February's marketing session was hosted by Vanguard-Fine Retail Store Leasing, LLC at the Wolf Rd. Shopper's Park in the city's retail corridor. Neighboring retail includes Colonie Center and Northway Mall. The site is also near Albany International Airport and hotel corridor surrounding the airport. The center has received a complete façade renovation. Tenants of the center include the Guitar Center, Stickley Furniture, Macaroni Grill, Key Bank, Talbot's, Stone Mountain Flooring, Outback Steakhouse, Capital Bank, Bank of America, Subway, Fleet Feet, Sofa's & Chairs, Mark Anthony men's shop and Arby's. Vanguard-Fine currently has up to 45,000 s/f of retail/office space available in the park.
Michael Tucker, president of the Center for Economic Growth (CEG) was the guest speaker. CEG serves the 11-county Capital Region of NYS, a significant portion of the Tech Valley corridor, which spans from the Canadian border to the counties north of N.Y.C. CEG launched an initiative to foster and sustain a regional commitment to attract and grow diverse technology-based industries. CEG in partnership with National Grid; economic development agencies; small, medium and large businesses; government agencies; and research and development/academia, has demonstrated a long-term commitment to increasing the economic self-sufficiency of the region by developing Tech Valley as a global technology powerhouse. For more information visit www.ceg.org.
CIREB's upcoming marketing sessions include the following:
* Thursday March 5th will be hosted by The Howard Group at Kohl's Plaza, Central Ave. Invited speaker, Tom Amell, regional president, First Niagara Bank
* Thursday April 2nd will be hosted by Picotte Companies.
* Thursday May 7th will be hosted by Omni Development.
* Thursday June 4th will be hosted by Albany Management. This session is scheduled to be the mid-year member update meeting
CIREB holds its monthly marketing sessions on the first Thursday of each month and are free to all CIREB members. Guests may attend these sessions at a cost of $10 per person. If you would like to attend a marketing session or join CIREB, please call Kelly Pierce at (518) 464-0194 or visit www.CIREB.com for more information. Tags: