Buying, selling, brokering, holding and managing real estate. Additionally, awarding construction contracts for new buildings and renovations or carrying out construction work itself, as well as acquiring, holding, granting, managing and disposing of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds, establishing branches in Switzerland and abroad, participating in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquiring or merging with similar or related companies, acquiring, operating, managing and disposing of properties and facilities, and entering into all transactions and concluding contracts that are suitable for promoting the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.