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CoStar Group Appoints Dan Beyers Executive Editor of Growing International News Operation

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces, today announced that Dan Beyers has joined the Company as Executive Editor and Vice President.  An excellent business journalist and longtime news editor for The Washington Post, Beyers will oversee CoStar's global news operation, which spans offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Germany and includes more than 40 journalists.

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"Dan has tremendous experience and will be leading our effort to build a world-class news organization and establish CoStar as the industry's most-read and most-respected source for commercial real estate news," said Andrew Florance, CoStar Group Founder and Chief Executive Officer.  "He has been a veteran news presence at The Washington Post, having served in a number of reporting and editing capacities at the newspaper where he earned a reputation for taking on challenges facing the print-based industry and helping it transition to the digital age, while upholding the highest journalistic standards."

While at The Washington Post, Beyers served as founding editor of Capital Business, a subscription-based publication launched by The Post in 2010 to sharpen its focus on the region's business community. He spun off new online verticals from that coverage to expand The Post's digital presence, and launched Top Workplaces, an annual publication and live event aimed at the metropolitan area's top employers. As a reporter and editor, he helmed beats including technology, government, education, local business and national industries.

Beyers' appointment is a significant milestone in CoStar's expansion of its award-winning news team, which added more than a dozen experienced business journalists located across the U.S. and in key international locations in the past year. The growing team allows CoStar to better tailor coverage for its readers, offering even greater insights into the markets and issues that matter to them. The expansion is part of a major initiative to enhance the company's role as the industry's leading source of commercial real estate information and data, building on its already established reputation as a trusted, insightful news resource for commercial real estate. 

Beyers will be based in CoStar's corporate headquarters in Washington, DC and report to Lisa Ruggles, Senior Vice President of Global Research.

About CoStar Group, Inc.
CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) is the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. Founded in 1987, CoStar conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. Our suite of online services enables clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on commercial property values, market conditions and current availabilities. LoopNet is the most heavily trafficked commercial real estate marketplace online with over 5 million monthly unique visitors per month. Apartments.com, ApartmentFinder.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, Westside Rentals, AFTER55.com, CorporateHousing.com, ForRentUniversity.com and Apartamentos.com form the premier online apartment resource for renters seeking great apartment homes and provide property managers and owners a proven platform for marketing their properties.  CoStar Group's websites attracted an average of approximately 34 million unique monthly visitors in aggregate throughout 2017. Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Canada with a staff of over 3,700 worldwide, including the industry's largest professional research organization. For more information, visit www.costargroup.com.

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" including, without limitation, statements regarding CoStar's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These statements are based upon current beliefs and are subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including the risk that the company's expansion of its news team does not produce the expected results, including better tailored coverage, greater insights and establishing CoStar as the industry's most-read and most-respected source for commercial real estate news.  More information about potential factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those stated in CoStar's filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in CoStar's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is filed with the SEC, including in the "Risk Factors" section of that filing, as well as CoStar's other filings with the SEC available at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements are based on information available to CoStar on the date hereof, and CoStar assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE CoStar Group, Inc.

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Houston Business Journal hires New Yorker to Cover CRE Beat

HOUSTON - Houston Business Journal has hired a New York Daily News reporter to cover commercial real estate. 

Roxanna Asgarian relocated from New York to Texas to take over the beat. In addition to writing CRE stories for the weekly print edition, she will author posts on the HBJ's Breaking Ground blog. The American City Business Journals weekly announced the news today, in a story by its associate digital editor, Nora Olabi. 

"We are excited to welcome Roxanna," said Candace Beeke, HBJ's editor-in-chief says in the story. "We know she'll have her work cut out for her in Houston's dynamic real estate community. We think her skills and expertise will be a great complement toPaul Takahashi's outstanding residential real estate coverage."

Asgarian's beat should be busy and interesting. Houston is the No. 1 market for commerical real estate investment, according to the influential Emerging Trends report. However, plummeting oil prices should impact the office market there.

Jenny Agee-Aldridge previously covered CRE at retail at the paper.

Asgarian can be reached at (713) 395-9631, or at [email protected]. Follow heron Twitter @HBJroxanna.

Happy Days Here Again: "I have never seen more capital chasing commercial real estate"

HOUSTON (June 12, 2014) - The Commercial Real Estate Symposium at NAREE 14 lived up to expectations and provided some of the day's best soundbites. It's no surprise given the caliber of the panelists, who represented CRE heavyweights such as CBRE Global Investors, JLL and Transwestern.

