IAMC Passes the Sustainability Test


Ron Starner

"If you attended the Spring 2009 IAMC Professional Forum in Asheville, N.C., you learned a great deal about 'Corporate Real Estate's Contribution to Business Sustainability' - the theme of the conference," writes Ron Starner. "But you also received something more. If you were on hand at the Grove Park Inn May 2-6, you learned this about IAMC: The association itself is passing the sustainability test."

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IAMC People & Projects

To read about new and expanded facilities and other news on the IAMC member organizations listed below, click here.

DuPont's R&D Center in Shanghai, China
Source: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8231924
  • Air Products and Chemicals
  • BASF
  • Boeing
  • ConAgra
  • Cummins
  • DuPont
  • General Electric
  • General Mills
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Johnson & Johnson

Gary Bradley
Source: www.cityofgrainvalley.org

Since the last IAMC Dispatch Newsletter, IAMC has added Associate members from such organizations as Mohr Partners and KPMG and recorded important representative changes.

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Asheville Professional Forum Presenter Index

See who spoke at each program and, for selected sessions, click on presenter slides and other supporting information provided by speakers.

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Don Moulton*Director, Corporate Real EstateNCH Corp.Real Estate Organization & MetricsPanelPresentation slides
Roger Nesti*Director, Corporate Real EstateAvery DennisonReal Estate Organization & MetricsPanelPresentation slides
Sean Nugent*Vice President, Global Operations PGRDPfizerHealth & Science Companies Action GroupModerated discussion 

Bank Economist Optimistic,
Sees Signs of Improvement

Wachovia Bank Senior Economist Mark Vitner
Source: www.pbs.org

"If housing started the freefall in the American economy last year, then look for housing to spark its return. That was the conclusion of Mark Vitner, senior economist for Wachovia Bank, at the closing general session of the Industrial Asset Management Council's Spring 2009 Professional Forum in Asheville, N.C., on May 6," writes Ron Starner.

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Measuring and Communicating CREM's Value -
Metrics for Corporate Real Estate

Roger Nesti

"The presenters and participants of the Asheville Professional Forum Workshop 'Real Estate Organization and Metrics' agreed on three broad points: (1) There are many potential corporate real estate management (CREM) performance metrics, (2) the metrics package must be tailored to the company, and (3) high-value metrics, such as the impact of CREM on share price and employee productivity, are difficult to define and implement, but are still worth pursuing," writes Joel Parker.

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IAMC Professional Forum Sponsors

To check out the preliminary list of sponsors for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Professional Forum, click here.

IAMC Minneapolis-St. Paul Professional Forum