1.WEB SUCCESS. Reliastar, a financial services company manages an equity portfolio and its own corporate real estate. Steven Hufendick reports as follows: "I browse the web every day for good commercial real estate content. Specifically, I used the web last week via a Pikenet link to obtain market specific data on a North Carolina deal. I’m in Minneapolis. I sent several e-mails to local brokers for assistance, and they were very responsive. No missed phone calls, no waiting for days for printed information. E-mail. Bang. Done!"

2. NEW AND NOTABLE. Ostendorf-Morris, which provides real estate services and management, has launched an excellent site for its Cincinnati and Dayton, OH, offices. CRS provides real estate services along the I-680 and I-80 Corridors, Walnut Creek, CA (San Francisco). Stuart & Company are real estate appraisers and consultants in Salt Lake City, UT. Allen & Kwan Commercial offers brokerage, management and consulting services in Ann Arbor, MI.

Bixby Land Company develops and manages a portfolio of commercial and retail properties in Long Beach, CA. One Atlantic Center is a 50-story, 1.1 million square foot office building in Atlanta, Georgia. EQUITAX provides revenue recovery services relating to valuation and assessment nationwide. The Right Trac is a newsletter published by Retail Lease Trac covering retail tenant expansion nationwide.

3. TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR WITH IPIX. Check out the home page of Office Buildings Magazine for a glimpse at IPIX bubble photo technology, an exciting new method of posting 360 degree pictures on the web. Virtual tours are available for 550 Madison Avenue, 140 East 45th Street and 125 West 55th Street. (You’ll need to download the IPIX plug-in to view these bubble photos which you can do directly from the site. Follow the instructions to install automatically.) With your mouse you can move around an office and zoom in and zoom out. Very cool.

4. COMMONWEALTH TITLE'S PROPERTY PROFILES. If you need information on properties in California or Arizona, you should visit Commonwealth/Transnation Title’s Niteowl service. Although you have to register as a customer, you’ll get free access to Property Profiles, which include ownership information, comparable sales, plat maps, street maps, nearby owners, demographics and mortgage information. Step-by-step instructions are in the PikeNet Knowledge Base (click hyperlink on home page).

5. PIKENET KNOWLEDGE BASE. You’ll notice that the home page has been reformatted to highlight the various features of PikeNet, e.g., Market Search, Category Search and Toolkits. I’ve added a section called "Knowledge Base." This is where you’ll find answers to commonly asked questions about the Internet. How can I add a map to my web site? Where can I find demographic information? It’s a collective help system for commercial real estate professionals. Please send me your questions.

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