Brookfield Properties

Brookfield Properties Corporation (TSX: BPO, NYSE: BPO) is a Toronto-based North American commercial real estate company. Brookfield Asset Management owns 50% of its outstanding common shares.

Brookfield owns, manages and develops premier office properties in the downtown core of New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, Denver, Minneapolis, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, and Vancouver. Brookfield's properties include One Liberty Plaza and the World Financial Center in New York City; Brookfield Place (formerly BCE Place), First Canadian Place, and Queen's Quay Terminal in Toronto; Canadian Western Bank Place and Enbridge Tower in Edmonton; Petro-Canada Centre, Fifth Avenue Place, Altius Centre, Herald Building, and Bankers Hall in Calgary; and Royal Centre in Vancouver. It also operates real estate service businesses and has a land-development business primarily based in Canada.

ByTheOwner

ByTheOwner is a Quebec-based For Sale By Owner advertising company that lets consumers buy and sell properties without using a real estate agent. Established in 1997 in Quebec City, the company began operation under the French website directduproprio.com. The French website was changed to Duproprio.com in 2005. The English website, ByTheOwner.com was registered in 2001. However, it was not until 2003 that the company expanded to Ontario in 2003, British Columbia in 2006, and Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island in 2007. The company claims to have sold more than 5,000 properties in 2007, which is approximately 1% of all the homes in Canada. In 2007 the company ranked #90 on Profit Magazines top 100 fastest growing Canadian companies, 2008 ByTheOwner.com ranked number 111 on Profit Magazines Fastest Growing.

Cadillac Fairview

The Cadillac Fairview Corporation is a development corporation which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, OTPP. Cadillac Fairview owns, develops and manages property, malls and large office and retail spaces, mostly in Canada and the United States. Cadillac Fairview has also developed suburban housing, such as the Erin Mills "New Town". The company was purchased by the OTPP in March 2000. In 2006 it expanded its operations to Brazil. The company states that its portfolio is worth over $16 billion.

FirstService

FirstService Corporation is a leader in the rapidly growing property services sector and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Core business platforms are: commercial real estate; residential property management; property improvement; and integrated security services. Market-leading brands include Colliers International in commercial real estate; The Continental Group, The Wentworth Group and The Merit Companies in residential property management; California Closets, Paul Davis Restoration, Pillar to Post Home Inspections, Certa Pro Painters and Handyman Connection in property improvement; and Intercon Security and Security Services & Technologies in integrated security.

Ivanhoe Cambridge

Ivanhoe Cambridge is a property management and development company that formed from the merger of two former companies, Ivanhoe and Cambridge, in 2001. Although referred as a merger, Ivanhoe officially absorbed Cambridge and disbanded it.

Ivanhoe Cambridge is a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. The company's headquarters are located in Montreal and its retail presence is focused in Canada, but it's expanding into the US, European and Asian markets. It operates numerous big shopping centers and was named among the top 50 private companies in Canada.

Macdonald Realty

Macdonald Realty is a Canadian real estate brokerage firm with both Corporate and Franchise offices. It is currently one of the largest Independent Brokerage Firms in Western Canada with over 700 Agents in British Columbia and Alberta.

The company's head office in Vancouver was recently named the top grossing brokerage office in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver and is one of the largest single brokerage offices in British Columbia.

Minto Developments Inc.

Minto Developments is a Canadian real estate corporation which develops real estate in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada and Florida, USA. Minto is also the property manager for the National Capital Commission in Ottawa, Canada. Minto is the largest developer in Ottawa and has many towers such as Minto Place Suite Hotel and the Minto Metropole, the second tallest building in Ottawa.

Oxford Properties

Oxford Properties owns more than 47,000,000 sq ft (4,400,000 m2). of commercial & industrial space, more than half of it in the city of Toronto and its suburbs, from where the company is based. It also owns about a half-dozen Canadian Fairmont luxury hotels (acquired in 2006), as well as residential complexes containing more than 3,600 apartment units. The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) purchased Oxford Properties for CAN$1.5 billion. At that time, January 2003, Oxford ceased offering its securities to the public and surrendered its letters on the TSX, OXG.DB.

Right At Home Realty

Right At Home Realty, Inc. (RAH) is the largest independent brokerage at the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) and had the number 1 selling office in TREB based on the number of sold homes in 2007. Modelled after Florida-based Charles Rutenberg Realty, RAH's compensation package basically consists of 100% commissions to the salesperson, while charging monthly and deal-closing fees. As a result, RAH claims to be TREB's fastest growing brokerage in the GTA.

Royal LePage

Royal LePage is a Canadian real estate franchiser and owner-operator with more than 600 locations and over 13,000 Realtors in Canada. Founded in 1913 by Albert E. LePage, Royal LePage is now owned by the Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund.

Scott's Real Estate Investment Trust

Scott's Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: SRQ.UN) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust in Canada that owns over 200 retail properties comprising more than 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) in 7 provinces across the country. It is managed by JBM Properties.

The REIT primarily focuses on the acquisistion of small box retail and quick service restaurant properties in attractive Canadian markets.