Carlsbad, Calif. – May 22, 2009 –Each year at the Realcomm Conference, individuals, companies, projects, and solutions that demonstrate the most innovative use of technology and automation in the commercial and corporate real estate industry are recognized and presented with the prestigious Digie Awards. The awards will be presented to the winners on Tuesday, June 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago. The award ceremony will be held at 1:15 p.m. on Center Stage in the Exhibit Hall. Realcomm 2009 is the leading conference on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings for the commercial and corporate real estate industries.

The Digie Awards are broken into four main categories:
• Best Use Of Automation - by a real estate related organization
• Most Extreme Real Estate - office, retail, mixed use project
• Best Technology - general, real estate transaction, intelligent building
• Digital Impact Award – will be presented to four outstanding individuals who have consistently demonstrated tenacity and persistence in promoting technological innovation in our industry.

After reviewing over 100 impressive nominations, Realcomm is proud to announce this year's finalists:

BEST USE OF AUTOMATION
Best Use of Automation – Brokerage
• Op2mize, LLC
• CB Richard Ellis
• Grubb & Ellis

Best Use of Automation - Developer
• Liberty Property Trust
• Colonial Properties Trust
• Childress Klein Properties

Best Use of Automation - Property Management
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• Hines

Best Use of Automation - Owner
• Highwoods Properties
• GE Asset Management
• Arden Realty Inc.

Best Use of Automation - Corporate Real Estate
• Panduit
• Bank of America
• Google

Best Use of Automation - Facility Management
• Dubai Festival City
• WaWa
• Cisco Systems, Inc.

DIGITAL IMPACT AWARD
• Mick Dalton, CEO, Marafeq
• Bernie Devine, CEO, Majitek
• Andy Fuhrman, CEO, OSCRE
• Peter Linkletter, Sr. Project Director, Real Property Business and Systems Transformation Project, Department of National Defense
• Lora Muchmore, Director, Business Enterprise Integration, U.S. Department of Defense
• Glenn Murray, Executive Director, NOI Strategies
• Raj Patel, Director IT and Innovation Technology, Omniyat Property Development
• Joe Rich, CIO, Tishman Speyer
• Brad Setser, Vice President of Marketing, Yardi Systems
• Stephen Spooner, Executive Chairman, PISCES Ltd.
• Dan Sterk, Managing Director, RealFoundations
• Mike Williams, Managing Director, CDC – Central Data Control

DIGITAL REAL ESTATE
City or State
• New Songdo City
• Masdar City
• Toronto Waterfront

Retail
• Emaar • Westfield • Simon Property Group

Multifamily
• Sheraton Real Estate Management
• Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management
• AMLI Residential

Office
• Duke Energy Headquarters
• Empire State Building
• Columbia Center

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY
General
• Interactive Multimedia Artists (Virtual Concierge)
• GestureTek Inc.
• Intel Atom LaptopsNettops

Real Estate Transaction
• Yardi Systems (Cushman & Wakefield)
• SAP (DFC)
• OSCRE

Energy
• Cisco Mediator
• Redwood Systems
• Lutron Electronics, Inc.

For more information or to register for Realcomm 2009, visit www.realcomm.com/chicago.htm.

About Realcomm
Realcomm Conference Group, LLC is the world's leading research and educational institution that produces an annual conference and exposition on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings for executives in commercial and corporate real estate. Realcomm was founded in 1999 with the goal of bringing industry leaders together each year to discuss, demonstrate, and debate the latest innovations that impact the industry. Today, in addition to the annual conference, Realcomm conducts seminars, webinars, workshops, executive tours, and other strategic services to educate industry professionals about the latest business solutions and technologies to improve commercial real estate development, leasing, management and operations.