CORFAC News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Melanie Carrera, (410) 423-2033
or Caryn Sagal, (410) 363-9583

Columbia, MD (January 22, 2013) – Owen Rouse Jr., senior vice president, director of capital markets for Manekin, LLC/CORFAC International, was appointed to a three-year term on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Safety Advisory Board.

The 20-member board 1) provides guidance and advice for the development, adoption and annual review of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Vision for Patient Safety; 2) raises awareness and support for safety initiatives at Johns Hopkins Bayview, and 3) promotes the medical center and its programs, regionally and nationally, for its commitment to providing the safest patient care.

Rouse brings 32 years experience in the commercial real estate industry, including acquisition, disposition, construction, appraisal, portfolio management, loan workouts and consulting assignments.  He joined Manekin in 1995, and has directed the firm’s investment services and brokerage divisions. His current responsibilities are raising equity for the firm and identifying projects that match the profile of the equity. 

Active in industry and community activities, Rouse is a past president of CORFAC International, NAIOP-Maryland and Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. He also has served on the Loyola College Sellinger School of Business Advisory Board, the Stevenson University Presidential Advisory Council and the Saint Joseph Medical Center Foundation Board and been a guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s Berman School of Real Estate.

Rouse holds a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and an MBA from Loyola College’s Sellinger School of Business. He resides in Baltimore’s Ruxton community, with his wife, Anne.

About Manekin, LLC/CORFAC International
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. 

About CORFAC International
CORFAC International (Corporate Facility Advisors) comprises privately held entrepreneurial firms with expertise in office, industrial and retail real estate leasing and investment sales, multifamily property acquisitions and dispositions, property management and corporate services. In association with FIABCI (the International Real Estate Federation) and global affiliates, CORFAC International offers commercial real estate services with market reach in 65 countries worldwide. In recent years, CORFAC firms have averaged over 8,500 completed transactions annually totaling more than 600 million square feet worth an excess of $5.2 billion for their customers. For more information on the CORFAC network, contact 703.532.6160 or visit www.corfac.com.