Founded in 1987, Alliance Commercial Investments, Inc., a Texas corporation, is the largest commercial real estate brokerage firm in the Bay Area. We provide strong client support in areas of Strategic Planning, Acquisitions, Dispositions, Land Development, Leasing Services, Property Management, and Financial Structuring.

Kilroy is still here, especially if you're referring to Southern California. A real estate investment trust (REIT), Kilroy Realty owns, manages, and develops office and industrial properties, mostly in suburban Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Its portfolio includes more than 90 office and 40 industrial properties, including the Kilroy Airport Center in Long Beach and the Westside Media Center in Los Angeles. Among its more than 285 tenants are large and small businesses including Intuit, Bridgepoint Education Scripps Health, and DIRECTV. Kilroy Realty Corporation also develops properties for itself and for other parties. It owns about 12 million sq. ft. of rentable space.

Ideally, Paragon Real Estate Equity and Investment Trust would be the very model of real estate investing, but it merely is a corporate shell company. The firm is seeking investment opportunities in land development, joint ventures, other real estate companies, and retail, office, industrial, and hospitality properties. In 2008 it began investing in stock of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). Entities associated with CEO James Mastandrea control more than three-quarters of Paragon, which has expressed doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern and may seek additional investors or sell its corporate shell.

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in acquiring, owning, and operating apartment communities primarily in the Sunbelt region of the United States. As of December 31, 2007, Mid-America owned 100% of 137 properties representing 40,248 apartment units. Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes 90% of taxable income to its shareholders. Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.

AmREIT, Inc., a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), the company invests in, develops, and manages retail properties, primarily lifestyle centers, grocery store-anchored strip centers, and single-tenant retail properties. It owns some 50 properties in about 15 states; more than half are located in Texas. The company's preferred assets are located in dense, high-traffic areas in the suburbs of Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. The REIT's largest tenants are Kroger, DineEquity (formerly IHOP), and CVS Pharmacy. AmREIT went private in December 2008 as part of its Vision 2010 strategic plan to create a more streamlined and stable company.

Capital Builders capitalizes on buildings to build capital. The company develops commercial real estate and provides property and asset management services for private, corporate, and institutional investors. It has developed and managed more than 1 million sq. ft. of space, primarily in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Its portfolio includes business parks (including the 182,000 sq. ft. Highlands Eighty Commerce Center), office buildings, and industrial properties. Capital Builders provides asset and building management to investors who take direct ownerships, private partnerships, or limited liability partnerships in the properties.

CapLease is a diversified real estate investment trust, or REIT, that invests primarily in single-tenant commercial real estate assets subject to long-term leases to high credit quality tenants. Since 1996, we have originated and underwritten over $4.0 billion in single tenant transactions involving more than 500 properties with more than 100 tenants. Our Senior Management team is comprised of seasoned veterans with experience in real estate, law, accounting, finance and corporate management. Our team of investment managers, underwriters, and transaction closers are professional, experienced, and dedicated to the highest level of integrity and ethical standards. CapLease offers owners of single-tenant properties a wide array of equity and debt options to meet their objectives. CapLease originates transactions through its national network of commercial investment sale and mortgage brokers. We also originate transactions directly from owners of single tenant properties from time to time.

Highbridge Properties Plc. was formed in 1988 as a development company to undertake a programme of commercial schemes. It has primarily focused on out of town office parks (B1), industrial/warehousing schemes (B2/B8) and more recently data centres. Highbridge has three executives with a staff of seven and is based in London's West End. The company has an impressive track record comprising over 10 million sq ft.

Safestore Holdings operates and rents self-managed storage units throughout the UK and France to business and domestic clients. The company owns nearly 100 centers in the UK and more than 20 in Paris under the Une Pice en Plus name. Units are equipped with 24-hour closed-caption TV surveillance, intruder alarms, and sophisticated electronic access controls. In partnership with Europcar, Safestore also assists customers with moving van rentals. Acquisitions in the mid 2000s (Mentmore and Storage World) helped Safestore become UK's largest storage provider. Safestore is constantly growing, opening four to six new stores each year.

Wilmorite is a leading commercial real estate development and management company. With more than six decades of experience, the company has a reputation as one of America's top builders, construction managers and real estate developers. Wilmorite has a long history of successful joint ventures and takes pride in the years of repeat business and strong relationships. It is a company that is continually looking for new and innovative ways to approach projects. This is apparent in the numerous diverse projects including state-of-the-art shopping centers, academic facilities, large first-class hotels, casinos, resorts and detailed renovations.During the last twenty years, the company's construction division has benefited from close working relationships with some of New York's most renowned institutions. The versatility to build everything from standard dormitories and apartment-style suites to entire Greek living communities has resulted in thousands of beds for on-campus student housing.

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