In the real estate industry, Casto is more than a development company. We are a privately held, fully integrated real estate services firm dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of client service. With eighty years of successful development and management of commercial, industrial and residential real estate, we continue to utilize our core competencies, market strengths and competitive advantages in ways that produce substantial returns, both financial and non-financial, for our clients, investors, partners and the communities in which our projects are located. We are a team of more than 300 associates who bring diverse talents, perspectives and experience to the Casto name and believe that the best efforts are rewarded with the best results.
In the last several years, we have more than doubled our real estate holdings. We have established and continue to maintain excellent relationships with financial institutions and institutional lenders to facilitate the financing of our real estate developments, construction and acquisitions as well as the refinancing of existing properties. A survivor in a changing market and an innovator in a booming economy, we have prepared for a very successful future.
Long a leader in real estate development, leasing and property management, our aggressive growth plan has enabled us to broaden our real estate services to include mortgage and investment banking, construction management, tenant representation, and site selection and acquisition. Our solutions are a direct result of having some of the best people in the business coupled with a longstanding tradition of innovation, integrity and imagination.
For us, it's more than just the bottom line. While we work hard to make sure that each project we undertake is a financial success, we also strive to make sure that our projects are well planned, that our people have a good quality of life, that our tenants are happy with the service they receive, and that we work with the communities we enter to make both our project and their community better for the partnership.