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About Us
Glenn Fischer -
Dave Hewett -
Alan Whitson
- Stan
Dowell
Glenn Fischer
Glenn Fischer is a founder of the
Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute, and a creator of the
acclaimed Turning Green into Gold® educational program. He also is on
the board of directors of the recently formed non-profit called the
U.S. Green Real Estate Council. His career over the past 30 years has
given him considerable insight into the inner workings of the real
estate and commercial buildings industries.
Prior to the
founding of CRDMI, Fischer was Publisher/CEO of MetroAmerica Office
Guides, a Portland-based real estate media company that grew to become
one of the nation's top publishers of commercial and industrial real
estate guides. While at MetroAmerica, he developed database systems
that tracked office, R&D, retail and industrial markets representing
more than one billion square feet of space. The databases became an
inventory of 8,300 buildings.
Similar databases and
publications were subsequently developed for the San Francisco Bay
Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Phoenix, Detroit, St.
Louis, and Omaha. Publications under his direction were noted for
their editorial excellence in covering emerging trends in the design,
construction and operation of commercial real estate. Fischer is well
known for analyzing market conditions and presenting that much sought
after market data to BOMA members. He negotiated the sale of
MetroAmerica to Black’s Guide in 1995.
Key to Fischer’s success
at MetroAmerica was the ability to work through the various channels
of the commercial real estate industry. He worked with the steering
committees for National Association of Industrial & Office Parks
(NAIOP) chapters in Orange County and Inland Empire to organize the
highly popular bus tours of office, industrial and retail properties
in those fast growing regions. These annual bus tours drew hundreds of
major developers, real estate brokers, architects, and contractors to
see the latest trends in commercial real estate. The Building Owners &
Managers Association International (BOMA) tapped his expertise for a
task force that established guidelines for describing office market
conditions.
Both Institutional Real Estate, which covers real
estate-related activities of pension funds, REITS, and other
institutional investors and hosts educational events for that market;
and ASSETrac, a nationwide REIT tracking service, have used Fischer’s
consulting services.
Before working at MetroAmerica, Fischer
headed his own marketing consulting firm and developed marketing,
advertising, public relations, and market research programs for
several real estate brokerages, developers, and industrial
corporations in the Northwest. While at Pihas Schmidt Westerdahl Co.
(PSW) in Portland, he worked on development teams for several downtown
high rise, historic renovation, and suburban office projects, and the
beginning stages of Hawthorne Farm which grew into one of the
Northwest’s premier industrial/hi-tech parks.
Fischer is a
Past President for the National Association of Real Estate Editors
(NAREE), the nation’s largest organization of real estate editors and
writers. As chairman of NAREE’s convention committee he was
responsible for NAREE holding its 1994 convention in Portland.
Additionally, he was a founder of the Real Estate Information Network
(REI-NET), then the nation’s largest association of independent real
estate publishers and real estate data suppliers. Today, he’s a member
of:
- International
Facilities Management Association (IFMA) including serving as Vice
President of the IFMA Healthcare Council
- U.S. Green
Building Council (USGBC)
- U.S. Green Real
Estate Council (USGREC), serves on Board of Directors
- National
Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE)
Fischer resides in
Portland, OR and holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of
Oregon.
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Dave
Hewett, CCIM,
CPM, RPA, CFM, FMA, CRE
Currently Dave acts as a
consultant to the industry focused on Leadership Development and
Organizational Structure. Using his 30 plus years of experience in the
business world he is helping managers, leaders and organizations
achieve exceptional results for their clients and organizations.
Mr. Hewett has over 30 years of business experience, including
work in all aspects of the Real Estate and Facilities industry,
working for both owners and service providers.
Clients have
included institutional, corporate, municipal and private entities,
such as Microsoft, PMC-Sierra, Pitney Bowes, California Federal
Savings, Pacific Gas & Electric, United States GSA and Comerica Bank.
Dave has led the transitions for some of the largest Corporate Real
Estate outsourcing programs in the industry.
