Corporate relocations–or for that matter, expansions into new territories–are not a challenge to be faced alone. They are, indeed, projects that demand corporate real estate executives to call all hands to the deck. That said, here are the Top Five must bases to touch prior to launching a strategy of this magnitude, as seen by Patty Horvatich, senior vice president of Business Investment for the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, the economic development affiliate of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

As an organization, IAMC fosters relationships that turn into both business partnerships and long-term friendships. The path to corporate real estate varies widely, and our members come from a variety of professional and personal backgrounds.

We thank Jane Leedham, estates director for GKN Aerospace, for sharing hers!

IAMC Spring Forum attendees this year know Patricia Loveall, SIOR. The Seattle-based executive vice president of CBRE and an IAMC Fellow was this year’s recipient of the Michael C. Hickey Award as Service Provider of the Year. She is also this year’s global president of SIOR.

So, we thought it appropriate to chat with her about success–and her Big 5 goals for up-and-coming industrial professionals with their eyes on the price of leadership positions.

As an organization, IAMC fosters relationships that turn into both business partnerships and long-term friendships. The path to corporate real estate varies widely, and our members come from a variety of professional and personal backgrounds.

We thank Jim Eckert, head of global real estate solutions for Owens Corning for sharing his!

No industrial professional works in a vacuum. Support, advice and guidance from both within and outside your company are always key to success, both in the near and long terms. In this Big 5, David Varalli, the Oak Brook, IL-based real estate director of TreeHouse Foods, enumerates how he shapes his decision-making. Interestingly, they also encompass the benefits he sees in his IAMC membership.