U.S. Equities Realty is a leading full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Chicago. The company serves as strategic real estate advisors to clients throughout the United States and in South America. Founded in 1978, U.S. Equities is recognized for its highly skilled professional staff, broad-based capabilities and commitment to customer service. Each firm director is actively involved with clients with a "hands-on" approach that has become the hallmark of U.S. Equities and a testament to the level of professionalism and attention brought to each assignment.The company enjoys preeminent standing among the country's top-tier real estate firms and has earned an outstanding reputation through exceptional performance by its four business groups: asset management and leasing services, development/program management services, investment and financial services, and real estate consulting services.U.S. Equities has stayed committed to hiring the most experienced people possible and providing them with an atmosphere in which they can work and grow together as a team and in which their success is our success.

Corporate Office Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, development, ownership, management, and leasing of suburban office properties. As of December 31, 2005, the company’s portfolio consisted of 165 office properties; 14 wholly owned office properties under construction or development; and land parcels totaling 311 acres. As of the above date, the company, through joint ventures, owned 18 operating properties, 2 office properties, and land parcels totaling 138 acres. As an 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. Corporate Office Properties Trust was founded in 1988 and is based in Columbia, Maryland.

MWB Group Holdings Plc were established in 1994 by the existing Executive Team. The Group obtained a public listing by its reversal into the listed Ex-Lands Properties Plc in June 1997. Since then, the Group has operated and managed many high profile property developments and corporate joint ventures. It is now focused on its two core operating businesses of Malmaison & Hotel du Vin and MWB Business Exchange Plc.

Macklowe Properties, the Big Apple has gone a bit rotten. The investment company made a name for itself as developer, renovater, and manager of Midtown Manhattan real estate. It invested in upscale residential and office buildings, including the GM Building which it bought in 2003 for $1.4 billion (the most ever paid for an office building in the US). In 2008, the debt-ridden company sold the GM Building and several other assets at a loss. Its portfolio now includes about a half-dozen properties, including more for-sale properties. Creditors including Deutsche Bank have also sought foreclosures for unpaid mortgages. Macklowe was founded in the mid-1960s by chairman emeritus Harry Macklowe.

Sabra Health Care REIT doesn't mind a little healthy competition in the real estate sector. The company, which plans to qualify as a health care real estate investment trust (REIT) beginning in 2011, owns and seeks to acquire health care properties throughout the US. Its portfolio consists of more than 80 skilled nursing centers, as well as several assisted and independent living centers and mental health centers. The facilities house about 10,000 beds and are located in 21 states. Substantially all of the properties are leased to and operated by subsidiaries of Sun Healthcare Group, which spun off its real estate assets to form Sabra Health Care REIT in 2010.

Capital Automotive was formed in 1997 as the first company solely focused on providing highly tailored sale-leaseback capital to the automotive retail industry. Our creation was a collaboration of automotive dealers and real estate and financial experts. Since inception, our Board of Trustees, team of professionals, and solid relationships throughout the industry have provided us with an in-house level of expertise unparalleled in the marketplace.

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.

Founded in 1980, AMLI evolved from a private real estate development company to, in 1994, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. In February 2006, AMLI became a private company again through a $2.1 billion transaction with the Prime Property Fund, a core, open-ended, institutional real estate fund managed by Morgan Stanley. Prime owns or has an investment interest in approximately $9 billion of high-quality, diverse real estate assets including retail, office, multifamily, hotel, and industrial properties located in major markets throughout the United States. Prime's acquisition of the AMLI platform was a strategic transaction designed to provide institutional investors a nationally respected branded owner, developer and manager of luxury apartment communities.AMLI is one of the preeminent multifamily companies in the nation. The company is focused on the development, acquisition and management of luxury apartment communities. AMLI is committed to customer service and providing our residents a worry-free, high-value living experience in our communities. AMLI® is a brand name representing high quality, exceptional service and superior value.

CB Richard Ellis is the global leader in real estate services.Each year, we complete thousands of successful assignments - with clients from the gamut of industries.This volume creates market knowledge that allows us to seize opportunities, speed the business process and create the most thorough, precisely accurate picture of global commercial real estate conditions and trends. Every day, in markets around the globe, we apply our insight, experience, intelligence and resources to help clients make informed real estate decisions. We do not exist without our clients - and we never lose sight of this fact. Our mission is to deliver superior results for stakeholders by: Putting the client first -- always :: Collaborating across markets and services lines:: Thinking innovatively, but acting practically :: Providing a rewarding work environment.

In 2009 HOMEQ Corporation converted from an income trust to a corporation in order to operate CHIP as a deposit-taking bank; CHIP plans to change its name to HomEquity Bank. HOMEQ (formerly known as Home Equity Income Trust) invests directly and indirectly in reverse mortgages originated by its Canadian Home Income Plan (CHIP) subsidiary. Reverse mortgages allow homeowners over the age of 60 to stay in their homes while turning part of their home equity into a cash loan (CHIP typically loans up to about a third of the home's value); no interest or principal on the loan is due until the house is sold. HOMEQ's portfolio contains some 7,000 reverse mortgages worth more than $800 million

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