Highwoods Properties, a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, is a fully integrated, self-administered real estate investment trust ("REIT") that provides leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. As of December 31, 2010, the Company owned or had an interest in 330 in-service office, industrial and retail properties encompassing approximately 32.4 million square feet. Highwoods also owns approximately 612 acres of development land. Highwoods is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and its properties and development land are located in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. www.highwoods.com
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, RBC Bank
has total assets of more than $33 billion, ranking us among the
five largest banks in the state. RBC Bank has over 6,000 employees
across the Southeast and Texas.
RBC Bank's two lines of business include RBC
Bank and RBC Builder Finance. RBC Bank serves personal, business
and corporate banking customers throughout the Southeast. RBC
Builder Finance is a residential construction financing operation
based in Houston.
RBC Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal
Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSX: RY). RBC is Canada’s largest
financial institution and one of that country’s largest
companies as measured by assets and market capitalization. It
serves more than 15 million personal, business and public sector
customers worldwide from offices in more than 36 countries. www.rbcbankusa.com
Founded in 1960, Cooper
Carry is a multi-disciplinary design firm of 215 employees
with offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Alexandria, Virginia.,
and New York, New York. Cooper Carry's work is overseen by
fifteen principals who pursue the firm's philosophy of connective
design, creating highly interactive spaces that mix uses
and deliver value to the built environment and the community
at large. The firm is comprised of five key disciplines:
planning, architecture, interiors, landscapes and graphics.
Beneath the umbrella of these disciplines are practice groups
with expertise in hospitality, corporate, office, retail,
residential, laboratory, education (K-12 and university),
government and mixed-use projects. www.coopercarry.com
