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ICSC's RECon show is coming to Las Vegas May 18th - 21st

The ICSC RECon show is coming to Las Vegas again this year. Here are some facts about the show: * Over 50,000 industry professionals attend the ICSC's RECon in 2007 representing: -Owners/developers: 42% -Retailers: 33% -Financial and investment institutions: 10% -Economic development agencies and municipalities: 6% -Architects, design and construction: 5% -Suppliers: 3% -Others: 1% * Attendees represent approximately 51 countries from five continents. * ICSC's RECon contains three components: * Industry educational sessions (Sunday through Wednesday). * Trade exposition featuring the latest and most innovative products and services (Sunday-Wednesday) * Leasing mall featuring 1,300 of the world's leading owners, developers, retailers, brokers, economic development agencies, municipalities, financial institutions and lenders for networking and conducting business (Monday through Wednesday). * ICSC's RECon is one of the largest conventions in North America. * ICSC's RECon is the largest gathering of retail real estate professionals in North America. * The Trade Exposition occupies 240,000 s/f. * The Leasing Mall encompasses 2.0 million s/f. * ICSC's estimates that approximately 50% of the retail real estate industry's shopping center leases are signed or conceived during the RECon. For more information visit ICSC's RECon website at www.icsc.org.
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