Commercial Real Estate Leasing Panel Discussion: Leasing in a Soft Market

Two of the Capital District's most distinguished and successful Commercial Real Estate Brokers will provide a lively panel discussion of what Land Lords are currently experiencing and what they can look forward to for the remainder of 2010.

Jeff Sperry, SIOR CRE is Managing Partner of CB Richard Ellis/Albany, a CB Richard Ellis partner firm. He practices a multi-disciplined real estate strategy for his clients, providing brokerage and consulting services for corporate and public clients in the Capital Region. Over the past 28 years, Jeff has assisted many clients in occupancy planning, acquisition and disposition, build-to-suit, and leasing assignments. He has completed assignments of over two million square feet in the last three years. Prior to joining CB Richard Ellis/Albany, Jeff was president of a trucking and public warehouse company in the Capital Region.

Dan O'Brien, Platform NAI Realty President, specializing in the office, industrial, tenant representation, and economic development opportunities.Daniel is a leader in the brokerage field who consistently seeks challenging projects, and has brokered over $500,000,000 in the past 20 years. Representing local, regional and national clients, Daniel has achieved Prudential Real estate Affiliates prestigious “Pinnacle Award” representing PREA’s number one top producer in the nation for commercial real estate in 2001.

 Jeff Sperry of CB Richard Ellis and Dan O’Brien of Platform NAI Realty will discuss the following topics as they pertain to our real estate market conditions:

Albany Market
Troy Market
Schenectady Market
Saratoga Market
Suburban Markets
New business coming into Capital District
How best to present your property to today’s potential tenants
Impact of Luther Forest

There will also be an open discussion Q&A session.