1. Headline... "CarrAmerica: Building Customer Loyalty on the Web" As the owner and manager or over 13 million square feet of office space across the country, CarrAmerica aims to provide one-stop shopping for corporate tenants at its web site.

2. New and Notable... The Hang Lung Group of publicly-traded Hong Kong real estate companies has opened an attractive site. Colliers International, the global alliance, features hyperlinks to members’ sites. SPL/Ledic manages apartment assets in Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta. PropertyLink is a new U.K.-based listing service with dozens of London listings.

IREM, the Institute of Real Estate Management, operates an excellent site, including the full text of its Journal for Property Management. REIPA, the Real Estate Information Providers Association, just opened a site with an interesting demo of a property information database. Macs4RealEstate is a unique guide to Mac real estate software, created by Robb Russell, a true Mac believer. *Find these sites using Text Search by entering a complete or partial word.*

3. PikeNet Changes... Prototype Market Toolkits for Dallas, New York and San Francisco have been posted in a table format at www.pike.net/marketkit.html. These Toolkits will contain the best information available in specific markets. For example, hyperlinks will take you directly to research reports or property listings within a local site. Want to contribute to a Toolkit in your market? Send me e-mail.

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