(BrianneHarrison is the new associate editor of Real Estate NewJersey.)

PARSIPPANY, NJ-Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC signed masterfranchise agreements to open offices in Vietnam and 23 countries inCentral and Eastern Europe. The Vietnam agreement was signed withWinn Enterprises LLC, and the European agreement was signed withBetna for Real Estate Marketing.

The agreement with Betna, a collaboration of partners withbackgrounds in banking and investment, property management and realestate development, will allow Coldwell to open offices in Albania,Algeria, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia,Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro,Oman, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkmenistan, Ukriane,Uzbekistan and Yemen. Betna is based in Egypt and operates asColdwell Banker Middle East. It holds master franchise rights for12 pan-Arab countries.