News Release
Mitsubishi Estate September 19, 2001


Mitsubishi Estate Announces Establishment of
Investment Management Company

- Services to be Expanded to Real Estate Investors-

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Mitsubishi Real Estate Services Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce the establishment of Mitsubishi Estate Investment Management Co., Ltd. to expand the range of services for commercial real estate investors. The company opened its doors for business on September 12th, 2001.

In the past, the provision of services for real estate investors by the Mitsubishi Estate Group has been shared by two companies; Mitsubishi Estate handling asset management and appraisal, and Mitsubishi Real Estate Services handling the brokerage of commercial real estate. From now on, the new company will attend to all the matters related to commercial real estate in a move to enhance services and better meet investors' needs.

In addition to appraisal and brokerage, the new company is providing such various services as due diligence, market research, pro-forma analysis, underwriting and closing, real estate securitization, and asset and property management. In the future it is planned to advance business practices by organizing private real estate equity funds.