As a problem
solver, it is common for Dave to be asked to enter into an
organization with a need for change management and lead the efforts to
reorganize and build a team and an organization with a vision for the
future. Dave is noted for his focus on leadership development, change
management and vision, both at the corporate level and throughout the
industry. He has served as an active leader as well as consultant at
several industry associations and professional organizations.
Mr. Hewett resides in Hillsboro, Oregon and holds a BS in Business,
Emphasis: Organization Development from the University of Colorado
- 2007: Member:
Board of Trustees, IFMA Foundation
- 2006-2007:
Executive Member: Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate
(OSCRE)
- 2005-2007:
Chairman, Faith Bible Christian School, Hillsboro Oregon
- 2005-2006:
Chairman, Building Owners and Managers Association International
- 2005-2006:
Member, Board of Directors, Real Estate Round Table
- 1999 to 2003:
Member, Executive Committee, BOMA International
- 1998: President,
Portland Building Owners and Managers Association
- 1994: President,
Institute of Real Estate Management, Chapter #29
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Alan Whitson, RPA
A popular author, consultant, and speaker
Alan Whitson has been pegged as the “Green Building Guru Who Paints a
Profit-Making Picture.” He is one of the nation’s most charismatic,
knowledgeable speakers on how to build the business case for high
performance buildings. He is the seminar leader for the acclaimed
Turning Green into Gold®” educational programs. More than 17,000
design, construction, engineering, facilities, and real estate
professionals involved in over one billion square feet in projects
have viewed these seminars in live formats and via the internet.
He is chairing a national task force to write a Model Green Lease.
Whitson’s books include 365 Important Questions to Ask about Green
Buildings, Smart Moves Manual, 327 Questions to Ask Before You Sign a
Lease, Building Operating Costs Guidebook, and Bottom Line Comparative
Lease Analysis Software. He is a reviewer for BOMI’s Asset Management
textbook.
His column, Turning Green into Gold, appears
regularly in OfficeInsight, a national online newsletter. He has
written for a multitude of newspapers, magazines and trade journals
including Buildings, Building Operating Management, Buildings Design &
Construction, Business Xpansion, Colorado Real Estate Journal,
Commercial Building Products, Crain’s, and Environment Design+
Construction. He also was a key contributor to two online training
projects, Green Building Core & Shell and Sustainable Healthcare, for
AIA, USGBC, and Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability.
Whitson’s experience encompasses over 40 million square feet of
facilities around the world in the roles of Asset Manager, Corporate
Facilities Manager, Construction Manager, Development Manager, and
Commercial Real Estate Broker. The scope of Whitson’s 30+-year career
gives him a keen insight into the real estate needs of today’s
corporation, and a unique understanding of the architectural,
construction and real estate industries. He has held positions with:
The Muller Company, Newport Beach; Bank of America’s Corporate Real
Estate Division; Storek & Storek Architecture, San Francisco; The
Shorenstein Company, San Francisco; Environmental Design Engineering,
Seattle, San Francisco and Honolulu.
Whitson holds the
professional designation of Real Property Administrator (RPA) from the
Building Owners and Managers Institute and was a contributor to BOMA
International’s handbook on preparing market condition reports. He’s a
member of:
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BOMA International’s
Energy & Environment Committee.
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He was an initial
member of the organization that went on to become the
International Facility Managers Association (IFMA).
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Healthcare Financial
Managers Association (HFMA)
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The New Buildings
Institute's Technical Review Committee for Advanced Buildings:
Energy Benchmark for High Performance Buildings a standard used in
the LEED Rating system
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The EEF-EPA Advisory
Committee for Indoor Air Quality.
Samples of Whitson’s
experience include:
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The architectural
firm, CDFM2, retained Whitson to present high performance building
concepts to their client, H&R Block, before designing a new
headquarters. The presentation given to senior management
including the CFO led to early client acceptance as Whitson
substantiated the economic return that would be achieved by
incorporating high performance features into the project. Now
completed, the 500,000 square foot building is a model of energy
efficiency in its design.
