The company's purpose is to acquire, rent, manage, sell and broker properties, as well as plan, design, develop and realize new, extension and renovation projects. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell plots of land and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal acts that may be necessary to achieve the company's purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees and sureties of any kind, whether remunerated or not.