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.

Higgins Development Partners has created over $5 billion in development value, delivering comprehensive real estate development services to a wide range of corporate, institutional and governmental clients throughout the United States and Canada.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, is one of the ten largest publicly traded office REITs in the United States based on total gross assets. The majority of our properties are located in the ten largest U.S. office markets. Since our first acquisition in March 1998, the Company has acquired approximately $5.5 billion and has sold approximately $1.1 billion of office and industrial properties. The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with regional property management offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Tampa and Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1834, the company is one of the oldest and largest diversified conglomerates in the Philippines. Its flagship holding is Bank of the Philippine Islands, one of the country's largest banks. In addition, Ayala owns interests in insurance, real estate, telecommunications, infrastructure, electronics, and automotive dealerships. Subsidiary Ayala Land invests in and develops commercial real estate; Manila Water distributes water and operates sewer systems in Manila. The minority-owned Globe Telecom offers international wireless connectivity services.

NTS Realty Holdings Limited Partnership engages in the development, construction, ownership, and operation of multifamily, and commercial and retail real estate properties. As of March 31, 2010, it had 23 properties, including 7 office and business centers, 14 multifamily properties, and 2 retail properties located in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky; Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Florida; Indianapolis, Indiana; Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; Richmond, Virginia; and Atlanta, Georgia. NTS Realty Capital, Inc. and NTS Realty Partners, LLC serve as the general partners of the company. NTS Realty Holdings Limited Partnership is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

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.

Hongkong Land knows how to get in on the ground floor. The company owns, develops and manages commercial and residential property in Southeast Asia, primarily within its namesake territory. The firm is one of the largest landlords in Hong Kong's Central Business District where it owns more than 5 million sq. ft. of office and retail space. It also has property and investments in Bermuda, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Hongkong Land's office tenants include Credit Suisse, KPMG, and JPMorgan. Trading conglomerate Jardine Matheson owns about 50% of Hongkong Land

Midland Holdings, we have been operating for years on one guiding principle: "Customers come first". In fact, a ditty was made to induct employees some years ago. It goes like this: "Think customers; be responsive; take initiative; be innovative; work as a team and scale new heights." Employees are guided to offer service that is Prompt, Precise and Professional.

Guangzhou Investment Company focuses on real estate, paper, and toll roads, primarily in Hong Kong and China. The firm develops, manages, and invests in real estate properties, and also operates toll highways and bridges through its GZI Transport subsidiary. In addition, Guangzhou Investment makes newsprint paper; the company produces some 300,000 tons of paper each year. Guangzhou Investment Company plans to develop other service areas such as logistics, finance, exhibition, and cultural services. Yue Xiu Enterprises owns about 51% of the company.

iMortgage Services provides a range of outsourced services -- including real estate appraisal, title insurance and abstracts, property reports, fraud inspections, document preparation, and settlement, closing, and escrow services -- to the financial services industry. The company is licensed to operate in about 35 states and has workshare relationships in place in the remainder. Founded in 2000, iMortgage Services (not to be confused with Arizona-based mortgage banker imortgage.com) is owned by CEO Brian Uffelman and president Shawn McCall.

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