International Gem Tower

Founded and headed by Gary Barnett, Extell Development Company is a nationally acclaimed real estate developer of commercial, residential, retail and hospitality properties. Operating in Manhattan and other premier cities across the nation, Extell has earned a stellar reputation for its dedication to excellence, quality and innovation.

Significant commercial developments to date include the W Times Square Hotel in New York City, Boston’s Intercontinental Hotel and Residences, the $200 Million redevelopment of Chicago’s Insurance Exchange, for which Extell earned the 2002 Chicago Development of the Year award and Riverside South, one of the largest residential projects in New York’s history.

Extell enjoys exceptionally strong relationships with many of the world’s most respected financial institutions. Over the past five years, Extell has closed in excess of $5.5 billion of construction, assemblage, conversion, and permanent financing. Most recently, Extell secured the largest construction loan attained in the United States in 2008.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Founded in 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architectural firms in the United States. The firm’s sophistication in building technology applications and its commitment to design quality have resulted in a portfolio that features some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

SOM’s work ranges from the architectural design and engineering of individual buildings to the master planning and design of entire communities. The firm has conceived, designed, and built projects that include public and private institutions; corporate offices, banking, and financial institutions; government buildings; healthcare facilities; religious buildings; airports; recreational and sports facilities; university buildings; and residential developments.

SOM is responsible for the design and construction of America’s tallest building, the 4,600,000 square foot, 109-story Sears Tower in Chicago, the U.S. Air Force Academy; the 100-story, 2,800,000-square-foot John Hancock Tower in Chicago; and the 1,000,000-square-foot Bank of America World Headquarters in San Francisco. In New York, SOM designed the Time Warner Center, Times Square Tower, Worldwide

Plaza, 7 World Trade Center, and the Freedom Tower.

Since it was founded, SOM has completed more than 10,000 projects located in more than 50 countries around the world. The firm has an international reputation for design excellence for over 65 years. Currently, the firm maintains offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

Tishman Construction Corporation

Tishman Construction Corporation (TCC) is a privately held Construction Manager, Owner’s Representative, and Project Manager. Founded in 1898 and Headquartered in New York City, Tishman is responsible for the construction of more than 400-million-square-feet of space incorporating facilities of every size and type: office, hotel, entertainment, residential, retail, medical, educational, transportation, recreational, and institutional. Its total value of construction under way is approximately $9 billion and it employs over 800 people nationally.

Tishman’s roster of distinctive construction projects includes some of the nation’s most recognized buildings: The new Seven World Trade Center, Freedom Tower and the original Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the new Bank of America Headquarters Building, the Condé Nast Building at 4 Times Square, Reuters Headquarters at 3 Times Square, E Walk® and the Westin New York at Times Square, the reconstruction of the Whitehall Ferry Terminal, and the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall underneath Carnegie Hall, all in New York City; the John Hancock Center in Chicago; the Century City Theme Center in Los Angeles; Disney’s Epcot Center and Animal Kingdom in Orlando; the Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa in Atlantic City; and the 1,700,000-square-foot Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Tishman employs a diversified preconstruction and construction management staff of structural, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineers; architects; technology specialists; scheduling and cost control personnel; and construction estimators and accountants, providing expert consultation and guidance in all phases of a building project.