How to reconcile these and other mixed signals in the realestate industry and the economy will be the recurring themethroughout the day on March 27 at the Los Angeles Convention Centerwhen more than 1,000 attendees are expected to gather at RealEstate 2007, the premier annual event in the Los Angeles RealShareseries. Rich Kelley, director of the RealShare series, tellsGlobeSt.com that this year's conference will offer more panelsessions than ever before so that attendees will have a chance toexamine every commercial real estate sector in detail while stillbeing exposed to broad overview assessments of the industry.

"There is more choice this year and more opportunity to learnand network than ever before because we have expanded the panelsessions to allow attendees to choose the sessions that are mostinteresting and relevant to them," Kelley comments. The conferencewill include 11 panel sessions, plus the keynote address and threespecial presentations, along with the presentation of a LifetimeAchievement Award to Don Koll of Newport Beach-based the KollCo.

The speakers and panelists at this year's event are among themost qualified in the industry to tackle what Kelley says will be aprimary theme running throughout the conference: Has the marketreached the top, and where are we poised to go from here? "Givensome of the recent stock market jitters, the subprime lendingsituation and other concerns, people are starting to ask whetherthere has been a shift in the overall economy, either temporary orlong-term, and what the repercussions could be for real estate,"Kelley says.