Here are some of the highlights of the conversation, moderately nicely by Commerical Property Executive's top editor, Suzann Silverman.

- Office tenants are seeking cooler, open spaces because millennials want more "'we' space, less 'me' space," Transwestern's Chip Clarke told the gathering. In other words, big corporations run by 40- and 50-somethings are smart enough to cater to up-and-coming 20-somethings for the sake of their business. Of course, the bigwigs are making these decisions from their large corner offices with tons of "me space."

- Millennials also crave natural light. Employees want sunlight, "so floor-to-ceiling glass is at a premium, said CBRE Global Investors CEO Matt Khourie.

- Tech and energy companies - combined with record corporate profits, white-collar resilience - saved the office sector. "We're more optimistic today than we've been in 7.5 years," thanks to tech and energy - JLL's John Sikaitis said, and he was armed with data to prove it. While this has been a great ride, other industries must pick up the pace to keep the recovery going. Diversity = office growth, Sikaitis said.

- During each CRE upswing, people love to say something along the lines that capital is chasing deals. That's happening this time, but it's still worth noting. "I have never seen more capital chasing commercial real estate, and that's since 1980," CBRE Global Investors' Khourie told the gathering of real estate journalists and PR pros.

- Better yet, if the chasers armed with cash happen to be from China, yield is not paramount, Khourie said. "Chinese buyers are willing to give up some yield for trophy assets."

- And trophy assets are practially all anyone wants to lease. Trophy and Class A demand accounted for 80% of occupancy growth in office sector since 2011, JLL's Sikaitis said.

- On the industrial side, private REITs have a big advantage over REITs and other buyers. Private REITs have been most aggressive industrial buyers due to their "untouchable" cost of capital," Trey Odom of Avera Cos. said.

- Finally, longer-terms offices leases are back and will ensure buildings hold value longer. Tenants willing to sign 10-, 15-year leases for office space again, Transwestern's Clarke said.

 

 

 

Isakson Proposes Monster Senior Housing Project in Cobb County

ATLANTA (June 11, 2013) - Senior housing was a hot topic at last week's NAREE Journalism conference, and today a local developer filed plans for a monster project for retirees.

Isakson Living Communities of Atlanta wants to build a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) with 987 units in Cobb County, according to a just-posted DRI filing. "A CCRC is a residential community offering independent homes enhanced by onsite amenities such as dining, activities, entertainment, fitness and wellness," the filing states. "In addition to these amenities, a CCRC also provides health services including assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing which enable Members of the community to age in place."

The project, East Cobb Retirement Community would comprise 837 independent living villas and 150 heathcare beds at 3540 Roswell Road, according to the filing.

If all goes as planned, East Cobb Retirement Community would  be completed in 2017.

 

 

#NAREE13: Day One Rocks Atlanta

NAREE Recap: Day One

Posted on June 5, 2013

by Stephen Ursery, The Wilbert Group

The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) is holding its 47th Annual Spring Journalism Conference here at the Hilton Atlanta this week, and The Wilbert Group is there in force. In addition to our clients participating on numerous panels and hosting several high-profile events throughout the week, The Wilbert Group is providing pro bono communications for the conference and President Tony Wilbert is co-chair of the Host Committee.

In the spirit of the High Five blog, here are five quick blurbs about the sights and sounds of the show thus far:

#1 Taking Them Out to the Ballgame. About 30 real estate journalists and industry members took in the Atlanta Braves’ extra-inning win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. A blazing summer sun and some good ‘ole Southern humidity made the first few innings something less than completely comfortable, but according to our sources, the group from NAREE was feeling a lot better after a frosty beverage or two and the much-anticipated sunset.

Our sources also can confirm that France Media Editor Matt Valley provided extensive analysis of the Braves’ season so far on the post-game shuttle ride back to the Hilton.

Kris Hudson, who covers hotels and shopping centers for The Wall Street Journal (in photo at right, serves as NAREE president this year.)

Other notables in attendance include Ralph Bivins of Realty News Report, Harold Bubil of the Sarasota Harold-Tribune, Michael Bull of Bull Realty, Sue Doerfler of the Arizona Republic, Liz Gillespie of North American Properties, Daniel Taub of Bloomberg, Kristi Swartz and Scott Trubey of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, to name just a few.

#2 Go West Young Man (And South. And East). In the “Top 10 Issues Facing Residential and Commercial Real Estate Over the Next Decade” session on Wednesday morning, Howard Gelbtuch, chair of the Counselors of Real Estate, pinpointed Brazil, China, India and Russia as countries poised for significant economic growth – and, thus, growing commercial real estate opportunities – in the coming years.

#3 Not Getting out of the House. Gelbtuch also noted that the trend of working from home will have a growing impact on the office sector. “This year, 30 percent of U.S. professionals chose to work from home, and this number is expected to skyrocket over the next several years,” he said.

So if you’re reading this from the den while on the company dime, you’re not alone.

#4 Urban is In. In the “The Workplace Debate: Downtown vs. Suburbs” session on Wednesday afternoon, the panelists made it clear that tenants now want to be in walkable urban environments to attract workers.

According to David Kitchens of Cooper Carry, 85 percent of the projects that the firm’s Washington D.C. office is working on are around a transit station or a planned transit station.

#5 Small is In, Too. Both the “Workplace” and the “Top 10” sessions touched on the shrinking size of much of commercial space. According to David Demarest of Jones Lang LaSalle, Gen Y workers simply don’t need a lot of square footage to put stuff. “Everything they need is in this (holding up iPad) or an iPhone” he said.

Likewise, many apartments that are less than 320 square feet are being sold in New York City, Gelbtuch noted.

Huge Win for City of Atlanta as NAREE13 Kicks Off at Hilton Atlanta

NAREE will hold its 47th Annual Real Estate Journalism conference in Atlanta - a dynamic growth hub city nicknamed “Hotlanta” - on June 5-8, 2013.

Led by NAREE President Kris Hudson of The Wall Street Journal, the conference will deliver elite speakers and news-filled panels that will generate national real estate news, column fodder, ideas for future stories and social media items.

For the agenda and more information, click here. 

NAREE Lands Andres Duany Exclusive at Spring Journalism Conference in Atlanta

ATLANTA  (May 21, 2013) – New Urbanism visionary Andres Duany, one of world's most influential architects and urban planners, will address the National Association of Real Estate Editors’ 47th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Atlanta in early June.

 

NAREE’s conference – “Designs on the New Urban Grid” -  will bring scores of journalists from around the country to Atlanta June 5-8 to focus on housing, commercial real estate and urban planning.

 

"Duany is the godfather of the New Urbanism movement," said real estate columnist Ralph Bivins, NAREE conference advisor. "He has changed the way communities are being built and the way cities will be designed in the future. In short, his ideas have changed America - and the world."

 

Duany will speak Friday, June 7 at the substantive one-hour “NAREE Symposium: The Next Evolution of New Urbanism” at the Hilton Atlanta.

 

David Bodamer, editor of National Real Estate Investor, will moderate the symposium, which will include two noteworthy New Urbanism developers: Jackie Doak, chief operating officer of Dart Realty (Cayman) Ltd.; and Steve Nygren, president, Serenbe.  Doak will discuss The New Resort Town of Camana Bay, a 500-acre mixed-use development in the heart of Grand Cayman built using New Urbanism principles. Nygren is developing the Serenbe eco-village, a 1,000-acre sustainable community south of Atlanta.

 

Duany - hailed by The Atlantic magazine as “The Man Who Reinvented the City” – is co-founder of DPZ Architecture in Miami. His New Urbanism principles prescribe the antidotes to urban sprawl and auto-dominated lifestyles with focus on walkable, sustainable communities.

 

“We are honored to have Mr. Duany speak at our conference,” said NAREE President Kris Hudson, a Wall Street Journal reporter. “Attendees will be enriched by this opportunity to learn more about New Urbanism, in conjunction with other real estate topics.”

 

Along with speakers addressing home building, hotels, luxury housing, mortgages, and online real estate, the NAREE conference will carry the new urban design theme with speakers and tours including:

 

• Marianne Cusato, the designer who created the Katrina Cottage as a cost effective substitute for FEMA trailer housing victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She designed the Katrina Cottage during a Duany-led charette in Biloxi, Miss.
• Mark Toro, partner of North American Properties, will host a NAREE tour of the Atlantic Station mixed-use project in Midtown Atlanta.
• Matt Bronfman, CEO, Jamestown, will host a tour of Ponce City Market, the largest adaptive re-use project in Atlanta’s history, with a redevelopment of a massive Sears warehouse.
• A Saturday walking tour of Serenbe, including its 25-acre organic farm and Farmer's Market in the main village. Serenbe's streetscapes are lined with blueberries and connect with country walking paths.
• Matt Hudgins, a contributing writer to the New York Times, will lead the “Workplace Debate: Downtown vs. the Suburbs” with panelists John McColl, Cousins Properties; Robert Bach, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Rob Metcalf, Jones Lang LaSalle and David Kitchens, Cooper Carry.

 

"NAREE 13 will bring journalists from the Los Angeles Times to the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post and Boston Globe to Tweet, blog, report and write about the driving forces of where the next generation will live, work and play,’ said Mary Doyle-Kimball, NAREE Executive Director. “ I expect Mr. Duany will tell us not only about his vision of the future but also what might be done to re-make the sprawl in the suburbs. Just as millions left the farm in the post-World-War II era, millions are flocking to the urban core today."

 

Equipping journalists to better report and interpret the real estate design and development is a vital component of the NAREE conference, Doyle-Kimball said.

 

The NAREE University sessions, covering digital media, blogging, Twitter and other journalism topics, will provide invaluable peer learning opportunities.  NAREE University peer faculty will include contributors and journalists from the Orlando Sentinel, Wall Street Journal, Commercial Property Executive, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the San Diego Union-Tribune, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, MSN Real Estate, Unique Homes magazine, AOL Real Estate, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Los Angeles Times. 

 

 

 

Visit www.naree.org for more information.

 

Mary Doyle-Kimball, NAREE Executive Director

 

561-391-3599

NAREE Real Estate Journalism Conference Fertile Ground for Freelancers

ATLANTA (May 19, 2013) - Why Should a Freelance Writer Come to NAREE 2013?

Recently a freelancer covering the broad field of real estate wrote into the NAREE office asking what could she get out of attending's NAREE's 47th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Atlanta June 5-8 -- especially since travel budgets are so tight.

Here are some good reasons: Of the freelancer writers already registered for NAREE13 from Austin, Houston, Chicago, Salt Lake City, the Washington DC area and New York -- each has been to several NAREE conferences in a row. Editors from Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal Digital, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Unique Homes, MSN Real Estate, Inman News, Design New England magazine, Commercial Property Executive, Senior Housing News, Student Housing Business, Southeast Real Estate Business, Northeast Real Estate Business, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, National Real Estate Investor, World Property Channel, Vendome Group, and others are also registered for NAREE's conference at the Hilton Atlanta downtown.

Plus plenty of industry blog sites now use the work of bonafide freelancer journalists and many of the folks who run those blogs are coming to NAREE as are an amazing group of industry experts who will speak at the NAREE conference -- providing new story ideas for months to come. Only at NAREE13 can you interview experts under one conference roof on topics as diverse as -- net-zero homes, online real estate, new urbanism, home price forecasts, QRM and hard to get loans and trends in office design and building.

Opening day, Wednesday, June 5 at 4:30 PM there is a session specifically for freelancers in the digital age, plus networking time at NAREE's Opening Reception at 5 PM, the walk over to the W high-rise tour/reception from the Hilton at 6:15 and NAREE's President's Hospitality Suite which opens at 9:00 PM. NAREE president Kris Hudson, Wall Street Journal, and vice president Daniel Taub, Bloomberg, will welcome the group.

On Thursday morning, June 6 at 8 AM, NAREE Board Secretary Mary Shanklin of the Orlando Sentinel will talk on the new dawn of entrepreneurial journalism during her panel on "Digital Journalism: Covering New Ground." Lots of networking time for freelancers and editors is also built into the afternoon tours (beginning at 2:30 PM) and receptions and, of course, the NAREE President's Suite at 9 PM.

NAREE's Meet the Press (MTP) on Friday at 3:45 PM at the Hilton is an excellent vehicle for freelancers to see most of the editors mentioned above for three-minute one-on-one sessions. And to get to know them better after MTP, freelancers can attend the TGIF Reception, Journalism Awards Reception and the NAREE Suite at 8:30 PM at the Hilton. Here's a list to date of journalists who have agreed to have tables at NAREE's Meet the Press, chaired by past president Sue Doerfler, Arizona Republic: Alyssa Abkowitz, Wall Street Journal; Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times; Jerry Becker, MSN Real Estate; Ralph Bivins, RealtyNewsReport.com; David Bodamer, National Real Estate Investor; Andrea Brambila, Inman News; Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News; Harold Bubil, Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Oshrat Carmiel, Bloomberg; Matt Carter, Inman News; Steve Cook, Real Estate Economy Watch; Polyana da Costa, Bankrate.com; Daniel DiClerico, Consumer Reports; Candy Evans,CandysDirt.com; John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg; Matt Goldstein, Reuters; Dion Haynes, Washington Post; Matt Hudgins, Freelance writer - New York Times; Kris Hudson, Wall Street Journal; Michelle Jarboe McFee, Plain Dealer; Valerie Kellogg, Newsday; David Levitt, Bloomberg; Lily Leung, San Diego Union-Tribune; Camilla McLaughlin, freelance writer – Unique Homes; Mark Moffa, Unique Homes; John Nelson, Texas Real Estate Business; Lynn Peisner, Student Housing Business; Gail Ravgiala, Design New England; Doug Sams, Atlanta Business Chronicle; Jarred Schenke, Bisnow; Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel; Randy Shearin, Shopping Center Business; Lew Sichelman, Syndicated Columnist; Daniel Taub, Bloomberg; Scott Trubey, Atlanta Journal Constitution; Mary Umberger, Columnist - Chicago Tribune; Matt Valley, Seniors Housing Business; Alicia Wallace, Boulder Daily Camera; Lois Weiss, NY Post and others. (Complete list at MTP Sign-up Desk.) Make your reservations at the Hilton Atlanta today! NAREE's room block expires Monday May 20 at the close of business. Call 800-hiltons or visit www.hilton.com and ask for "NAREE's $119 rate." Register for the NAREE conference at www.naree.org. NAREE's Atlanta conference is just two weeks away.

Don't miss this chance to meet colleagues covering residential real estate including mortgage trends and commerical real estate including retail, hospitality and mixed-use with multifamily, senior housing and student housing. Contact Mary Doyle-Kimball Executive Director NAREE 561-391-3599 [email protected].

AJC Editor Kevin Riley to Talk Newspaper Survival at Real Estate Journalism Conference

ATLANTA (May 16, 2013) - Kevin Riley, editor of The Atlanta Journal Constitution, will discuss Newspaper Survival Tactics at the 47th Annual NAREE Spring Journalism Conference June 7. The conference will be held June 5-8 at the Hilton Atlanta.

The timing of the Q-and-A with Riley is perfect because this week, the AJC stopped giving away all its content for free and launched its paid myajc.com. Of course, payment for content is the key survival tactic for major newspapers.

Riley (shown in photo with Katie Couric) will be joined by Matt Kempner, longtime AJC Business page reporter and editor. Riley's talk, part of NAREE University, starts at 8 a.m. Suzann Silverman, editor of Commerical Property Executive will moderate the Q-and-A with the AJC's top newsman.

On the conference's opening day, June 5, AJC commercial real estate/economic development reporter Scott Trubey will offer his observations of the Atlanta skyline from atop the W Downtown Atlanta Hotel & Residences.

Just before the event at the W, longtime business columnist Maria Saporta will discuss "The Different Atlantas" at the conference's opening reception at the Hilton Atlanta. Saporta, who covered business and wrote an influential column at the AJC, now writes for Atlanta Business Chronicle and Saporta Report.

For more information or to register for the National Association of Real Estate Editors Spring Journalism Conference, click here.

The Wilbert Group is providing pro bono communications for the conference, and President Tony Wilbert is co-chairing the Host Committee and will be on a panel focused on real estate and Twitter (of course).

 

 

NAREE Unveils Scenic Eco Town Tour of Serenbe

NAREE Unveils Scenic Eco Town Tour for SATURDAY Morning, June 8
 
Book Your Conference Travel Plans Now to Include NAREE's 'Sojourn to Serenbe'

ATLANTA – NAREE is offering a captivating tour of Serenbe
(www.serenbe.com), one of the most innovative new urban-style country
villages in the world, on Saturday morning June 8. The Serenbe Sojourn
will wrap up NAREE's 47th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Atlanta.

According to Felicia Feaster's piece in the Miami Herald: "As a day
trip, Serenbe is bliss, a fresh grass-redolent, shockingly
restful sojourn to the country only 30 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport. But what was once just a chance to feed a horse
a sugar cube and shop the local farmers market, has recently
transformed into a research odyssey. Spending the day at the
sustainable community of Serenbe has morphed from a mere country idyll
into an occasion for intensive green research."

NAREE members will enjoy a walking tour of Serenbe's all-encompassing
take on sustainable design, time to explore the Farmer's Market and
sample the much touted cuisine from the "Farmhouse."

