Capital Trust, Inc. is a finance and investment management company focused on the commercial real estate industry. Capital Trust's professionals combine extensive real estate experience and capital markets expertise with a broad network of relationships to originate, underwrite, structure, close and manage real estate-related debt and other investments.Since its inception in 1997, Capital Trust has established itself as a leader in the field of commercial real estate finance. Capital Trust has one of the deepest and most experienced investment management teams in the sector, led by Stephen D. Plavin (CEO), Geoffrey G. Jervis (CFO) and Thomas C. Ruffing (COO).Capital Trust is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CT" and is headquartered in New York City. The company is organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT).

Terreno Realty has its eye set on acquiring industrial real estate. The company invests in and operates industrial properties in major US coastal markets, including Southern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New Jersey/New York City, Washington, DC/Baltimore, and South Florida. Types of real estate it targets include warehouse and distribution facilities, flex buildings for light manufacturing and research and development, and transportation and shipping centers. The company took itself public in February 2010 in an effort to capitalize on a distressed market ripe with foreclosures and troubled loans.

HomeVestors of America, Inc., otherwise known as the "We Buy Ugly Houses®" people, is the #1 buyer of houses in the U.S.Founded in 1989, and franchising since 1996, HomeVestors has bought more than 45,000 houses. Our franchisees buy homes that are hard to sell, paying cash to owners who often are in difficult situations ... they rehab houses ... and sell and lease homes, improving neighborhoods in the process and providing opportunities for first-time homebuyers and renters.

Laurel Haven Homes designs and builds custom homes in the Austin, Texas area. Its homes are centered in the upscale areas of Lake Travis in western Travis County and Central Texas' famed Hill Country. Laurel Haven Homes works with Florida-based Weber Design Group for its floor plans. Home prices range from about $500,000 to more than $1 million. The company also employs an in-house designer to help customers choose flooring, paint, and cabinetry. Laurel Haven Homes was founded in 2000

Nestled among the rolling hills of the beautiful San Ramon Valley, Bishop Ranch was originally part of a 3000-acre parcel of land called Norris Ranch. Populated with pear trees, walnut groves, and herds of sheep, Norris Ranch was subdivided in 1895; 1,770 acres became known as Bishop Ranch. Upon the death of Mr. Bishop 60 years later, the land was sold for development, and Western Electric acquired Bishop Ranch to house a manufacturing plant.In the 1970s residential parcels of Bishop Ranch were sold, leaving dormant 585 acres zoned for controlled manufacturing. Sunset Development Company saw the opportunity to create Bishop Ranch, which soon launched the economic growth for the entire region.Today Bishop Ranch stands as one of America's premier corporate locations. Home to more than 300 companies and their 30,000 employees, Bishop Ranch's 9 million square feet of office space houses companies in the high-growth fields of financial services, healthcare, communications, transportation, and computer technology.

Vinings Marine Group, LLC consists of three managing members with over 60 years of combined real estate experience. They bring with them their passion from the apartment industry where our emphasis on customer service, well landscaped, clean environs and on site management brings value to the customer as well as the investor. The managing members of VMG are Peter Anzo, Stephanie Haugen and Jeff Rotter. Together these individuals have acquired, repositioned, financed, managed and sold real estate in excess of $3,000,000,000 representing 350 separate investments. Vinings Marine Group, LLC is striving to create communities where boaters come to relax with family, friends, and business associates.

National Retail Properties, Inc. is a publicly owned equity real estate investment trust. The firm acquires, owns, manages, and develops retail properties in the United States. It provides complete turn-key and built-to-suit development services including market analysis, site selection and acquisition, entitlements, permitting, and construction management. The firm also focuses on purchasing and financing net-leased retail properties. It was formerly known as Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. National Retail Properties was founded in August 1984 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

Aareal Bank knows the importance of having a roof over your head and some change in your pocket. It is engaged internationally in a variety of property-related banking and financial services for the public and private sectors. Its business is organized into two primary segments. Structured property financing (its most profitable business) specializes in financing large-scale retail, hotel, and logistics industry properties. Its consulting/services segment offers IT products that help users manage residential and commercial properties. The company operates in more than 25 countries in Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region.

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.

The Macerich Company operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company, through its majority-owned partnership, The Macerich Partnership, L.P., engages in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management, and leasing of regional and community shopping centers. As of June 30, 2005, it owned or had ownership interests in 76 regional shopping centers, 20 community shopping centers, and 2 development/redevelopment projects. The Macerich Company has elected to be treated as a REIT under Sections 856 through 858 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income tax, provided that it distributes at least 90% of taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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