Volume 3, No. 1
ICSC Certified Professionals Newsletter
February 2008

In this Issue...

• Choosing a commercial property management firm
  By: Athena Z. Harman, CSM, CPM, CCIM, President, Harman Realtors, Inc.
• Strategic energy planning: A sustainable approach for longterm energy efficiency
  By: Jeffrey M. Bedell, CEM CPP, LEED AP, Vice President of Operations, and David Short, CSM, CMD, Senior Vice President of Asset Management, The Macerich Company
• Communication and commercial property management companies
  By: Paul Falbo, SCSM, Eagle Commercial Realty Services
• Making leasing life a little easier: Calculation tips for Hewlett Packard users
  By: Paul Harrs, SCLS, SCSM, Senior Vice President of National Leasing, Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc
• Making the cut - the cut score, that is: Establishing a pass/fail score is a highly technical process
  By: Howard Nudell, AIA, OAA, CDP, President, Nudell Architects
• Making MAXI night memorable
  By: Wendy Greenwood, SCMD, Director of Marketing, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
• Studying for the CDP Examination
  By: Karen M. Scott, SCMD, CDP, Director of Tenant Coordination, Related Urban Management
• CAM pools and their effect on NOI
  By: Kimberley F. Friedman, CSM, Regional Property Manager - Florida, Developers Diversified Realty
• The green trend’s effect on costs
  By: Ronald J. Becker, CSM, Regional Property Manager, WP Realty, Inc.
• The value of the CDP designation
  By: Mark Trommsdorff, CDP, Director of Construction, Kimco Realty Corporation
• From dream to reality: The CDP designation
  By: Karen M. Scott, SCMD, CDP, Director of Tenant Coordination, Related Urban Management
• Retrofitting the past for the future
  By: Madeleine Gravell, CDP, Architact SAR MSA, Gramaco AB
• Vertical shopping centers in Latin America
  By: Mario Castro F., CSM, CMD, CDP, Vice President of Development, New Projects, Fondo de Valores Inmobiliarios S.A.C.A.
• A new frontier in the shopping center industry: Taiwan
  By: Joe Ho-Nan Chou, CSM, Chief Executive Officer, Oriental Mall Development Committee
• To certify or not to certify, that is the question...
  By: David Handera, MBA, CFM, CDP, Adjunct Professor, Keller Graduate School of Management
• Focus on CMD
  Avijit Yadav, CMD, Marketing Manager, Oxford Properties Group
• CDP and CLS: Bridging the development-leasing gap
  By: John Genovese, SCLS, CDP, Executive Vice President of Development, The Macerich Company
• A CSM Christmas Tale
  By: Clara Ferro Vela, CSM, General Manager, Centro Comercial y de Negocios Andino
• Holiday gift card sales: The bright-and dark-sides for retailers and their landlords
  By: Peter Morris, SCSM, SCMD, Senior Vice President, Western USA, Colliers International Real Estate
• It’s not too early to start planning: Tips to maximize Santa’s arrival with a parade
  By: Robert H. Stevenson, Mall General Manager, The Mall at Marathon Ltd.

For more information on this report, contact Cathy Choy at cchoy@icsc.org or +1 646 728 3484.

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