NARER BULLETIN

May 20, 1999, Vol.2. No. 5

"Sent to over 4,700 commercial real estate professionals."

List Moderator: Forbes J. Rutherford rutherford@narer.com

Supported by: Rutherford International

Publisher of the North American Real Estate Review http://www.narer.com

The NARER Bulletin is a sampling of information available on the North American Real Estate Review’s web site. Launched in 1995, NARER.COM began as a moderated on-line real estate conference of timely and relevant issues for the real estate and finance professional. NARER.COM is quickly becoming a commercial real estate portal site, having reached the status of being one of the top 200 most visited commercial real estate web sites on the Net. Please ensure your corporate site has a link on the NARER portal.

CONTENTS:

  1. Bulletin Sponsor: ICI-WEB.ORG — A Property Registry and Web Site Service.
  2. Executive Search: Job Postings and On-line Services from Rutherford & Company
  3. Ad Selection: Toronto Property Accountants — Leverage your Knowledge in REMS
  4. Internet Advisory: Leasing or Marketing Commercial Real Estate — An On-line Strategy
  5. USA: Selected Articles from RealTimes News Magazine
  6. Canada: Selected Articles from Building Magazine
  7. Canadian Market Review by Colliers International
  8. Financing? — Access lenders and equity partners via the Net
  9. NARER.COM — An Invitation to link
  10. Bulletin Sponsorship

***Canceling and Subscription***

  1. Bulletin Sponsor: http://www.iciweb.org — A Property Registry and Web site Service

    The ICIWEB.ORG commercial property registry is designed to facilitate and enhance traditional methods of marketing real estate and development projects that are for sale, lease or in need of financing. The system currently provides a basic listing on over 200M Sq.ft. of commercial properties throughout North America. Placement of your portfolio on ICIWEB.ORG is free to qualified registrants, and may be entered directly to our database by your staff through password access. For further information on ICIWEB.ORG, go to http://www.narer.com/iciweb

    Free enhanced registrations are available to qualified assets in the following locations: Raleigh/Durham, New York, Boston, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Houston, San Jose, Philadelphia, Minneapolis/St.Paul, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Sacramento, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Denver, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver. An example of an enhanced listing, may be seen at http://www.iciweb.org/search/show_bld.cgi?53

     

  2. Real Estate Executive Search: Career Postings and On-line Recruitment Services

    Rutherford & Company (http://www.narer.com/rutherfordre) an executive search firm specializing in real estate and investment assignments is pleased to announce the introduction of an On-line Advertising Selection Service. This targeted advertising methodology is designed to minimize the cost of staffing positions where advertising might suffice. Positions are advertised in the Careers section of our web site. This section receives over 200 unique visits per day from various real estate on-line job seekers. An additional 17,000 potential respondents are targeted through other online methods. This service costs $2,500.00 per position advertised.

    Many firms place career opportunities on their corporate web sites. Most job seekers prefer a one stop approach when seeking career opportunities. We offer such a one stop approach by providing direct links from the career posting section of the Rutherford & Company site to yours. This program allows you to increase respondent traffic to your site. A direct link to the employment opportunity section of your corporate site costs $500.00 per month.

     

  3. Ad Selection: Toronto Property Accountants — Leverage your Knowledge in REMS

    An international developer and provider of software solutions to the real estate industry requires senior property accountants to become analysts, key accounts managers, trainers and systems implementation analysts within their Toronto based client service department. The company serves the premier property management, home building and general construction firms throughout North America. By leveraging your property accounting experience, these openings offer you, an exceptional career changing opportunity to become part of the burgeoning IT and MIS. Find further information at http://www.narer.com/rutherfordre/postings.html

     

  4. Internet Advisory: Leasing or Marketing Commercial Real Estate — An On-line Strategy

    "Information Empowerment or Knowledge Management" is the essence and primary driver of the Internet's popularity. With improvements to encryption technologies and database server interfaces, companies and their customers are able to do business on the Net in a manner, which has literally turned traditional methods on their head. The future direction for business, is less about supporting traditional commercial delivery systems, and more about storming the gates with a new paradigm for doing business.

    To perceive the future of real estate transactions, consider the impact on retail securities brokers commissions. Investing in equities through the Internet is a clear example of this new paradigm, one in which investment underwriters and retail investment brokerage houses are scrambling to preserve market share. We offer a strategy for marketing real estate on the Net. To read our strategy letter, click here: http://www.narer.com/iciweb/strategy.html

  5. USA: Selected Articles from RealTimes News Magazine

    http://realtimes.com/commercial.htm

    L.A's Office, Industrial Markets Back Strong, Study Shows

    Despite the addition of more than 30 million square feet of industrial space in the Los Angeles Basin during 1998, the market is the strongest it has been in 20 years, while the office sector will achieve full recovery in all areas in one to three years, according to a new study by The Seeley Co. of Los Angeles.

    Full Story: http://realtimes.com/rtnews/rtcmpages/19990405_laoffice.htm

    Ratty Malls

    Large shopping malls once were considered icons that would remain permanent fixtures. As the neighborhoods around these mammoth monuments to consumerism deteriorate, we may find that the life cycle for some retail properties ends not with flattened growth, but with death.

    Full Story:

    http://realtimes.com/rtnews/rtcmpages/19990420_rattymalls.htm

    Feds Loosen The Reins On REITs

    Thirty-two members of the House have introduced legislation that would allow REITs to hold limited taxable subsidiaries. But wipe away that warm and fuzzy feeling. They aren't being nice. They just want your money.

    Full Story: http://realtimes.com/rtnews/rtcmpages/19990430_reits.htm

  6. Canada: Selected Articles from Building Magazine

    Movie Mania: http://www.building.ca/49-1/49-1-16.shmtl

    Moving Parts — Infrastructure System: http://www.building.ca/49-1/49-1-20.shmtl

  7. Canadian Market Review by Colliers International

    Colliers International has posted a review of the Canadian market on the front of its international web site. You are able to view this market review by going to http://www.colliers.com

  8. Financing? — Access lenders and equity partners via the Net

    NARER's Mortgage Information Conduit (MIC) http://www.narer.com/mic applies Internet technology enabling borrowers to quickly identify, contact, and inform both domestic and international lenders of their financial need for interim or long term funding.

    Our RE-Vest Information Conduit http://www.narer.com/revest enables vendors to quickly identify, contact and inform potential domestic and off-shore investors of their real estate investment opportunity - whether it's a mortgage, a single property, a portfolio, an all-cash acquisition or a participating equity transaction.

    These services do not participate in commissions, act as a broker, negotiate with potential lenders or independently prepare any sales documentation. Service is restricted to deal sizes equal or greater to $1.5MM.

  9. NARER.COM — An Invitation to link

    NARER, the North American Real Estate Review, was originally designed in 1995 as a moderated real estate conference, allowing registrants to participate in debates on issues, which directly influence the development, financing, ownership, management and end use of real property in North America.

    NARER, one of the top two hundred most active commercial real estate web sites on the Net, has evolved with the Internet, becoming a portal to general commercial real estate information and services. We invite you to ensure your corporation is adequately linked to NARER’s Portal site.

  10. Bulletin Sponsorship

    Every four to six weeks, NARER Bulletin is sent to over 4,700 commercial real estate professionals. The mailing list was compiled by Rutherford & Company’s research department, and is representative of a substantial percentage of North America’s institutional real estate investment and mortgage lending community. To become a sponsor of the NARER Bulletin, or host a forum within the chat section of the NARER web site, please contact the publisher at mailto:rutherford@narer.com

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