NAREIT's REITWeek to be held June 4 - 6

REITWeek 2008: NAREIT's Investor Forum, brings together 160 publicly traded real estate companies, all the leading sell-side analysts covering the industry, and asset managers from 300 buy-side firms for three days of company presentations, networking and discussions of key industry issues and trends. REITWeek's sessions tackle some of the most important issues facing the industry. This year's CEO marketplace panel on June 5 will be a freewheeling discussion of prospects for the retail sector in the U.S. and markets around the globe featuring some of the retail industry's heaviest hitters: John Bucksbaum of General Growth Properties, Peter Lowy of Westfield Group, Guillaume Poitrinal of Unibail-Rodamco, and Robert Taubman of Taubman Centers. NAREIT chair Martin Stein, of Regency Centers, will moderate the session. Among this year's other featured sessions, David Marchick of the Carlyle Group will moderate a panel on sovereign wealth funds, Bryce Blair of AvalonBay will lead a panel discussing the state of the economy, and the event will close with lunch session focused on the global real estate investment platform. The event will be held at The Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave.