Cafaro Company hits the long ball with its small-town malls and shopping centers. Cafaro develops, owns, and operates approximately 50 retail properties in about a dozen states in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and Northwest US. The facilities total more than 30 million sq. ft. of leasable commercial space. Some malls feature adjacent entertainment facilities, such as the 6,400-seat baseball stadium for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers behind a Cafaro Company mall in Niles, Ohio. Founded in the 1940s by William M. Cafaro, the company is still owned and operated by the family, which is involved in local and state politics.

Shanghai Forte Land develops and sells residential properties. Serving the mass residential property market in Shanghai, the company also other real estate services such as construction supervision and real estate agency services. Forte's portfolio of properties are located mostly across Shanghai and target different segments within the mass residential property market, including young white collar employees, middle to senior management in enterprises, entrepreneurs, families with young children and, to a lesser but increasing extent, property investors.

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust was established in 1984 and became a public REIT when the trusts were introduced in Canada in 1993. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) owns or has stakes in more than 150 industrial, retail, and office properties in urban areas throughout Canada as well as one retail property in Chicago. The company's holdings total more than 20 million sq. ft. of leasable space; industrial properties consist of nearly 8 million sq. ft. and retail properties make up more than 6 million sq. ft., while office properties comprise the remainder. Most of its properties are located in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Excel Trust, Inc. is a retail focused real estate investment trust that targets value oriented community and power centers, grocery anchored neighborhood centers and freestanding retail properties. Excel Trust trades publicly on the NYSE under the symbol EXL. The current management team has over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector having overseen more than $4 billion in retail related acquisitions and developments.

DiamondRock Hospitality must be an investor's best friend. Operating as an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT), DiamondRock primarily functions through its taxable REIT subsidiary Bloodstone TRS. It owns (but does not operate) about 20 upper upscale full-service hotels with more than 9,500 rooms in North America, with an emphasis on such markets as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta. Its hotels are all operated under brands owned by Marriott International, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and Hilton Worldwide.

Tejon Ranch Co. operates as a real estate development and agribusiness company in the United States. It operates in three segments: Commercial/Industrial Real Estate Development and Services; Resort/Residential Real Estate Development; and Farming. The Commercial/Industrial Real Estate Development and Services segment engages in entitling, planning, and permitting land for development; the construction of infrastructure, pre-leased buildings, and buildings to be leased or sold; and the sale of land to third parties for their own development. It leases land to various types of tenants, including full-service truck stop facility, truck wash, auto service stations with convenience stores, fast-food operations, full-service restaurants, motel, antique shop, and the United States Postal Service facility. This segment also engages in leasing of land for oil and mineral royalties and grazing. The Resort/Residential Real Estate Development segment involves in the land entitlement, land planning and pre-construction engineering, and land stewardship activities. The Farming segment farms corps, including wine grapes in 1,702 acres, almonds in 1,608 acres, and pistachios in 1,053 acres in the San Joaquin Valley of California. It also manages the farming of alfalfa and forage mix on 775 acres in the Antelope Valley, as well as periodically leases 750 acres of land, which is used for the growing of vegetables. Tejon Ranch was founded in 1936 and is based in Lebec, California.

Kowloon Development Company Limited, with its core business in property investment and development, is listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Management aims to position the Company as a developer and manager of top quality property in the Greater China region and a Blue Chip Stock Company in Hong Kong.

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust operates as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). The company acquires, owns, and manages a portfolio of office, industrial, and retail properties net-leased to corporate tenants in the United States. It also provides investment advisory and asset management services to institutional investors in the net lease area. As of June 30, 2005, the company operated 185 properties and managed 2 properties. Lexington Corporate Properties Trust has elected to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be taxed on the portion of its income, which is distributed to shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in New York City.

Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE: GOV) is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns 53 properties, 43 of which are leased primarily to the U.S. Government and 10 of which are leased to the States of California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and South Carolina, respectively. Our properties contain approximately 6.5 million rentable square feet and are located in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Most of our properties have been continuously occupied by government tenants since the properties were first acquired, developed or redeveloped. GOV was founded and our shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2009. We have been investment grade rated since 2010 and we are included in the Russell 2000® Index and the MSCI US REIT Index (RMS/RMZ).

John Laing is a specialist owner, operator and manager of public sector infrastructure assets in the UK and internationally. By combining our skill in the management of development risk, project financing, asset management and operations with those of our chosen partners and the project supply chain we have built an enviable reputation as a market leader in the privately financed form of infrastructure renewal and modernisation, long recognised as a key element of public sector procurement policy.

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