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Commercial Real Estate Legacy Luncheon Greg Schiano,
Rutger’s Football Coach, to Speak
Network Hopes to Reach $1,000,000 Milestone
February 27, 2007

Greg Schiano, Head Football Coach, Rutgers University, will be the featured speaker at the Legacy Luncheon, a networking and fundraising event hosted by the Commercial Real Estate Network on Friday, March 23rd, from 11:00am to 1:30pm at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany, NJ.

The Commercial Real Estate Network will host its eighth annual Legacy Luncheon on Friday, March 23, from 11:00am to 1:30pm at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany, NJ.  Over 400 industry professionals are expected to attend this premier networking event.

Greg Schiano, Head Football Coach, Rutgers University will be the keynote speaker.  Schiano received almost all of the major 2006 national Coach of the Year awards for transforming Rutger's Scarlet Knights into a power in the new Big East.

Click here for more information on Greg Schiano.

Dave Szott, former NFL player, and now Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle and Team Chaplain for the New York Jets, will moderate the event.

Click here for more information on Dave Szott and his career with the NFL.

This year, the Network Steering Committee is focused on reaching a very impressive milestone…attaining $1,000,000 is dollars raised since the Network's inception.  Over the last seven years, the Legacy Luncheon has raised $842,640.  These funds support much-needed capital improvement projects at United Way of Morris County member agencies.  To date, 57 capital projects have been completed, all thanks to the success of the Network's Legacy Luncheon!

Click here for some of the completed projects.

At the event, the 2007 United Way Commercial Real Estate Impact Award will honor a property, sale, lease, or other real estate transaction that has had the most positive impact in Morris County during 2006.  This year's nominees are: HSBC, 399 Jefferson Road, Parsippany; The Louis Berger Group, 412 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Morris Township; New York Jets, Florham Park Corporate Campus, Florham Park; Quest Diagnostics, 3 Giralda Farms, Madison.

The event is open to the public.  Corporate sponsorships are available.  Individual tickets are $300.  For reservations and information, Email Theresa Lepore, or phone 973.993.1160, x105.  Click here to register online.

The Commercial Real Estate Network Steering Committee
Tim Greiner – Co-Chair, Newmark Knight Frank, Michael McDonough – Co-Chair, Maersk Inc., Andrea Alexander, Jones Lang LaSalle, Robert Barbera, Hunter Roberts Construction Group, Nancy Brenner, Knoll Furniture, MaryJo Cestone, Johnson & Johnson, Susan Cloninger, GJ Cloninger and Co., Mark Dougherty, Johnson Controls, Manie Fahey, Designweave, a Division of Shaw Industries, David Fryer, G.S. Wilcox & Co., Theresa Lepore, United Way of Morris County, Tina Reiger, Daily Record Advertising, Scott Shipley, Commerce Bank, David Stifelman, Cushman & Wakefield, John Sullivan, Structure Tone, David Szott, Jones Lang LaSalle, Raymond Trevisan, Normandy Realty, Peter J. Wolfson, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Mark Yeager, The Gale Company.

About The Commercial Real Estate Network
The Network was started in 1999, as a partnership between United Way of Morris County and the commercial real estate industry.  The Network raises funds for critical capital improvement projects at local health and human service agencies.