/24-7PressRelease/ - ATLANTA, GA, July 14, 2008 - Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., President of RLJ Development LLC, will deliver the keynote address at the 2008 Global Diversity Summit (GDS) in Commercial Real Estate during a luncheon on July 22, 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. RLJ Development LLC, which was co-founded by Baltimore and BET founder Robert Johnson, is the nation's largest African-American hotel ownership company and the 30th largest real estate private equity firm in the world according to PERE.
Baltimore, who will address the crowd of over 500 GDS participants, will talk about launching a real estate/private equity venture.
"Being part of the Global Diversity Summit is always on the agenda," said Baltimore. "There is a level of responsibility we all should take to continuously educate minority professionals in the Commercial Real Estate industry. The Global Diversity Summit is a vehicle that brings us together each year to do just that."
"Tom Baltimore is one of the most respected and well-liked leaders in our industry, a rare accomplishment," said Michael Tabb, Managing Principal of Red Rock Global LLC and GDS Senior Advisor. "Many of us are taking our cue from Tom on how to handle our business and consistently deliver outstanding results with the highest level of integrity."
3rd Annual Global Diversity Summit
Keynote Speaker: Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., RLJ Development LLC
July 22, 2008
Noon
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Boulevard, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
The 2008 GDS is entitled "Reinventing Real Estate - Faces and Places", and will bring together minority commercial real estate professionals with a diverse background to exchange knowledge and discuss future challenges facing the multi-trillion dollar industry.
For more about thee Global Diversity Summit in Commercial Real Estate, please go to our website at http://www.globaldiversitysummit.org.
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About the Global Diversity Summit
Created in 2005, the Global Diversity Summit unites commercial real estate professionals throughout the world to focus on increasing diversity in the industry. The organization believes that diversity in commercial real estate can be achieved through education and networking with the world's senior-level minority professionals, sharing their success stories and ideas on future challenges with the industry's emerging minority talent. For more information, please go to our website at http://www.globaldiversitysummit.org.
About RLJ Development LLC
RLJ is proud to be one of the fastest growing hotel investment companies in the United States. While rapidly growing the portfolio of assets, the company has also strengthened its management team by attracting seasoned executives from throughout the industry. Expertise in feasibility, development, and finance is complemented by depth in the areas of asset and project management, allowing RLJ to first source and structure attractive opportunities, and then expertly oversee them. RLJ enjoys strong relationships with leading brands such as Hilton and Marriott, among others, and hires the nation's finest hotel management firms to operate the hotels.
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