He adds that the firm is also looking into new avenues ofbusiness, including more consulting, advisory and third partymanagement work. "We're also seeing a lot of the fruits of ourlabor over the past two or three years finally come to fruition,"Klein tells GlobeSt.com. "Deals that were stalled for court reasonsor permitting situations have now started to turn lose, and thoseprojects are going to accelerate."

Part of Klein's success can be attributed to his optimism. "Ifwe all got up in the morning and looked at the clouds in the sky,we probably wouldn't get out of bed," he relates. "I'm a subscriberto the idea that we are going forward, not backwards."

As far as where the world is going, "there is a lot to bedetermined over the next few months," Klein says. "But we arestarting to see opportunities crop up because people are morepositive." Though he admits that we are likely to face more stressahead, "most of the banks and insurance companies are trying theirbest to work out deals. If everybody agreed to stand still at thispoint in time, we'd come out of this downturn much faster."