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A New National Survey Indicates Growing Confidence
Among Commercial-Real-Estate Professionals

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A NEW NATIONAL SURVEY FROM "BLACK'S GUIDE" REVEALS THAT
89-PERCENT OF COMMERCIAL-REAL-ESTATE PROFESSIONALS FEEL CONFIDENT
THAT--OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS--THEIR BUSINESS WILL BE AS GOOD
AS, OR BETTER THAN, IT WAS THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THIS
CONFIDENCE FOLLOWS A HALF-DECADE SLUMP IN THE COMMERCIAL-REAL-ESTATE
INDUSTRY. "BLACK'S GUIDE" VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER,
ED BARNES, EXPLAINS...
(BARNES):
"THE RESULTS OF OUR FIRST 'C-R-E TRENDS SURVEY' DEMONSTRATE
THAT THE INDUSTRY IS EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF GROWTH, AFTER A SLUGGISH FIVE
YEARS. COMMERCIAL-REAL-ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ARE BACK INTO
PROBLEM-SOLVING MODE--LOOKING FOR THE KIND OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND
HIGH-QUALITY INFORMATION THAT GETS DEALS DONE."
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ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON WHERE NEW TENANTS WILL
COME FROM, INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ARE NOW LOOKING TO MEET GROWING TENANT
DEMANDS FOR SUCH THINGS AS "WI-FI" AND FOOD SERVICES--AS WELL AS THE
CHALLENGES OF NEW DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING TRAFFIC ISSUES AND DELAYS IN
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS. NEARLY ONE-THOUSAND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS,
NATIONWIDE, PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY. FOR MORE INFORMATION,
VISIT THE ENHANCED
W-W-W-DOT-"BLACK'S-GUIDE"-DOT-COM;
THAT'S W-W-W-DOT-"B-L-A-C-K-S-G-U-I-D-E"-DOT-COM. I'M BOB TEBO.
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