Maryland Commercial Real Estate Investors

Okay, so this is something I don’t often do and I am about to share with all of you some thing that most people don’t know about. I have a three year old son whose name is Owen, we call him “O”. O was born with life threatening food allergies. He is deathly allergic to all milk and egg based products. While it is managable through education, medicine, and constant supervision, it still is a scary situation. We have to bring food with us when we go out to eat and send food to his school for school lunches and make certain no kids share their food with him. We always have an epie pen on us at all time incase of an attack, etc.

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 Some good factors of consideration brought to you by the National Association of Realtors on the effects of the Global Real Estate markets ( of which I am a fan of ) on the United States Real Estate Market and what NAR and it’s members are doing to help. I spoke with a real estate consultant from Ohio,USA today on what we (mcfalls and smith international development ) where doing in 2007-2008 in the global arena and how he could be apart. And that to me is AMAZING!!! Not that we had this conversation, but the fact alone that I in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and he in Ohio, were talking about possibly meeting up in Dubai to look at commercial investments. This would not have even been a thought 20 years ago. Which is odd in the fact that it seems completly normal to me and some of my peers have been doing commercial real estate for 20 years. I wonder if I will be talking about development on other planets in 30 years?

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In a Class of Their Own: ULI Announces 10 Winners for the 2007 Awards for Excellence: The Americas Competition and one Heritage Award Winner Winners Announced at ULI Spring Council Forum For more information, contact Marge Fahey at 202/624-7187 or E-mail: mfahey@uli.org WASHINGTON (May 11, 2007) — Ten outstanding developments from North America have been selected as winners for the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition. One development has been chosen as a prestigious Heritage Award winner. The awards program is widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program. The competition is part of the Institute’s Awards for Excellence program, established in 1979, which is based on ULI’s guiding principle that the achievement of excellence in land use practice should be recognized and rewarded. ULI’s Awards for Excellence recognize the full development process of a project, not just its architecture or design. The criteria for the awards include leadership, contribution to the community, innovations, public/private partnership, environmental protection and enhancement, response to societal needs, and financial success. To read more and review the list of winners, visit ULI’s Press Room online. ——————————————————————————– Visit three of these outstanding North American developments by attending the ULI Cascadia Study Tour; June 3-8, 2007. This unique ULI program showcases best practices of transit-oriented, sustainable, and downtown residential development in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. The following 2007 ULI Awards for Excellence: The Americas winners are showcased on the ULI Cascadia Study Tour: Bob and Diana Gerding Theater at the Armory, Portland, Oregon; 2200, Seattle, Washington; and High Point, Seattle, Washington. Limited space available. To register visit www.uli.org/studytours or contact johnf@uli.org.

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