The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) is a fixed-income investment company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its investors include union and public employee pension plans and labor organizations. The HIT invests primarily in government and agency insured and guaranteed multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The HIT is one of the earliest practitioners of socially responsible impact investing, with a track record of over 35 years that demonstrates the added value derived from union-friendly investments. The investment objective of the HIT is to provide competitive returns for its investors and to promote the collateral objectives of constructing affordable housing and generating employment for union members in the construction trades and related industries. More information is available on the HIT’s website, www.aflcio-hit.com.

Based in Washington, DC, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) is the leadership of the trillion-dollar apartment industry. We bring together the prominent owners, managers and developers who help create thriving communities by providing apartment homes for 35 million Americans. NMHC provides a forum for insight, advocacy and action that enables both members and the communities they help build to thrive.

We build places to work, invent, learn, manufacture, distribute, shop, eat and live. The mission is to construct quality, value-engineered projects that fulfill the operational needs of our clients and create long-term worth. The construction company began with four employees in 1976, constructing tenant improvements in Manekin-owned urban Baltimore office projects. The company expanded into both Baltimore and Suburban Maryland markets as demand for its services grew rapidly from developers, local companies, national corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies. Project types include office, industrial, retail, healthcare, educational, high-tech, R&D/biotech and multi-family housing facilities. Today the company operates as its own entity, completing over a hundred projects each year in multiple industry segments. Our award winning and LEED Certified projects range in size from minor interior renovations to $65 million. Manekin Construction’s skilled professionals have a long history of delivering quality projects on time, on budget and are committed to satisfying all our client’s needs for the construction process.

JM Zell Partners provides a diverse range of clients with a broad range of customized real estate consulting and implementation strategies. We are unique in our hybrid of services from Consulting, Brokerage, Financial Services, Development, Project Management, Operations Management and Restructuring. We provide a perspective made possible by a team of diverse experts from some of the most respective firms in the world, working collectively to seek creative solutions to complex problems. Each of our team's experts are skilled in multiple disciplines including finance, brokerage, contruction, land planning, legal, project management, relocation services, space planning, interior design, marketing and communications.

It’s rare to find a real estate investment firm with development, leasing, asset management, and property management teams under one roof. Then again, nothing about Matan is ordinary. For over 40 years, we’ve generated results for investors and tenants alike within the Washington, D.C. region—topping $2 billion in real estate transactions. But the true Matan difference lies beyond the numbers. Our passionate professionals stop at nothing to get everything right, with valuable connections and a tireless commitment to your satisfaction. Whether we’re serving clients or enriching our communities, the extra mile is business as usual at Matan.

Make Your Mark with luxury estate homes, single family homes and townhomes by Craftmark Homes. Look for us in Maryland in Montgomery, Frederick, Howard, Prince George’s & Charles Counties. In Virginia, find us in The City of Alexandria & Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William & Fauquier Counties.

We have created the largest, most diverse portfolio of automotive retail properties in the world and we offer a full array of financial products to our auto dealer clients. With $4.65 billion invested in 483 automotive franchise facilities, and over 16 million square feet of buildings on more than 2,700 acres in 39 states and provinces, we are the leading specialty finance company focused exclusively on automotive real estate. We understand the unique needs of automotive retailers throughout North America and create custom solutions with each client.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns a portfolio of 35 premium destination resorts and urban hotels in the U.S. containing over 9,600 rooms. Our goal is to be provide above-average, long-term total shareholder returns through a combination of dividends and capital appreciation. We strive to create significant long-term shareholder value by executing on three strategic principles: 1. Prudently allocating capital to hospitality investments with superior, risk-adjusted growth prospects. 2. Employing rigorous and innovative approaches to asset management that drive meaningful upside to underlying performance and maximize asset value. 3. Preserving a balance sheet that promotes strategic and financial flexibility, sustainable dividends and strong shareholder returns. Since 2010, we have repositioned our portfolio through the acquisition of nearly $3 billion of urban and resort hotels that align with our strategic goals while disposing of more than $1 billion in non-core hotels. These acquisitions have increase our exposure to unique destination markets such as Sedona, Lake Tahoe, Sonoma, Key West, and Charleston. Today, over 60% of our hotels are leisure-focused destination resorts and urban lifestyle hotels and nearly 95% are independently managed. DiamondRock is proud to named Global Listed Sector Leader by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark ("GRESB"), achieving the top position in the Hotel Sector for the second consecutive year, for its outstanding corporate responsibility program.

STONEBRIDGE ASSOCIATES, INC. is a company based out of 7200 WISCONSIN AVE SUITE 700, BETHESDA, Maryland, United States.

Heritage Investors Management is a financial services company based out of 7101 Wisconsin Ave #950, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

Studebaker Submetering is the leading provider of electric, water and natural gas submetering products and utility billing services.