The company's purpose is to engage in the trade (purchase and sale), management (rental and leasing), maintenance and administration of properties of all kinds. Furthermore, the company provides services and works in the field of planning construction projects and the development of plots of land. In addition, the company may conduct all business that is suitable to promote or facilitate the development of the company and the achievement of its purpose, including establishing branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participating in other companies of a similar nature in Switzerland and abroad, and acquiring similar or related companies. The company may also participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may encumber its real estate, arrange financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, acquire, manage and sell securities, as well as acquire patents and licenses.