Manhattan Loft Corporation (MLC) buys disused industrial buildings and warehouses and converts them into residential lofts. When developers were faced with a shortage of residential land in the UK, chief executive Harry Handelsman found inspiration -- and opportunity -- in the lofts of New York's SoHo neighborhood. He is credited with introducing loft living to London with the establishment of MLC in 1992. The firm also builds some of its properties outright, and has started building office and mixed-use projects. MLC has built properties in England, Wales, and Germany.

Sperry Van Ness is very big on commercial real estate. The company's services include brokerage, asset management, financial services, and property management. Sperry Van Ness touts its technology-driven method of marketing its clients' real estate assets -- including multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and hospitality properties -- to thousands of outside brokers and investors. Sperry Van Ness has expanded rapidly, from serving some nine US markets in 2001 to more than 150 markets in 2008. It also operates international offices in Costa Rica and Panama.

Belz, a leader in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the South’s largest commercial and industrial real estate developers with interests throughout the Mid-South and much of the country.Belz develops, owns and manages warehouse/ distribution, retail, office/showroom, factory outlet malls, apartments/residential developments, land and hotels. Belz total property holdings include more than 20 million square feet of developed property

At a time when most investors are bailing on the US mortgage market, Petra Real Estate Opportunity Trust sees a golden opportunity. The real estate investment trust (REIT) formed in late 2007 by the owners of Petra Capital Management, a hedge fund. Petra Real Estate Opportunity Trust plans to invest in commercial mortgage loans and other real estate-related assets that generate risk-adjusted returns, such as first mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), secured and mezzanine loans, Class B Notes, and land and real estate synthetic securities. It foresees investments ranging from $20 million to $70 million, with maturities ranging from three to seven years. Petra filed an IPO in June 2008.

Knight Frank represent the highest standards of quality and integrity in global property transactional, management and advisory services. Our reputation for uncompromising professionalism in everything we do is earned day in and day out serving our clients and earning their trust.Knight Frank & Rutley was founded in 1896 as a valuations, surveying and auctions business. Its first sale was held on 23 April at Conduit Street in London. Since then, Knight Frank has grown to become the world’s largest privately owned global property agency and consultancy. Today it is widely regarded throughout the world as the firm of choice for high quality commercial and residential property.In the 1960s the firm expanded into Europe, and in the decades that followed, acquired offices in Asia-Pacific and Middle East, Australia, Africa and the Caribbean. Its global network, including US based Newmark Knight Frank, encompasses 207 offices in 43 countries across six continents.More than 6,343 professionals handle in excess of US$886 billion (more than £594 billion) worth of commercial, agricultural and residential property annually, advising clients ranging from individual owners and buyers to major developers, investors and corporate tenants.

The paths of Philip Maritz and Lew Wolff, both real estate investors/developers and St. Louis natives, crossed in 1992 and led to a breakfast meeting at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in St. Louis, where they discussed collaborating on potential investment projects. Two years later they formed the hotel investment group, Maritz, Wolff & Co., and acquired The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Following the investment, through an innovative approach to ownership, Maritz, Wolff worked with The Ritz-Carlton’s management team to increase the property’s revenues by 14 percent and operating profits by 127 percent. During this period, the partners observed factors in the hotel industry indicating strong investment opportunities for top-tier urban and resort lodging properties.

Tian An China Investments develops commercial and residential properties throughout China and Hong Kong. Predominantly a developer of high-rise apartment complexes, Tian An China also invests in and develops villas, office buildings, hotels, and other commercial properties. It also sells cement products. The group's available land bank stands at approximately 5.2 million sq. meters; property development accounts for about two-thirds of all revenues. Hong Kong holding company Allied Properties (H.K.) is Tian An China's largest shareholder.

Pacific Property Company is rather specific when it invests in multifamily residential properties. The company typically buys apartment communities, makes improvements to the properties, and sells them within five years. In the past Pacific Property Company mainly focused on California's coast and the Pacific Northwest. However, it has branched out with new investments in the Mid-Atlantic. Its portfolio includes some about 30 apartment properties. Since Pacific Property Company was established, it has acquired more than $2 billion in real estate assets. The company is part of the Marcus & Millichap group. CEO Alfred Pace co-founded Pacific Property Company in 1998.

Lankford&Associates, Inc. is a real estate development firm founded in 1982 in San Diego, CA on the principles of integrity, innovation, and involvement.For almost thirty years, we have been leaders in our industry, completing over 4.4 million square feet of development in the Western United States. Active markets include San Diego, Phoenix, Fresno, Denver, Sacramento, Seattle and Yuma.

Eurosic now focuses on major growth. The real estate division of French savings bank group Caisse d'Epargne controls a portfolio worth some E1.4 billion ($1.8 billion). Its properties consist mostly of commercial office buildings such as St. Christophe and Avant Seine. Eurosic also owns the Club Med resort in Deux Alpes and several refrigerated warehouses. The company, which was founded in 1976, bought Vectrane in 2007. The deal marked a change in direction for Eurosic and it sold many of its assets that didn't meet its new strategy. It has since been busy buying new office properties in the western business district of Paris.

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