Castle & Cooke, Inc. and Dole Food Company, Inc. are privately held companies owned by David H. Murdock, who also serves as chairman and chief executive officer of both companies since 1985. Castle & Cooke and Dole Food Company (formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange), were acquired by Mr. Murdock in 2000 and 2003, respectively. The food-related businesses operate as Dole Food Company, and all other businesses operate as Castle & Cooke. Mr. Murdock's combined companies make up one of the largest privately-held companies in America, with approximately 63,000 employees operating in more than 90 countries around the world. This website focuses on the collection of assets under the Castle & Cooke umbrella of companies. Among Castle & Cooke's greatest assets are its plentiful land and real estate holdings, much of which can be traced back more than 150 years to when Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke began their business partnership by operating a general store in Hawai'i. The spirit, vision, integrity and perseverance of these two men sparked the formation of a company that grew to global proportions over the years. The company’s diversified businesses have operations in over 24 states and include the development and ownership of real estate, leasing of transportation equipment, manufacture of brick and building materials, oil and gas holdings, aviation services, and ownership of public warehouses. In Hawai'i the company also owns 98% of the 90,000 acre island of Lana’i and two award winning Four Seasons Hotels.

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.

TVO Groupe is an International company engaged in real estate investment, development and asset management, property & facility management, construction management, and investment management services. First established as a real estate principal in 1983 by brothers Wayne and Russell Vandenburg, TVO Groupe has grown strategically to own, develop and manage over 400 properties including approximately 50,000 multi-family residential and condominium units, retail, office, hospitality, industrial/logistics, medical office, and specialty healthcare properties over the last 28 years. Over the last quarter century, TVO Groupe has successfully acquired, developed and managed over $3.0 billion in real estate assets and investor’s capital.

Songbird Estates has its nest egg in Canary Wharf, London's second-largest financial district. The consortium was founded in 2004 to buy a controlling stake in the real estate developer (a prize it fought Canadian firm Brascan, now Brookfield Asset Management). Songbird's lead investors include Morgan Stanley, British Land, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner, and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. In 2009, investment companies from Qatar and China backed the troubled company to help it pay some 800 million in debt

Ambling Companies doesn't mind keeping the pace steady when it comes to developing residential real estate. Through five independent divisions, the firm owns, develops, constructs, and manages properties throughout the US. Ambling's construction arm builds multi-family, senior, and affordable housing (more than 4,000 units total), while its development arm acquires multi-family communities in need of rehabilitation (more than 8,800 units developed). It also develops student housing and luxury residential communities along the Florida coast

Wilshire Enterprises, Inc. engages in acquiring, owning, and managing real estate properties and real estate related securities in the United States. It owns residential and commercial properties, including multi-family properties, office space, retail space, and land located in the states of Arizona, Texas, and New Jersey. The company was formerly known as Wilshire Oil Company of Texas and changed its name to Wilshire Enterprises, Inc. in June 2003. Wilshire Enterprises was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey.

Founded in 1993, Franklin American Mortgage Company (FAMC), a privately-held mortgage banking firm located in Franklin, Tennessee, is a full-service professional mortgage banker licensed to provide residential mortgages across the nation. FAMC, which offers a host of diverse, flexible mortgage packages for customers with a variety of backgrounds and needs, is committed to helping families and individuals achieve the dream of home ownership through its three divisions: retail, wholesale and correspondent. An emerging leader in the mortgage industry, Franklin American Mortgage Company is fast becoming a preferred lender for consumers and mortgage professionals across the country. The Company’s Correspondent Lending division was designed to service small to large lenders across the nation. The Correspondent Lending division was created to harness FAMC’s growing national presence to provide high-quality services and products to these institutions and their customers. This will help smaller lenders compete with larger “mega banks” in an increasingly tight market.The Company’s Wholesale division funds and underwrites loans for mortgage brokers, offering efficiency and scalability through superior technology. FAMC’s Retail division offers individuals throughout the United States the opportunity to work directly with the Company to secure a mortgage.FAMC offers borrowers, brokers and lenders the strength and security of a forward-thinking national mortgage company, dedicated to remaining an industry trendsetter. FAMC truly values its relationship with each customer and mortgage professional they work with, maintaining a company tradition of responsiveness and personalized service characteristic of a much smaller organization. This philosophy has enabled FAMC to become one of the fastest growing mortgage bankers in the nation.This growth rate has enabled Franklin American to become a six-time recipient of the Inc. 500 Award, subsequently entering the Company into the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame. Additionally, the Company has twice been recognized by Business Nashville Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in middle Tennessee and was awarded top honors for the Small Business Award by the Nashville Business Journal. The Company is also a three time recipient of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and The Tennessean Music City Future 50 Award.Franklin American Mortgage Company is based in Franklin, TN with offices throughout the country. The company is FHA Direct Endorsed, VA Automatic, a LAPP authority and a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae Approved seller/servicer.

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.

Duke Realty Corporation operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. It offers leasing, property and asset management, development, construction, build-to-suit, and other tenant-related services. As of December 31, 2006, Duke Realty owned approximately 721 industrial, office, and retail properties comprising 113.8 million rentable square feet, as well as owned 6,400 acres of unencumbered land for development. The company has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax purposes, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with regional offices in Alexandria, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Nashville, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Raleigh, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; and Tampa and Weston, Florida.

Integrated Data Corp., through its subsidiaries, offers a range of telecommunications, wireless, point-of-sale activation, financial transaction, and other services in the United States. It develops and sells prepaid and stored-value products that allow point-of-sale-activation of various products, such as cash cards, prepaid phone cards, and prepaid wireless phone time. The company also owns ClariCAST, a wireless technology that allows the distribution of data utilizing the existing broadcast infrastructure of FM radio stations. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

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