Allan Schwartz, CPP, CHS-III, is the president of Safeguards International, Inc., Yonkers, N.Y.
What was one of your corporate or career highlights of the decade?
A full decade of speaking and lecturing engagements on disaster management, contingency planning and business continuity to commercial and residential high-rise property management, as well as museums, libraries, cultural properties, colleges and universities. A full decade of writing informative articles for the New York Real Estate Journal on timely security and safety related topics. Contributed a major article on "Terrorist Threats" in the 2003-2004 "Northeast Industrial Development Resource Guide," a New England Real Estate Journal Publication. Was a Contributing Editor for the "Emergency Planning Handbook," Second Edition 2003, published by ASIS International.

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in the new decade?Commercial real estate will grow. Emergency planning will grow as a necessary operating function and will be a positive marketing tool.
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