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Congratulations to Andrew Boggini from St Petersburg, FL! Andrew is the lucky winner of this week’s Property Facts Challenge and is now the proud owner of an iPad 2!

Andrew entered our contest by adding a photo to a property record, but there are other ways to win. Here’s a recap of how you can enter. We’re giving out iPads and other prizes weekly through July 1st!

• Add a Fact or a Photo Unlimited Entries! One entry per accepted fact or photo
  It's easy. In seconds, you can upload your existing property photos and information to a property record.
  
  
• Find a Fact One entry per week
  Take the weekly trivia challenge on LinkedIn or Facebook.

Here are all the winners from this week. We will be contacting you on Tuesday!
iPad 2 - Andrew Boggini
$100 American Express Gift Card - Winston Rego
LoopNet Showcase Property Upgrade - Peter Moersch
$25 Starbucks Gift Card - Steve Lomax
$25 Starbucks Gift Card - Susan Stafford



Want to know if you answered the trivia challenge correctly? We’ve posted the answer below.

Question:
Which of the following tenants listed below occupies the most space at 2940 Wakefield Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 according to LoopNet’s property record?

Answer:
Clay Funk occupies 2,604 SF - more than any other tenant according to the information available on the property record.



Thank you to everyone that participated and good luck on the next challenge. It's posted now! Check LinkedIn or Facebook today.

Knowing how the sale/lease history of a property can make a big difference.

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We have been having a blast at ICSC RECon in Las Vegas. It's great connecting in person with old and new friends at the biggest retail commercial real estate event of the year.

LoopNet staffers have been demonstrating our great new features like Polygon Search, our expanded Property Facts database, enhanced reporting options, and more.

Take a look at more photos from our booth and cocktail receptions here.

In addition to public data, third-party sources and our internal research team, LoopNet members help to fill in the complete picture of a given property record found in our database by adding facts and photos.

Starting today, we’ll be giving away one iPad 2 per week thru July 1^st. You could win! To enter, find records in our database you’re familiar with, and add in details that we don’t have yet.

In addition to iPads, we’ll giving away a bunch of other goodies, including:

· $100 American Express gift cards
· $200 Callaway Gold gift cards
· $25 Starbucks gift cards
· Showcase Listing upgrades


Join in the fun! Learn more

We’re about to reveal something big here, people.

New LoopNet features and a research revolution are about to launch…

You simply can’t miss it.

Join us this Monday, May 23rd, at 4:30pm at the LoopNet booth at ICSC RECON in Las Vegas for a cocktail reception and unveiling (S312 N Street, South Hall 2nd Floor).

There’s still time to RSVP but spaces are going fast! Sign up now and be sure you have a drink in hand when the fun starts.

See you there!

LoopNet is based in San Francisco, where social media – whether it’s LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter – is more or less a daily fact of life. But social media adoption among commercial real estate professionals nationwide varies significantly. That’s why we decided to poll LoopNet subscribers recently to learn more about their engagement with this rapidly-evolving aspect of our industry.

Commercial real estate professionals are beginning to embrace social media for both networking and marketing purposes, and by most measures, has established itself as a vital tool for our industry.

Here are a few key points we discovered, based on 1,400+ responses:

• 24% of LoopNet subscribers we polled use social media daily for business purposes

• 69% say they’ve benefitted professionally from using social media

• 79% use LinkedIn for professional networking

In addition, staying connected on the road is becoming a mainstay, with 65-70% of LoopNet subscribers saying mobile technology has become increasingly important in the last 12 months. If you’re like a lot of us, you rely more and more on your smartphone or tablet to help stay on top of business while you’re in the field – 47% of LoopNet users say mobile information is very important to commercial real estate.

Thanks go out to everyone who took time to answer our survey!

We encourage you to stay in the loop with our iPhone app, and for Android users, we have an app coming out very soon.

One of the great things about attending ICSC RECON in Las Vegas is the opportunity to attend panel discussions featuring industry leaders addressing a variety of cutting-edge topics.

This year, LoopNet is proud to moderate three of the discussions at the convention’s Social Media Pavilion, located in the South Hall (S222 Q Street). We hope you can join us to learn more about commercial real estate forefronts in social media and mobile communication.


Social Media 101
Monday, May 23rd
1:00pm – 1:30pm

There’s never been a better time to get started in social media, and no better way to get up to speed on the basics pertaining to commercial real estate. Join LoopNet for a discussion that will deepen your understanding of social media and set you up for success on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, as well as your own blog.

Panelists:
Duke Long - The Duke Long Agency
Coy Davidson - Senior VP, Colliers International
Paul Fetscher - President, Great American Brokerage, Inc.


Social Media ROI
Tuesday, May 24th
2:30pm – 3:00pm

Learn how to convert your social media efforts into tangible results. LoopNet sits down with commercial real estate professionals that are ahead of the curve in understanding the business and financial benefits of building your network through the world of social media.

Panelists:
Jonathon Hipp - CEO of Calkain Companies
Coy Davidson - Senior VP Colliers International
Jeffrey Vinzani - Partner/Member, Nexsen Pruet, LLC


Staying Connected on the Road
Tuesday, May 25th
3:15pm – 3:45pm

The mobile internet – smart phones, tablets, and countless apps – is altering the business landscape, and commercial real estate is no exception. Learn about developing a mobile strategy, and listen as industry leaders discuss how social media and mobile technology are changing their approach to business.

Panelist:
Shawn Massey, Partner - The Shopping Center Group
Scott Kingston - Vice President Colliers International
Brian Russell - VP Coldwell Banker Commercial Blair Westmac

The LoopNet team has been working hard to make your experience on LoopNet even better. Check out the latest enhancements we’ve made to our website.

New Homepage
We’ve redesigned our homepage to help bring a more modern look and feel to LoopNet. But that’s not all. The navigation has been redesigned as well to make sure your browsing is as easy and intuitive as ever. Free of clutter, you can now search any of our databases, get a snapshot of trends in your market and access the new community section right from the homepage.

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Highlighted Parcel Boundaries
We’ve updated our map technology. Now when you are looking at properties on the map you can get a quick understanding of the exact lot size, depth, and outline of a specific parcel. Simply hold your mouse over any of the property pins and the entire parcel will highlight automatically.

Saved Reports
Property Facts subscribers will now enjoy the convenience of “auto-save” for all the reports they create in Property Facts. These “auto-saved” reports will be listed in the new “My Reports” tab and can be accessed at any time in the future to make further customizations and edits.

Let Us Know What You Think
Try our new features out and tell us what you think! We’re listening and looking for suggestions on how to enhance this product even further. Email: feedback@LoopNet.com