CORFAC News

COLUMBIA, Md. (Aug. 30, 2010) – Owen Rouse Jr., senior vice president, director of capital markets for Manekin, LLC/CORFAC International, was a featured guest on Down to Business: a monthly half-hour television program airing on Comcast Howard County Channel 98 and GTV – Comcast Howard County Channel 99/Verizon 44.Sponsored by j-ref and The Business Monthly, the show covers the diversity of concerns, people and issues of the Howard County business community. It is hosted by j-ref Executive Director Michael Mobley and targets small businesses, Howard County and BWC Chamber members, bankers, CPAs, business publications, entrepreneurs, business students and elected officials.Rouse – who has 29 years experience in commercial real estate acquisition, disposition, construction, appraisal, portfolio management, loan workouts and consulting assignments – was interviewed about real estate issues as they relate to Howard County including BRAC, infrastructure suitability and commercial real estate health.He also discussed trends such as the proposed increased density of town center, aging properties in the county, and transportation dynamics (transit oriented design). A Web link to the interview is available at http://www.manekin.com/mediaDetail.aspx?id=107&cat=6.Rouse joined Manekin in 1995, and has directed the firm’s investment services and brokerage divisions.He currently is responsible for raising equity for the firm and identifying projects that match the profile of the equity.In addition to his leadership role at Manekin, he is president of Corporate Facility Advisors–CORFAC International, one of world’s largest commercial real estate services organizations. He also serves on the Stevenson University Presidential Advisory Council and the Saint Joseph Medical Center Foundation board.A past president of Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake and NAIOP-Maryland, he also has served on the advisory board of Loyola College’s Sellinger School of Business and been a guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s Berman School of Real Estate.Rouse holds a bachelor’s degree in urban planning from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and an MBA from Loyola College’s Sellinger School of Business.Founded in 1946, Manekin, LLC is a full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Columbia, Md., with additional offices in downtown Baltimore and Southern Maryland. The company offers asset management, brokerage, construction, development and investment services. For more information, visit www.manekin.com.