EX-23.2 5 a2160740zex-23_2.htm EXHIBIT 23.2

Exhibit 23.2

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments:

 

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 4, 2004, except for the effects of the discontinued operations described in notes 2, 8 and 18 to the combined financial statements for which the date is March 16, 2005, with respect to the combined financial statements and related financial statement schedule of First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments and First Union Management, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company), included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

 

 

New York, New York

July 22, 2005