The company's purpose is: all activities in the real estate sector, including buying, selling, leasing, managing, administering, brokering, and real estate promotion (with the exception of operations prohibited by the LFAIE); all activities of buying, holding, managing, and selling securities and other financial instruments for its own account (proprietary trading). It may also carry out, either for its own account or for the account of third parties, all financial, commercial, securities, or real estate operations directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and may be interested, in any form, in all similar enterprises, notably by taking participations in similar enterprises. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also grant loans or guarantees to partners, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies, or to third parties, if this promotes its interests or those of the group of companies of which it is a part. In addition, it may also acquire, develop, manage, deposit, and exploit patents, trademarks, licenses, manufacturing processes, and intellectual property rights.