Gazit Globe owns and operates supermarket-anchored shopping centers. Co. maintains more than 426 properties with a gross leasable area of approximately 71 million square feet which are geographically diversified across 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Israel, Germany and Brazil. Co. acquires, develops and redevelops well-located, supermarket-anchored neighborhood and community shopping centers in densely-populated areas with high barriers to entry and attractive demographic trends. Co.'s properties are typically located in countries characterized by stable GDP growth, political and economic stability and strong credit ratings.