The Special Investors and Investment Structure Group addresses specialized investments in real estate, including pension plan investments, insurance company investments and international investment in real estate. The Group also addresses specialized structures for investment and financing, including limited liability companies, partnerships, REITs, land trusts and real estate investment funds. To address these matters, the Special Investors and Investment Structure Group has seven committees: Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Life Insurance Company Investments, Land Trusts, International Investment in Real Estate, Real Estate Investment Funds and Federal Taxation of Real Estate.
The Group's focus this year is on providing value to its committee members. To this end, we have initiated several communications initiatives and have planned substantive conference calls and programs.
The Group holds monthly leadership calls to coordinate our activities and is planning to launch a Group blog and a Group newsletter. The objective is to inform our members of timely issues in the investment field, publish articles written by our members and coordinate our presentations. We also encourage lawyers who may not yet be active in the Group or in the Section to join one of the Group?s committees.
The Group also has an active calendar of substantive programs. We hold quarterly Hot Topics calls. The subject matter of these Hot Topics calls generally rotates among the committees. Recent topics have included the global financial crisis, and how the crisis has affected international investments in real estate.
