LEASING OPPORTUNITIES IN A DOWN MARKET - THE BUSINESS TENANT'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS

Presented by MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, Ltd; and Ferguson, Schetelich & Ballew, P.A.

The current real estate market presents great opportunities for businesses for efficiency in their cost and use of space. This program will discuss strategies for capturing these opportunities for both long and short term benefits. Presented by MARK M. DEERING of MACKENZIE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES, LTD; and MICHAEL K. HOURIGAN, Esquire of FERGUSON, SCHETELICH & BALLEW, P.A.

MARK DEERING has over 25 years of commercial real estate experience. He specializes in corporate tenant representation. Mark's expertise in structuring various transactions is a result of completing over 850 leases representing in excess of eight million square feet. Mark is a member of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors and CoreNet. Mark is a Baltimore native who is active in community affairs. He is a graduate of Denison University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Urban Studies.

MICHAEL K. HOURIGAN received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Loyola College in Baltimore in 1995 and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore in 1998. He was admitted to practice in the State of Maryland in 1998 and was admitted to practice in the District of Columbia in 2001. Mr. Hourigan has a general practice, with a concentration in corporate law, business law, business litigation and real estate.