ABOUT KBS COMPANIES
Founded by Peter Bren and Charles J. Schreiber in 1992, KBS is one of the nation's largest buyers of commercial real estate and structured debt investments having consummated over $16 billion in transactional volume since inception. In May 2009, KBS was ranked by CPN/Nielsen among the top three largest real estate buyers in the nation. KBS has a strong reputation in the industry for efficient and timely closing on large and complex transactions in the office, industrial, multi-family and retail sectors. KBS also originates and acquires debt positions collateralized by stabilized and value-added properties.

KBS Realty Advisors has created 19 separate accounts and six commingled funds with the nation's largest pension funds and institutional investors. KBS Capital Advisors was formed in 2006 as exclusive advisor for KBS publicly registered, non-traded REIT's which are designed to give individual investors the ability to invest in a similar type of real estate and structured debt as KBS pension fund and institutional partners. These public investment vehicles have included KBS REIT I*, which closed its offering period in May 2008, having raised over $1.7 billion with over $3.0 billion in real estate equity and debt acquired. KBS REIT II* was declared effective on April 22, 2008, with a maximum offering size of $2.8 billion. Additionally, on January 8, 2009, KBS filed a registration for KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT** with a maximum offering size of $2.8 billion. For more information on KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, you can view our identifying statement. If you are interested in employment opportunities, please visit Careers at KBS.