About the Sponsors

ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG, founded in 1965, is the European market leader in the field of inner city shopping centers. ECE also develops and builds transport complexes, logistics centers, company headquarters, office complexes, industrial and healthcare buildings, as well as other special-purpose properties.

Under CEO Alexander Otto’s leadership, ECE has developed, built, leased, and managed successful shopping centers and other development products in Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Austria, Qatar, and Greece. ECE (www.ece.de) also acts as a long-term investor. In ECE’s 90 shopping centers, its 9,200 tenants achieve €10.4 billion in sales; 22 centers are currently in the planning or construction stage. For more information, contact info@ece.de.

Grosvenor (www.grosvenor.com) is a privately owned international property group—one of the leading residential property owners in London and a specialist in urban regeneration projects. We are active in real estate investment, development and fund management in Britain & Ireland, the Americas, Australia Asia Pacific and Continental Europe. Our focus in the UK and Continental Europe is on mixed use and on residential, office, and retail projects. All shopping centers on the Continent are developed by Sonae Sierra (www.sonaesierra.com), in which we have a 50% shareholding.

Grosvenor works closely with leading educational institutions in each of our operating regions around the world, including the UK and Continental Europe. This reflects our commitment to real estate teaching and learning, and the mutual benefits of partnership. Grosvenor's support extends to scholarship programs, internships and sponsorship, practitioner teaching, research collaborations and case studies, as well as property skills and resources to help the institution improve its facilities and local environment. We in turn benefit from access to highly talented people who inform and challenge our own thinking.

We are delighted to be co-sponsors of the ULI's European Student Urban Design Competition.

Hines is a privately owned real estate firm involved in real estate investment, development and property management worldwide. The Hines portfolio of projects underway, completed, acquired, and managed for third parties includes 915 properties representing approximately 360 million square feet (33 million square meters) of office, residential, mixed-use, industrial, hotel, medical and sports facilities, as well as large master-planned communities and land developments. With offices in 64 U.S. cities and 15 foreign countries, and controlled assets valued at approximately $13.5 billion, Hines is one of the largest real estate organizations in the world.

Visit www.hines.com for more information.