise rooms. The firm leases developed sites to owners of manufactured homes referred to as resort homes, park models referred to as resort cottages, and recreational vehicles. It primarily invests in the markets of the United States. The firm primarily invests in land with lower maintenance costs and customer turnover costs, high quality real estate in and around major metropolitan areas, high barriers to entry, retirement and vacation destinations, growth markets, and appreciating component of real estate2. It was formerly known as Home Communities, Inc. The firm was founded in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Clearwater, Florida, Phoenix, Arizona, and Aurora, Colorado.

Great Portland Estates is a central London property investment and development company owning over £1.5 billion of real estate.Great Portland Estates invests in, develops, renovates, and manages commercial real estate in central London, primarily in the West End. Its core focus is office property, but the company increasingly invests in retail properties; tenants include banks, corporations, retailers, and government entities. Great Portland actively buys, sells, and upgrades its properties; it also develops properties jointly with other investors.

Eurohypo has targeted Japan, Russia, and Turkey, as well as the US, for expansion. Only about 2% of Eurohypo's shares are publicly traded; Commerzbank controls 98% of the company. In 2008, Commerzbank acquired complete ownership of Hypothekenbank in Essen (Essen Hyp), another German real estate bank, and merged it into Eurohypo.Eurohypo is hyperactive in its quest to become Europe's leading mortgage specialist. The company is involved in commercial real estate finance, public sector finance, and real estate investment banking in Europe and the US. It also originates residential loans in Germany.

MHI Hospitality owns seven full-service hotels operating under the Hilton, Holiday Inn, Sheraton, and Crowne Plaza brands in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern US. The company also holds a minority stake in another hotel, has two under development, and owns leasehold interests in common areas of the Shell Island Resort in Wilmington, North Carolina. MHI Hotel Services, which spun off MHI Hospitality in 2004, manages the REIT's properties. Executive officers and board members of MHI Hospitality collectively own more than a quarter of the company.

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