The company's purpose, with the exception of any operations prohibited by the LFAIE, is the purchase, leasing, resale, transformation, management, administration, operation, promotion, and generally the enhancement of real estate properties, the alienation of all or part of its properties through sales, exchanges, or contributions to companies, the leasing to its own shareholders of the apartments, gardens, and garages existing in said properties or their dependencies. The company may also carry out, directly or indirectly, all commercial, financial, industrial, movable, or immovable operations, in Switzerland and abroad, that promote or facilitate its development, and participate, directly or indirectly, in all enterprises related to its corporate purpose in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to its shareholders or to third parties, as well as provide securities of all kinds, directly or indirectly to companies of the same group or to third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, or securities on the company's assets. It may create branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.