Fortune 500 Part 2: Here Are The Bottom 13 Industry Entrants

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Fortune just put out this year's Fortune 500 list of top companies—Bisnow sifted through the names to find how real estate firms stacked up. Here's Part 2 of our breakdown, with firms in the bottom half of the list. (Check out Part 1 here.)

Simon Property Group

CEO: David Simon (pictured)

HQ: Indianapolis

Spot On The List: 488

Employees: 4,075

The country's largest real estate investment trust moved up from 529 in the rankings last year, as it saw profits rise by nearly 30% over the same time. The US's largest shopping mall owner seems to have recovered from its failed $16.8B bid for Macerich last year.

Blackstone Group

CEO: Stephen A. Schwarzman (pictured)

HQ: New York

Spot On The List: 536

Employees: 2,060

The world's largest alternative asset manager had a rough year, with its profits cut in half, by Fortune's reckoning. Still, the PERE giant has come a long way since its founding in 1985.

Hyatt Hotels

CEO: Mark S. Hoplamazian

HQ: Chicago

Spot On The List: 562

Employees: 45,000

Hyatt bumped up 21 spots from last year, although it has yet to break into the top 500. Despite that rise in Fortune ranking, the firm saw a 64% decrease in profits over the past year.

Toll Brothers

CEO: Douglas C. Yearley Jr.

HQ: Horsham, PA

Spot On The List: 576

Employees: 39,000

Toll Brothers saw a much larger jump in rankings than Hyatt, up from 628 last year. The luxury homebuilder also made Fortune's list of fastest-growing companies, at No. 53.

Wynn Resorts

CEO: Stephen A. Wynn (pictured)

HQ: Las Vegas

Spot On The List: 585

Employees: 20,800

Wynn saw a big drop in rankings on the year, falling from 477 as its profits took a 73.3% dive. The company has been expanding its holdings in Macau, despite a slowdown in the Chinese city.

Ventas

CEO: Debra A. Cafaro (pictured)

HQ: Chicago

Spot On The List: 651

Employees: 466

Ventas also saw a drop in profits on the year, although not quite as much as Wynn, at just 12.2%. It has been just over a year since the Chicago-based company bought and spun off nursing and rehab properties from Ardent Medical Services.

Carlyle Group

CEO: David Rubenstein (pictured), William E. Conway Jr.

HQ: Washington, DC

Spot On The List: 730

Employees: 1,700

This PERE giant dropped 101 spots from its place on the list last year. Carlyle and its peers had a particularly difficult Q1 amid market turmoil and rock-bottom oil prices.

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Sam Zell

CEO: David J. Neithercut

HQ: Chicago

Spot On The List: 781

Employees: 3,500

Sam Zell's (pictured) Equity Residential just revealed that a slowdown in gateway cities has it struggling. The Grave Dancer himself has predicted a recession in the coming months—although he hasn't broken out his classic pre-recession poetry yet (that we know of).

Vornado

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Vornado CEO Steven Roth at REITWeek 2014

CEO: Steven Roth (pictured)

HQ: New York

Spot On The List: 833

Employees: 4,089

Vornado has dropped 19 spots on the list after a 12.1% drop in profits on the year. The company has just moved into co-working and co-living, opening a WeWork and WeLive in Crystal City, DC.

Boston Properties

CEO: Owen D. Thomas (pictured)

HQ: Boston

Spot On The List: 846

Employees: 765

Boston Properties has seen a nice 50-spot bump on the list since last year, and a profit increase of over 30%. The East Coast company just made its first foray into SoCal, buying a $500M office complex from Blackstone.

General Growth Properties

CEO: Sandeep Mathrani (pictured)

HQ: Chicago

Spot On The List: 861

Employees: 1,700

GGP, one of the country's largest mall operators, has seen a 104% increase in profits over the past year, up to $1.3B. The retail REIT is investing in high-tech maps and other amenities to bring shoppers to its malls.

Public Storage

CEO: Ronald L. Havner Jr. (pictured)

HQ: Glendale, CA

Spot On The List: 870

Employees: 5,300

Public Storage is an oddball on this list, as the only self-storage REIT. Yet it has been a cash cow on Wall Street, with shares up 17% annually over the past 20 years—more than doubling the S&P 500 average.

Hospitality Properties Trust

CEO: John G. Murray

HQ: Newton, MA

Spot On The List: 988

Employees: 400

This real estate firm just barely squeezed onto Fortune's top 1000 list, and if its falling profits continue (down 15% for the year) it could be on its way out. Still, over the last month the lodging REIT's shares have trended upward.

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