Andrew Zezas, SIOR Moderates Corporate Real Estate Panel (March 5, 2009: Kenilworth, New Jersey): Real Estate Strategies Corporation, the Kenilworth, New Jersey based real estate estate advisory and transaction services firm, announced today that its CEO, Andrew Zezas, SIOR, moderated a distnguished panel of corporate real estate directors at the 2008 SIOR Fall World Conference. The four day conference was held in Minneapolis, MN, and was attended by over 500 commercial real estate professionals from around North America. The panel discussion, entitled "Broker Selection Process from the Client's Perspective: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly", was attended by over 150 real estate professionals, and included real estate directors from Anderson Corporation, Medtronic, UnitedHealth Care, and The Travelers Companies. "The
four real estate directors who graciously gave of their time at the SIOR
Conference were among the most sophisticated in corporate America"
Andrew Zezas said. He continued "Given their geographically dispersed
real estate portfolio, these executives demonstrated a logical and well-defined
method of overseeing both their companies' real estate holdings and the
service providers they engage. I was please to have had the opportunity
to moderate the SIOR panel discussion." Real Estate Strategies Corporation is a respected corporate advisory and transaction services firm that provides thought-leadership, decision-making, planning, project management and transaction execution services. Under the leadership of its award-winning CEO, Andrew B. Zezas, "RealStrat" advises financial and senior executives at management team-led public, private, and portfolio companies, and not-for-profit organizations. Its clients engage the firm when acquiring, disposing, renegotiating, or enhancing occupied leased or owned real estate in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and throughout North America. By creating and executing Business DRIVEN Real Estate Solutions and identifying hidden Opportunities, RealStrat drives greater operational and financial performance in support of its clients' stakeholder objectives, M&A requirements, and exit strategies. In the current economic environment, RealStrat’s efforts are focused on uncovering, capturing, and re-purposing hidden liquidity and minimizing risk in its clients' leased and owned real estate. The firm provides counsel as to competitive advantage strategies in preparation for the eventual economic recovery. By restructuring existing leases, disposing of surplus property, structuring sale / leaseback transactions, securing new and replacement financing, and acquiring leased or owned real estate, RealStrat reduces its clients’ occupancy costs and risk, and increases their operational flexibility and resiliency. Many of the firm's clients have realized multiple seven figure present value cash benefits through the creative planning and execution of these strategies. Visit www.RealStrat.com. Andrew Zezas, SIOR, is well-known for his energetic, motivational, and informative style of conference speaking, and has given informal talks, formal presentations, and has lead training, educational, and career enhancement programs for financial and management executives; business, professional, real estate, government, and trade associations; throughout the US and Canada, including the Financial Executives Internatgional (FEI), the Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG), the Institute for Management Accountants (IMA), American Management Association (AMA), the U.S. Postal Service, RealComm, Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), and others. Andrew is President & CEO of Real Estate Strategies Corporation, sits on multiple Boards, and is founder, former National Chairman, and currently Co-Chair of the SIOR Tenant Representation Specialty Practice Board, a group of over 300 tenant representation focused commercial real estate professionals from around the world. He is a licensed real estate broker in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Florida, and is a licensed real estate instructor in Texas, Indiana, and other states. Andrew is the author of two new real estate books, The CFO's Guide to Understanding Corporate Real Estate Transactions and The CFO's Guide to Hiring the "Right" Real Estate Service Provider, both of which are available for at no cost to financial executives at www.TheCFOsGuide.com. He can be reached at 908 245 5999 or via email. LINKS: RealStrat
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