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The Group's principal activity is to acquire, manage and develop premier retail frontage properties located in high-traffic and highly populated areas. Its portfolio consists of conservatively leveraged, grocery anchored neighborhood shopping centers, multi-tenant and single tenant properties leased to companies such as Kroger, Walgreen's, GAP and Starbucks. It's business model consists of a real estate operating business, a securities company and a retail partnership business. The real estate operating business focuses on the development, acquisition, management, brokerage and ownership of commercial retail real estate. The in-house NASD-registered securities group provides direct access to the independent financial planning market. Through retail partnership funds, it captures recurring development, leasing, property management and asset management fees for services performed while maintaining ownership interest and profit participation. It operates solely in US

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