AEW Capital Management, L. P. (AEW) is a registered real estate investment company founded in 1981. AEW serves approximately 200 institutional clients, including U.S. government agencies, many of the largest U.S. private and public retirement programs, and overseas investors. We provide them with financial advisory, capital markets, asset management, and program support services on a wide variety of complex real estate portfolios. AEW is dedicated to creating and implementing superior real estate investment and asset management strategies for its clients, and the company''s mission is to become each client''s most trusted and effective advisor.

AEW consults with various federal government and regulated entities through its National Advisory Services Group. The firm currently has on-going contracts with the General Services Administration, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federa l Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

AEW manages over $6.8 billion in client capital invested in real estate assets, the market value of which is $10 billion. The firm has investments across North America and Europe in all major property types. AEW also trades in public real estate securities thr ough its Real Estate Investment Trust Group and its Targeted Securities Fund.

Real estate is our only business: AEW offers considerable breadth and depth of real estate knowledge to assist federal agencies in effective portfolio and asset management. Our consulting advice is practice-based. We understand the legal and political environ ment within which federal agencies operate and the problems that confront federal real estate managers. We help to solve them and achieve public policy objectives using market research, time-tested private sector real estate practices, and a strategic approach to planning cost-effective solutions.

AEW employs approximately 240 people. The company has a primary office in Boston, Massachusetts, and a full-service branch office in Los Angeles, California. The firm also has satellite offices in Washington, D.C., and London, England.

AEW is an approved contractor for the Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) program, under SINs 874-1 (Consulting Services); 874-6 Privatization Support Services & Documentation; and 874-7 (Program Integration and Project Mana gement Services).

AEW advisory services under SIN 874 include: real estate strategic consulting and planning; business improvement activities for real estate management organizations; real estate portfolio assessments; development of real estate portfolio performance tools an d measures; real estate operations improvement; real estate program planning, implementation, oversight, management and support services; real estate project management services; real estate privatization services; feasibility studies for real estate private/p ublic partnerships, including program planning, implementation, support, management and oversight; real estate financial and asset management consulting; and applied real estate market research.