Louis Forbes

OPGI Management LP provides real estate management services. It owns and manages portfolio of diverse real estate assets and development sites. The firm’s investment portfolio includes retail, industrial, multi-family residential and hotel industries. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Primaris Retail Real Estate Investment Trust operates as an open-ended real estate investment trust. The company objective is to generate stable and growing cash distributions; to enhance the value of its assets and maximize long-term unit value; and to expand the asset base and its funds from operations through an accretive acquisition program. It also owns, manages, lease and develops retail properties and dominant shopping malls in Canada. The company was founded on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.