More than 400 attended the inaugural RealShare Philadelphia in 2003. Kelley expects this year's attendance to "zoom past 500. More important is the quality of this year's attendees," he says. "All of the top companies are being represented by top people." This includes not only major players from this area, but also those outside the market that have--or want to have--a financial stake in Philadelphia-area real estate.

Both sides of the Keystone Opportunity Zone controversy are sure to surface during a no-holds-barred Town Hall Meeting, moderated by GlobeSt.com's national online editor, John Salustri. Participants include Bill Hankowsky of Liberty Property Trust, David Rubenstein of Rubenstein Co., Jerry Sweeney of Brandywine Realty Trust, John Cannon of GMAC Commercial Mortgage and John Bergier of Keystone Property Trust. This panel will also field questions on the impact today's unprecedented number of renewals will have on the city and surrounding suburbs.

Changes taking place in structured finance and the current and projected status of all segments of the commercial real estate market here will be discussed and analyzed by top-level executives at leading companies. Among the firms represented on panels are: Cushman & Wakefield of Pennsylvania, Advance Realty Group, PECO, Thomas Properties Group, Preferred Real Estate Investments, LEM Mezzanine, Sonnenblick-Goldman Co., 1031 Corp., Capital Lease Funding, Rubenstein Brokerage Group, and Equity Office Properties Trust.

Following a welcome from Jonathan Schein, president and CEO of Real Estate Media, Wharton Business School professor Peter Linneman keynotes with an economic overview of the region. Walt D'Allessio, chairman of NorthMarq Capital, offers quick takes on current controversies and conditions in this market, and Michael Desiato, editor-in-chief of Real Estate Media, goes "Inside the Real Estate Mind" of Ronald Rubin, chairman and CEO of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust.

"Equal parts of networking and discussion among all the leading dealmakers in the region come together during this one half-day event," Kelley promises.

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GlobeSt.com EXCLUSIVE: Attendance Soars for Second Annual RealShare Philadelphia

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