ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Overseas Job Shift, Office Space.

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TOPIC: A Forrester Research report estimates that approximately 3.3 million white collar or service jobs will be moved overseas and the demand for U.S. office space was estimated to decline by 50 million square feet in the next 15 years, according to an article by globest.com. While shifting jobs to such places as India and China has gone on for years in the manufacturing sector, the trend is now spreading into other industries. Experts say the trend will largely impact the U.S. office sector.

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

Eric Beichler, of Mohr Partners, is a corporate real estate advisor with a broad base of national and international corporate clients. His commercial real estate expertise includes office, industrial, retail and build-to-suit. Beichler has expertise in broker issues, tenant representative issues, biotech relocations, global portfolio account management, corporate services (acquisitions, dispositions, lease analysis, financial planning, economic development incentives and negotiations, sale leaseback, synthetic leases, cash flow modeling, international advisory, sublease, build-to-suit opportunities), project, construction and facility management. Beichler is directly responsible for all international corporate expansions and relocations to India, Europe and Asia. PR Contact: Patti Becton, 214-373-1601, [e-mail]

Gary M. Ralston, president and chief operating officer of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc., is responsible for overseeing the real estate investment trust's overall operations. Ralston has guided the company's growth from less than $20 million in real estate assets to its current level of more than $1 billion. He holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Specialist in Real Estate Securities (SRS), and Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) designations and is also a Florida licensed real estate broker, mortgage broker and certified building contractor. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the Governing Council of the CCIM Institute, the Capital Consortium, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the National Retail Federation (NRF) and serves on the editorial advisory board of REITStreet magazine. PR Contact: Chris Barry, 407-650-1228, [e-mail]

Barry Ruby, of Astral and Sanburg Investments, is an expert on commercial real estate. 719-689-3222

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