(RealShareOrange County convenes at the Hyatt Regency,Irvine, August 16.)

COSTA MESA, CA-Shaheen Sadeghi, president ofLAB Holding LLC, marches to the beat of adifferent drummer than most developers do. The creator and founderof the LAB Anti-Mall, an environmentally focusedshopping center called the CAMPand one of the firm’s latest projects—a historic packing buildingturned synergistic grouping of restaurants and shops called theAnaheim Packing District—recently spoke withGlobeSt.com about how he “backed in” to commercial real estatedevelopment, his viewpoint on the “Little American Business,” andwhy he looks at the recent economic downturn as an opportunity.Chris Bennett, LAB Holding director ofdevelopment, who works with Sadeghi, will be joining OrangeCounty’s Industry Leaders on August 16th at RealShareOrange County.

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Carrie Rossenfeld

Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.