Serenbe's 25-acre organic farm is a short walk from the main village.
Blueberries are part of the edible landscape and streets -- lined with
"green" houses-- connect to country walking paths of this 1,000-acre
sustainable community. The developer, Steve Nygren, a former Atlanta
restaurateur is leaving 70 percent of its land undeveloped. Mr. Nygren
will speak on NAREE's "Next Evolution of New Urbanism” panel on Friday
morning at 10:10 a.m. His daughter, Garnie Nygren will lead NAREE's
Saturday Sojourn.

NAREE conference attendees will board the Saturday bus at the Hilton
Atlanta, NAREE conference headquarters, at approximately 10 a.m. and
arrive back at the hotel about 2 p.m. A stop at the Atlanta Airport on
the way back may be scheduled upon request.

Conference advisor, Ralph Bivins of RealtyNewsReport.com says, "NAREE
13 covers the confluence of the commercial real estate and residential
real estate markets from financing, developing, building and sales
replete with economic forecasts, tours and 'Twitter and the Fourth
Estate.' "

Other tours will feature high-rise luxury condos and an in-depth look
Atlantic Station, a multi-billion dollar, 138-acre new urban venture
built on an old steel mill site fifteen minutes from the Hilton.

A major addition to NAREE’s Saturday programming this year will be the
“Saturday Morning Review” – as top editors and writers examine and
discuss the winning entries of the NAREE Journalism Awards, announced
the night before. Led by Lauren Beale, a long-time, award-winning
veteran of the Los Angeles Times, this high powered learning lab will
get inside the minds NAREE's most acclaimed journalists.

Scores of real estate journalists -- staff and freelance writers,
editors, columnists, bloggers and authors -- will hear the latest industry
trends from leading experts at "NAREE - 2013," the only conference
which brings newsmakers from every aspect of real estate under one roof
for journalists to meet, interview and tour trend-setting developments.

Make your reservations now at the Hilton Atlanta. NAREE's special room
block deadline is approaching fast. Call 800-HILTONS or look for the
hotel link under the "Spring Conference" tab on www.naree.org.
Journalists who work full time for bona fide media are eligible for
NAREE's special media rate of $139. Non media members can ask for the
special conference rate of $149. Hotel rooms are going fast, so please
book your hotel asap.
Use this link to the hotel or find it at naree.org:
https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10585230

Conferees can attend skill building and tweaking sessions at NAREE
University's workshops on digital media, blogging, freelancing, data
visualization and the back story on winning awards in real estate
journalism.

Highlights of NAREE's Atlanta conference on Friday, June 7 include:

• 63rd Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition Awards Ceremony - 6:30
PM.

• 6th Annual Bruss Real Estate Book Awards Luncheon - Noon.

• NAREE's popular 17th Annual Meet the Press - 3:45 PM. This mini media
tour lets registrants sign up for a series of three-minute, one-on-one
interviews with dozens of journalists from around the nation.

The Hilton Atlanta, located at 255 Courtland St NE Atlanta, GA 30303,
was chosen as the NAREE conference hotel because of its central
location in the heart of downtown. Some of the best attractions in the
city are close by including:

• CNN Center

• The Georgia Aquarium, one of the world's largest

• Centennial Olympic Park

• Turner Field -- NAREE is holding an optional "Take Me out to the
Ballgame," Tuesday, June 4 at 7 PM. (Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh
Pirates).

• The historic Fox Theatre

• World of Coca-Cola museum

• High Museum of Art

• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a 15 minute drive
or reachable by MARTA.

-From the Airport take the MARTA train to the Peachtree stop near
Hilton. Cost is less than $5.

The NAREE Conference "Designs on the New Urban Grid" begins at 8:30
AM, Wednesday, June 5 at the Hilton Atlanta in downtown.

The NAREE Conference is open to all journalists, authors, editors and
communicators covering the broad field of real estate - residential,
commercial and mortgage and finance, as well as sustainable urban
design and green building. Register today for the conference online at
http://www.NAREE.organd save. The conference will begin at 9:00 a.m.
on Wednesday, June 5 and end Saturday, June 8 at 2 p.m., following the
outstanding Serenbe tour.

About NAREE
Celebrating 84 years of service to journalists covering residential,
commercial and financial real estate, home and urban design, and green
building, NAREE helps members advance their careers as editors, staff
writers, columnists, freelancers, bloggers and authors. Founded in 1929,
the organization has 650 members nationwide.

CONTACT: Mary Doyle-Kimball