About Ridge
Ridge Property Trust ("Ridge") is a Private Real Estate Investment Trust formed between Ridge Investors, LLC (Management) and Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI). Ridge is a leading provider of corporate real estate development, investment, and financing services specializing in "state of the art" warehouse, distribution and manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Mexico. Ridge's principals have been involved in the development, construction, ownership and management of more than 125 million square feet of institutional quality real estate throughout the United States and have an average of 25 years experience in the real estate industry. Ridge is based in Chicago, Illinois with regional offices in Southern California, Dallas, Texas, McAllen, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico.
About PREI
Prudential Real Estate Investors is the real estate investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. PREI’s business is the execution of real estate investment strategies, in markets throughout the world, for a global client base. PREI offers core, value-added, and opportunistic strategies investing directly in real estate in the United States, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and Asia. There are more than 500 associates worldwide in 19 offices specializing in fund management, transactions, asset management, research and investment strategies, fund operations, finance, and investment structuring. PREI has been investing in real estate on behalf of institutional clients since 1970, with gross assets under management of USD $43.3 billion and net asset value of $23.7 billion, as of September 30, 2009.