SAN FRANCISCO—“There are industries at the cusp of technologicalchange—including education that will certainly be greatly affectedby electronic distribution of content. San Francisco and the BayArea will be at the forefront of all of these new advances.” Thatis according to Ken Rosen, chairman ofRosen Consulting Group and chairman of the Fishercenter for Real Estate and Urban Economics, at a recent Cushman& Wakefield economic presentation held last week at the FourSeasons Hotel.

In attendance were nearly 500 people, including JoeCook, Cushman & Wakefield's COO of USMarkets, John Cushman III, co-chairman of Cushman& Wakefield's coard and a crowd of primarily commercial realestate professionals from all corners of Northern California.

Cook began the breakfast meeting with a warm welcome and a briefintroduction. Cook spoke of the “unprecedented velocity of growthwe are currently experiencing in the Bay Area.” The market is “redhot and on fire,” said Cook.

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