1. NEW AND NOTABLE. Land Economics Online publishes excellent information, including a regional overview of the Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida MSA. Rhyne, Alexander, Mattox Realty Co. provides sales and leasing services in Charlotte, NC. Waldvogel, Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group, Inc. offers commercial real estate and management services in Roanake, Virginia. Corrigan Real Estate Services, CRES, is a real estate management company based in Dallas, Texas. Smith Equities Corporation, based in Orlando, posts good apartment sales comparable information for Florida.

Business Properties Group L.C., a Salt Lake City, UT, commercial services firm, posts market research on their market. Combined Properties offers real development and brokerage services in the Greater Boston area. Investment Property Databank publishes performance measurements and market analyses for the U.K. PMA, Property Market Analysis, provides consulting services throughout the U.K. Much of the Pension Real Estate Association's (PREA) site is for members, but there is an interesting discussion posted under "Hot Topics."

2. FUTURE WEB. From the Wall Street Journal of January 9, 1997, "Montgomery Securities is publishing all of its research on its website, where any customer with a password can read it or print it on paper. Montgomery plans to make it possible for customers to download entire models to their computers and manipulate them." How soon before larger institutions and corporations require this type of connection to their real estate service providers?

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4. WEB SUCCESS. According to Tim Malchow of Ciminelli Development Company in Buffalo, New York, his company's web site has saved both time and money when fielding space available inquiries. "Often commercial real estate brokers call us on the phone requesting information…we direct them to our web site."

5. SITE OF THE WEEK. PM Realty Group has begun to post its research on major markets around the U.S. The first city is Atlanta. And you'll find statistics on net absorption, supply and demand fundamentals and large blocks of contiguous space.

6. PIKENET TIP. Our Toolkits provide links to market research and listing information for major markets. To access these Toolkits, click the word "Toolkit" at the top of the home page or scroll down the page to the Toolkit section and pick a city. These Toolkits are always evolving. If you are aware of links that should be included, send me e-mail.

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