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DJ PRESS RELEASE/ M3 COMMUNICATIONS: TISHMAN INTERNATIONAL TO PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING OF THE YEAR NATIONAL CONTEST IN SOFIA

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SOFIA, BULGARIA – December 11th , 2009 -Tishman International Companies, a leading international commercial real estate development and management company, along with GE Real Estate-Central and Eastern Europe, have been nominated for Sofia Airport Center's Logistic buildings B.01, B.02 and B.03 in the Industrial Buildings category of the 2009 Building of the Year National Contest. The official award-giving ceremony and gala dinner will be held December 15, at Kempinski Hotel Zografski, Sofia.

Sofia Airport Center's office building A.02, is the only LEED certified commercial building in Bulgaria and uses Bulgarian products and environmentally friendly building materials wherever possible. The new development is attracting entrepreneurial businesses and major multinational companies that are expanding into Bulgaria's burgeoning economy.

The event is organized by Stroitelstvo Gradat Weekly with the support of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works as well as various real estate organizations. The contest selects the best Bulgarian architectural, construction, town-planning and investment practices within the last year.

Competing categories are residential buildings and complexes, business hotels, holiday hotels, holiday complexes, public buildings with business functions, trade buildings, industrial buildings and logistic centers, buildings with special functions and multifunctional buildings. Since its launch in 2002, Building of the Year National Contest has awarded more than 400 buildings, developed during the past decade in Bulgaria.

The winners are selected by a jury of Bulgarian and international professionals who work in the fields of architecture, investments, town-planning, consulting services and business. Each member of the jury votes for the best project. The winners will be announced several days prior to the official ceremony.

The contest is known for the Building of the Audience initiative. Members of the public are able to vote for their favorite building during a two week period, December 1 to December 15, 2009, on the contest's website www.sgradanagodinata.bg.

About Tishman International- Tishman International Companies is currently active in the United States, United Kingdom and, Central & Eastern Europe,(CEE),Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania, in the acquisition, development, management and financing of commercial real estate. Tishman has acted as a consultant and joint venture partner to some of the world's leading institutions and private investors and has recently been appointed by a UK Fund to provide asset and development management services for a portfolio of 12 properties in Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia

About Tishman International in Europe- In 1986, Tishman established its European headquarters in London, England. Since then, The Company has developed and/or managed in excess of six million square feet of premier office and commercial space in the United Kingdom. Additionally, Tishman has provided acquisition and management expertise for millions of square feet of prime real estate assets in Europe, including several Supermarket Centres in the Czech Republic for an International Supermarket Company. Its prestigious roster of clients and partners has included Metropolitan Life, New York Life, Teachers Insurance, Bank of America, Grosvenor International, Citibank, American Express, Fidelity Investments, Lend Lease, HVB Real Estate, and many others.

About GE Real Estate- GE Real Estate currently has over 1 billion invested in Central and Eastern Europe. The Company has invested or developed in the retail, office, residential and logistics sectors in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. The Company made its first investment in Turkey in 2006.

GE Real Estate (www.gerealestate.com) is one of the world's premier commercial real estate companies with more than US $87 billion in assets and a presence in 31 markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. GE Real Estate offers a comprehensive range of capital and investment solutions including equity capital for acquisition or development, as well as fixed and floating rate mortgages for new acquisitions or re-capitalizations of commercial real estate. With a 28% compound annual growth rate since 1993, GE Real Estate is one of the world's fastest growing and most profitable real estate enterprises. This extraordinary record of success grows out of a reputation for collaboration and partnership; a depth of knowledge and experience and a history of building relationships, finding opportunities and opening doors for more than 5,000 owners, builders, borrowers and brokers worldwide. ( The issuer M3 COMMUNICATIONS is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.)

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December 11, 2009 03:53 ET (08:53 GMT)

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