The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, construct, hold, manage, rent, market and finance real estate, as well as to provide all related services. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in, acquire or establish other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, exploit and sell industrial property rights and know-how, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may grant loans or other types of financing and provide collateral of all kinds for liabilities of group companies.