Gomez/PikeNet Industry Survey Will Provide Insight

Help, What Should I Do?... A Dispatch reader wrote recently, hat specifically is PikeNet's role in the industry? ... I think it would be of great benefit to everyone trying to understand and navigate this ever-changing landscape if PikeNet could evaluate what's out there." Wow, that's a tall order. But it's a perfect segue to the upcoming PikeNet Forum, which is a neutral platform for the exchange of ideas about commercial real estate and the Internet. And this year, I'm particularly excited about reporting to attendees on the results of the Gomez/PikeNet Survey. Although we've just started to analyze almost 1,000 responses, we've got some surprising data on technology usage, industry trends and web-based real estate services. Really cool stuff. We'll first make this available at the PikeNet Forum in San Francisco, May 2-4. Yes, you can still register online.

So Who's Coming?... Companies like these: Arthur Andersen, Avalon Bay, CarrAmerica, Catellus, Colonnade Properties, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Grosvenor, Lowe Enterprises, Oracle, Prentiss Properties, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Principal Capital Group, RREEF, Secured Capital Corp, Taubman and TrizecHahn.

What's Happening?... Keynote presentation: John Hagel, author of "Net Gain." Four general session presentations: Owners (AEW, Divco West, Equity Office, Lincoln Properties), Tenants (Amazon, Bank of America, Cisco, WorkplaceUSA), Brokers (CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, Staubach) and Consortium members (Jones Lang Lasalle, Lend Lease, Shorenstein, Trammell Crow). Three-dozen Pike's Picks will demonstrate the latest Internet applications to streamline your business. Two networking receptions will maximize dialog with industry leaders during and after the conference. Go online for the complete program.

Survey Winner...And the winner of the free PikeNet Forum registration is -- Christopher Browne with Autodesk Ventures. Browne's name was drawn randomly from the respondents to the Gomez/PikeNet Survey. Note: Browne always has his eye out for compelling real estate Internet applications. Other capital sources attending the Forum include Deutsche Banc Alex Brown, Marcus & Millichap Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley and Warburg Pincus. ... See you in San Francisco.

--Peter Pike / ppike@pikenet.com