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Honda’s Corporate
Real Estate Department had Whitson craft a presentation to senior
management for a real estate plan that had been stalled for three
years – the plan was approved five minutes into the 15-minute
presentation.
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After taking over a
troubled renovation of a 144,000 square foot historical building,
he directed the redesign of the new HVAC system, when the bids
were 19% over budget. This slashed the total system cost 35%. Yet,
this new HVAC system increased the rentable and usable square
footage of the building, reduced annual energy costs 23% and
improved air quality.
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Conducted the
financial and operational feasibility analysis that were the basis
for the $660 million sale of Bank of America’s World Headquarters
in San Francisco and the Bank’s decision to sell its 48% interest
in the 2.4 million square foot Arco Plaza, Los Angeles. The result
— almost a billion dollars flowed to Bank of America’s bottom
line.
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As manager of
planning and construction for Bank of America’s data processing
facilities he was responsible for 2,000 construction projects and
1,000 relocations a year. Project volume increased 37% while
average project delivery time was reduced by 5% with no increase
in staff during Whitson’s tenure.
His speaking engagements
have encompassed regional and national events throughout the U.S. and
Canada. He’s captivated audiences for the American Institute of
Architects (AIA), Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC), Building
Owners & Managers Assn. (BOMA), BOMEX Canada, CABA Energy Management
Summit, Women in Commercial Real Estate (CREW), Florida Educational
Facilities Planners Assn. (FEFPA), IIDEX Canada, Industrial Asset
Management Council (IAMC), International Facilities Management Assn.
(IFMA), National Assn. of Industrial & Office Parks (NAIOP), NeoCon,
and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
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Stan Dowell, RPA,
CFM, CRE
Stan Dowell has worked with owners and service
providers in the real estate, financial services, energy and energy
management services industries for the past quarter of a century. He’s
been responsible for the development and marketing of real estate
services programs including transaction management, facility
management, project management, energy management and portfolio
consulting for corporations such as ConocoPhillips, Administaff,
Cooper Industries, Valero, and Consolidated Rental Car Facilities at
major U.S. airports.
Stan is President of Dowell & Associates,
a real estate and energy management services consulting firm based in
Houston. He specializes in assisting corporate and not-for-profit
clients with developing and evaluating growth strategies, outsourcing
programs and value-enhancement opportunities.
Prior to forming
Dowell & Associates, he was Managing Director-Global Corporate
Services/Corporate Brokerage for Trammell Crow Company which became
part of CB/Richard Ellis following a merger in 2006. CB/Richard Ellis
is a $5 billion publicly held, full service diversified real estate
company. Before he joined Trammell Crow Company in 2002, he was Vice
President – Deal Structuring/Business Development for Enron Energy
Services. He led a team responsible for the development and
structuring of energy outsource programs and energy strategies for the
commercial real estate, hospitality, communications and high tech real
estate industries. He structured long term, highly customized energy
outsource transactions with Fortune 500 companies, including financial
institutions, commercial real estate firms and communications/high
technology firms.
In the mid-1980’s, Stan helped to form
TerraPro Companies, and asset management firm based in Texas. As
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for Terrapro
Companies, he was responsible for administration, financial,
marketing/leasing, development, brokerage, construction management,
and property management decisions for 2.5 million square feet of
commercial, retail and multi-family properties. He was also
responsible for direct supervision of 250 full time employees
During his career he’s been responsible for assembling a unique model
for the InfoMart office building in Dallas representing a 2 million
square foot operation including energy management and maintenance,
which resulted in $5 million monetized savings. He’s completed other
energy outsource programs for JPMorgan Chase and Park Place
Entertainment (included the Flamingo Hilton, Bally’s and other hotels
and gaming properties) with substantial multimillion savings. He’s
also directed the acquisitions of several major Houston commercial
buildings including the 3DI Office Building, Three Riverway, and
Galleria West. Following acquisition he directed a number of multi
million dollar renovation projects.
Stan graduated from the
University of Texas with a BBA in Finance & International Business
(cum laude).
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