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1. Web Success
2. New/Notable
3. Banner Ads
4. Internet Growth
5. REIPA
6. ULI Panel
7. Subscribing/Canceling

1. Web Success.. What do you do with a vacant 30-story, 400,000 square foot building located on Wall Street? If you're Rudin Management, you wire for high speed Internet connectivity and market it as 55 Broad Street, the New York Information Technology Center, in the heart of "Silicon Alley." "Less than a year later we are 70% committed," according to John Gilbert, Chief Operating Officer of Rudin Management.

2. New/Notable.. Colliers ABR provides a full range of real estate and management services in New York City. Morton G. Thalhimer/ ONCOR, which provides comprehensive real estate services in Virginia, has posted good research on the Richmond market. Michelson Commercial, based in St. Louis, develops, acquires and manages real estate investments. Follman Properties/ONCOR provides commercial services in St. Louis. The Kucera Company, which offers management services to institutional investors from Austin, features a nice database of space available.

COMMREX, the Commercial Real Estate Exchange, offers a professional listing service which it has integrated nicely with a number of Texas brokerage and management firms. Daum Commercial Real Estate Services covers Los Angeles, Orange County and Phoenix. Wolfe Real Estate specializes in warehouse properties in El Paso. 1st AAA Commercial Mortgage Lender Databank will sell you a list for $50 of all lenders that meet your loan requirement criteria, or provide a list of the three "best" for free. Covers California now with plans to expand nationwide soon.

eSpace onLine is a very attractive listing service for properties in major metropolitan Canadian markets. In addition, it features good research and links to real estate service providers. J.J. Barnicke/ONCOR offers corporate, office, industrial, retail and investment services from Toronto, Canada. O&Y Properties, which owns properties across Canada, has put a nice corporate brochure online.

3. Banner Ads... Why should you buy a banner ad at PikeNet? Because it will drive traffic to your web site and generate referral business. As Hans Hannson of San Francisco's Starboard Commercial wrote recently, "We actually had 5 referrals in one day recently." No question based upon the e-mails that I receive directly from corporate users and brokers, visitors use PikeNet to help them locate space. Interested? Call me at 415-485-6700 or send e-mail.

4. Internet Growth... "With more than 200,000 new pages appearing on the Web each day, it isn't easy for companies to stand out." Wall Street Journal, October 31, 1996.

5. REIPA... The Real Estate Information Providers Association held its first annual meeting in San Francisco October 26-27 and took a strong position on the free dissemination of government sourced data. Read a draft of its White Paper posted at REIPA's web site.

6. ULI Presentation... I'll be speaking on a ULI panel Saturday, November 9, "The Internet for Real Estate Technophobes," 9:45-11:45 a.m. in San Francisco with Leo LaPorte of MSNBC and Brad Inman of Inman News.

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