Land Securities Group

Land Securities Group plc is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the UK. The firm switched to Real Estate Investment Trust status when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. 

Land Securities Group Plc is a real estate investment trust, which owns, develops and manages offices, shopping centers and retail parks in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments: Retail Portfolio and London Portfolio. The Retail Portfolio segment includes all its shopping centers, hotels and leisure assets, shops, retail warehouse properties and assets held in retail joint ventures, excluding central London shops. The London Portfolio segment includes all its London offices and central London shops. Land Securities Group was founded by Harold Samuel on February 15, 1944 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.