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Cushman & Wakefield's Merin to Speak at ICREW NJ Breakfast
Capital Markets Experts to Discuss Investment Sales Climate at March 11 Event
Event Date: March 11, 2010
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ISELIN, N.J., Feb. 24, 2010 - Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Vice Chairman Andrew Merin, head of the firm's Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group in East Rutherford, will serve as a featured panelist at ICREW NJ's monthly breakfast meeting on Thursday, March 11. The discussion topic, "Real Estate in New Jersey: Capital Markets & Beyond," will focus on the Garden State's current real estate climate.
Merin and his team specialize in real estate sales, joint ventures and financing across commercial product types. A recognized voice for defining trends, Merin is a regular lecturer for the MBA program of the NYU Stern School of Business; frequently shares his expertise as a panelist at trade events and organization meetings; and often serves as a source for real estate, business and news publications.
The March 11 ICREW NJ event will take place at the Woodbridge Hilton, 120 Wood Ave. South in Iselin. Breakfast and networking will begin at 8 a.m., with the program commencing at 8:30 a.m. Additional slated panelists include Kevin Welsh of CBRE, Joseph Taylor of Matrix Development Group and David Welsh of Normandy Real Estate Partners.
Admission with registration prior to March 5 is $50 for ICREW members and $75 for guests. Admission with registration after March 5 is $60 for ICREW members and $85 for guests. Company tables of 10 are available at $350 for ICREW member firms and $550 for non-member firms. For more information, visit http://www.icrewnj.org/.
Industrial/Commercial Real Estate Women, Inc. (ICREW NJ) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes communication and interaction between experienced commercial real estate professionals in New Jersey. Its members include women involved in all aspects of commercial and industrial real estate. ICREW NJ is an organization of the CREW Network (Commercial Real Estate Network), the industry's premier business organization dedicated to the advancement of women in commercial real estate. It has more than 8,000 members in 66 major markets across North America.
Cushman & Wakefield's Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group has completed more than $13.7 billion worth of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and land transactions since 2000. In 2009, despite a sluggish investment sales environment, the team closed 20 deals with a cumulative value of $751 million - nearly 43 percent of the total activity recorded last year in Northern New Jersey, Fairfield County, Conn., and Long Island and Westchester County, N.Y.
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