Gafisa S.A.

Gafisa SA engages in the construction, development, and selling of residential properties. The company is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo and currently employs 295 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-03-16. The firm's segments are Gafisa (for ventures targeted at high and medium income) and Tenda (for ventures targeted at low income). The firm's brands include Tenda, which serves the affordable entry-level housing segments, Gafisa, which offers a range of residential options to the mid to higher income segments and Alphaville (equity method investment), which focuses on the identification, development and sale of residential communities. In addition, it provides construction services to third parties on certain developments in the Gafisa segment where it retains an equity interest. Its real estate business activities include developments for sale of residential units, land subdivisions and commercial buildings; construction services, and sale of units through its brokerage subsidiaries, Gafisa Vendas Intermediacao Imobiliaria Ltda and Gafisa Vendas in Rio de Janeiro, jointly referred to as Gafisa Vendas.