The deal-making lull is an engaging opportunity forprofessionals to meet, talk and explore what's happened as theyadjust to the times and chart new courses for profitability. Thediscovery period is being spotlighted Nov. 13 at the seventh annualRealShare Dallas. To date, more than 250 professionals fromall CRE walks have signed up for the half-day session, which willbe held at the Hotel Inter-Continental Dallas at 15201 Dallas Pkwy.in Addison.

With the economy continuing to lead the nation's news, RealShareDallas has lined up an economist and top-ranked owner of officebuildings in Texas as one of the headliners. Zaya Younan, chairmanand CEO of Los Angeles-based Younan Properties Inc., will sit in aone-on-one interview with John Salustri, editorial director of RealEstate Media, a division of UK-based Incisive Media, which also isthe parent of the RealShare Conference Series and GlobeSt.com.

Younan's background as an economist and opportunistic buyingstrategies promise to deliver macro and micro perspectives,including why it's such a good time to buy. "As an economist, hecan offer good insights and extrapolations as to what's happeningin the macro economy and its likely impact on commercial realestate as well as offer an outsider, California-based view of howthe Dallas market compares to the rest of the country," saysRichard Kelley, director of the RealShare Conference Series, partof Incisive Media Events.