he 2nd Annual Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards are fast approaching. Act now to nominate a key staff member or corporate real estate client whose work deserves industry recognition from the leading U.S.-based corporate real estate and economic development publication.
      Nominating a colleague or client is easy. Just visit www.siteselection.com/ecreaward/index.cfm, provide the information requested, and submit electronically by the deadline of July 22, 2009.
      Award candidates are members of your staff, your boss or a client, in the case of service-provider-nominated entries, who has added meaningfully to the corporate real estate profession in one or more of these areas:

      • Sustainability
      • Overall project return
      • Innovation or process improvement
      • Alignment of the real estate function with corporate strategy
      • International portfolio management
      • Managerial leadership

      Judges will include Site Selection editors, Site Selection Editorial Advisory Board members and past chairs of the Industrial Asset Management Council. Award winners will be recognized in the September 2009 issue of Site Selection Magazine, and an awards ceremony will take place in the fall.
      We urge you to take advantage of this opportunity to recognize a rising star in your organization and in the corporate real estate industry at large. Like Site Selection's other trademark awards - the Governor's Cup, the Annual Competitiveness Award and Top Economic Development Groups among others - the Excellence in Corporate Real Estate Awards will soon be among the most sought-after professional awards in the industry.
      For more information, email Editor-in-Chief Mark Arend at mark.arend bounce@conway.com.