The editorial and creative services team, in conjunction withthe site's Editorial Think Tank, a select group of industry leaderswho serve as editorial advisors, is overseeing this major upgradeof GlobeSt.com, which in its six years has become recognized as theindustry's most widely read and well-respected daily newsservice.

"This is an important step in the growth of GlobeSt.com," saysMichael Desiato, Real Estate Media Network's group managingdirector. "Over the past six years, GlobeSt.com has establishedonline news as a daily part of this industry's routine. With ournew design, we will be setting the bar for years to come--both interms of journalism and user services."As part of the redesign,GlobeSt.com will introduce Six Breaking regional pages providingnews and analysis on the following areas:

• Global News (Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa,Latin America);

• Midwest Breaking (Chicago/Suburban Illinois, Cincinnati,Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee,Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Louis);

• Northeast Breaking (Baltimore/Suburban Maryland, Boston, LongIsland, Central & Northern New Jersey, New York City,Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Westchester, Mid-Hudson Valley, Stamford,CT, Washington, DC);

• Southeast Breaking (Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale,Jacksonville, Louisville, Miami, Memphis, Nashville, Orlando,Tampa/St. Petersburg, West Palm Beach);

• Southwest Breaking (Albuquerque, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, ElPaso, Houston, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, San Antonio, Tucson,Phoenix); and

• West Breaking (Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,Oakland, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, Orange County,Portland, OR, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco,Seattle).

In terms of the services Desiato referenced, the redesign willencompass a raft of enhancements. These include GlobeStDIRECT, anew interface allowing users to customize editorial content. Anadditional feature of the new design is Deal Tracker, a weeklysubscription-based service (scheduled to debut on June 15) thatwill compile leasing and sales transactions, all accessible througha searchable database. This new venture takes Real Estate Mediainto a new arena--data dissemination.