CRESA had an existing alliance with Weatheralls and this willnow be extended to Groupe Vendôme Rome's other European firms,Germany-based Mller International and France-based Auguste Thouard,doubling CRESA's market reach and providing access to more than 200offices in 29 countries worldwide.

'This strengthened international tie gives us even more depthand breadth in servicing our US-based clients abroad,' said CRESA'sPresident and CEO Michael Dow. 'Weatheralls' decision to becomepart of this world-class group substantiates CRESA's own decisionlast year to align with Weatheralls.'

CRESA formed a strategic global alliance with WeatherallInternational in April 2000, and in December 2000, the two firmsmerged their New York office. The two have worked together on anumber of international accounts such as Yahoo! and EMC². CRESAitself was formed in 1994 and consists of more than 40 NorthAmerican corporate real estate advisory firms, 22 of which arejointly owned as CRESA Partners LLC.