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Economists Lynn Sedway and Larry Souza offer insight into Bay Area commercial real estate

The Commercial Real Estate Forecast Luncheon comes to Oakland January 14 as major real estate organizations join forces bring together two highly respected industry economists to share their insights.

Lynn M. Sedway, CRE, is Executive Managing Director of CBRE Consulting, Inc., the successor entity to Sedway Group, the real estate and urban economics consulting firm she formed in 1978. Since founding the firm, she has led its consulting practice - which includes market studies, highest and best use studies, economic and financial analysis and fiscal assessments - which has earned an unsurpassed reputation in its field for innovative thinking, sound research and objective advice. Ms. Sedway’s major areas of specialization include public-private partnerships, negotiation, redevelopment, market studies, complex valuation analysis and corporate real estate. She also has extensive experience in evaluating market trends for major land uses, including residential, retail, office and mixed-use projects, and has testified as an expert witness in the areas of market and financial feasibility, valuation and real estate economics.

Larry Souza, CCIM, is a Registered Representative with Chrysalis Capital Group LLC and commercial real estate broker, providing economic and investment consulting services to retail and institutional real estate investors. He has also held senior positions in strategic portfolio research and analysis with BRE Properties, Metric Realty Advisors, Mellon- McMahan/MacFarlane Partners, Norris/Beggs & Simpson and Grubb & Ellis.

Souza has over 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Prior to establishing the Johnson Souza Group, Inc. and affiliating with Chrysalis Capital Group LLC, Souza worked for Charles Schwab Investment Management as Managing Director - Index Services; Chief Economist – Managing Director with Global Real Analytics; and Investment Advisor for Quantum Financial Network. Souza holds graduate degrees in several fields including: finance, economics, public administration and information systems. He has also been teaching college level courses for the past 13 years in Real Estate, Finance and Economics.

When:
Thursday, January 14, 2010

11:30am - Networking
12:00 noon - Luncheon
2:00pm - Meeting Adjourned

Where:
Scotts Seafood Restaurant
Jack London Square, Oakland

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