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Glenn Fischer
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Dave Hewett
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Alan Whitson
Glenn Fischer
Glenn Fischer is a founder of the Corporate Realty, Design &
Management Institute, and a real estate and publishing consultant. He also
is President of a non-profit organization called The Center for
Sustainable Real Estate. His career over the past 25 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)
- National Association
of Real Estate Editors (NAREE)
Fischer resides in
Portland 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
In 1972, Alan Whitson began his real estate career in Seattle
after leaving the US Navy’s nuclear submarine program. 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:
- BOMA International’s
newly merged Energy & Environment Committee
- He was an initial
member of the organization that went on to become the International
Facility Managers Association (IFMA)
- Healthcare Financial
Managers Association (HFMA)
- 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
- The EEF-EPA Advisory
Committee for Indoor Air Quality.
A popular author and
speaker, he was pegged as the “Green Building Guru Who Paints a
Profit-Making Picture” by one of the world’s leading organizations of
industrial manufacturers. 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. His column, Turning Green into
Gold, appears regularly in OfficeInsight, a national online newsletter. He
is a reviewer for BOMI’s Asset Management textbook, and authored the
recently released, Green Leasing Library on CD.
He is the seminar
leader for the acclaimed Turning Green into Gold® educational series. More
than 13,000 design, construction, facilities, and real estate
professionals involved in over one billion square feet in projects have
viewed this seminar in live seminars formats and via the internet.
Samples of Whitson’s experience include:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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