Acquisition and sale of all industrial real estate, rental of commercial and storage spaces and all other related operations, with the holding of buildings for exclusively commercial use; the company may also carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all commercial, movable and financial operations, in direct or indirect relation to its purpose, in any form whatsoever, in particular in the form of participations; the company may open branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire any company pursuing an analogous or complementary purpose; the company may grant loans or guarantees to its shareholders or to third parties.