Public and Private Officials to Address Commercial Real Estate Development Opportunities in Underserved urban Markets at Global Diversity Summit Breakfast
Mayors from Atlanta and Memphis to Showcase Their Cities


/Illinois News Articles/ - ATLANTA, GA, July 21, 2008 - The International Council of Shopping Centers ("ICSC") will sponsor the 2008 Global Diversity Summit (GDS) in Commercial Real Estate kick-off breakfast that will focus on market strength and development opportunities in underserved urban markets at 7:30 A.M. on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mayors Shirley Franklin of Atlanta and Willie H. Herenton of Memphis will headline a panel of experts that will discuss redevelopment opportunities in underserved urban markets using Social Compact's "Drill Down" methodology and the ICSC/Social Compact "Inside Site Selection" joint research report. Joining Mayors Franklin and Herenton will be Myriam Simmons of Target Corporation, Keith Sellars of the Washington, DC Economic Partnership and Kim Willis of Johnson Development.

3rd Annual Global Diversity Summit
ICSC/Social Compact Breakfast
Featuring Mayors Shirley Franklin (Atlanta) and Willie H. Herenton (Memphis)
July 22, 2008
7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia

"We are very pleased to have ICSC as a sponsor," said Trenna Ross, Global Diversity Co-Chair and Vice-President Retail of Red Rock Global in Atlanta. "The breakfast session will really set the tone for the day. With a big focus on domestic growth throughout the morning sessions, participants will be educated on what's going on around the country."

The 2008 GDS is entitled "Reinventing Real Estate - Faces and Places", and will bring together minority commercial real estate professionals with a diverse background to exchange knowledge and discuss future challenges facing the multi-trillion dollar industry.

For more information on the 2008 Global Diversity Summit in Commercial Real Estate, please go to our website at www.globaldiversitysummit.org.

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