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Our Business

CNL is a community of companies linked by a common Purpose, Mission, Vision and Values.

CNL COMPANIES

CNL is constantly evolving to create a sustainable global business that accesses capital and invests in attractive real estate strategies, identifying emerging opportunities and making long-term investments. Since our inception in 1973, we have started or acquired companies with more than $23 billion in assets.

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CNL Financial Group

By championing a long-term perspective, CNL Financial Group, Inc. (CNL) is one of the nation’s largest privately held real estate investment and development companies. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, CNL is a sponsor of a wide array of investment products. Since its inception in 1973, CNL and its affiliates have formed or acquired companies with more than $23 billion in assets, including hotel, retail, restaurant, seniors' housing and lifestyle properties.

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CNL Fund Management

CNL Fund Management Company creates and manages real estate investment products in partnership with prominent investment managers in the real estate industry.

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CNL Lifestyle Compagny. LLC

Advisor to CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., directing the REIT's investments in the lifestyle industry segments.

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CNL Private Equity Corp.

Leads CNL’s non-REIT strategy, managing its portfolio of private offerings with investments in both real estate and business opportunities.

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CNL Real Estate Advisors

CNL Real Estate Advisors is a subsidiary of CNL Financial Group, Inc. and provides advisory services with respect to real estate acquisitions and operations across a variety of sectors.

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CNL Real Estate & Development

CNL Real Estate & Development Corp. is a comprehensive development group with interests throughout the Southeast U.S., specializing in master-planned communities, urban infill and other mixed-use projects.

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CNL Commercial Real Estate

CNL Commercial Real Estate invests in and develops commercial real estate, and provides a full complement of client services including: brokerage, building management and leasing, and religious and education consultant services.

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CNL Securities Corp.

CNL Securities Corp. serves as a sales agent, sourcing capital for CNL Financial Group and its joint venture partners.

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CNL Fund Advisors Company

CNL Fund Advisors Company is the adviser to an open-end mutual fund that invests in global real estate securities.

Businesses that are owned and managed by CNL Financial Group, Inc.

Businesses that carry the CNL name that are now, or may be in the future, in public ownership and independently managed

Businesses that were built, acquired or managed by CNL that are now fully independent in terms of ownership, management and brand

CNL Companies

CNL Commercial Real Estate invests in and develops commercial real estate, and provides a full complement of client services including brokerage; building management and leasing; and religious and education consultant services.

CNL Fund Management Company

An advisory company that creates and manages real estate investment products in partnership with prominent investment managers in the real estate industry.

Advisor to CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., directing the REIT's investments and relationships in the lifestyle industry segments.

Leads CNL’s non-REIT strategy, managing its portfolio of private offerings with investments in both real estate and business opportunities.

An advisory company that creates, administers and manages real estate investments globally in partnership with prominent investment managers in the real estate industry.

A comprehensive development group with interests throughout the Southeast U.S., specializing in master-planned communities, urban infill and other mixed-use projects.

CNL Securities Corp. serves as a sales agent, sourcing capital for CNL Financial Group and its joint venture partners.

CNL Related Companies

CNLBank serves the needs of commercial, professional, government, and real estate development clients by providing customer service and innovative financial solutions.

A public, unlisted real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in the lifestyle industry segments

Advisor to CNL Macquarie Global Growth Trust, Inc., providing management, advisory and administrative services to CNL Macquarie Global Growth Trust, Inc.

A non-traded real estate investment trust with a focused growth philosophy. It intends to take advantage of opportunities in the global commercial real estate market by targeting assets it believes provide the greatest opportunity for capital appreciation.

CNL Heritage Companies

CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

A leading real estate investment trust and owner of one of the most distinctive portfolios in the lodging industry. With a focus on luxury and upper-upscale properties, the company had approximately $6.0 billion in total assets with 61 hotels and resorts across North America that operate under premium brands such as The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. CNL Hotels & Resorts was acquired in October 2006 by a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Ashford Hospitality Trust in a transaction valued at $6.6 billion.

CNL Retirement Properties, Inc.

A real estate investment trust with investments primarily in independent living, assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, medical office buildings and other medical real estate. CNL Retirement Properties was acquired in October 2006 by Health Care Property Investors, Inc. in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion.

Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.

Now known as National Retail Properties, Inc., an equity real estate investment trust (REIT), traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NNN, that owns, builds and manages single-tenant, net-leased properties nationwide.

CNL Restaurant Properties, Inc.

Merged with U.S. Restaurant Properties, Inc. and 18 CNL Income Funds in 2005; formed Trustreet Properties, Inc. and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TSY); Trustreet was acquired by GE Capital Solutions in February 2007 in a transaction valued at approximately $3 billion.