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Naree DISPATCH: Panelists Say Real Estate Still has 'Dire' Homeland Security Needs

WASHINGTON, DC-Four years after Sept. 11, the industry has made strides toward protecting its assets, panelists at the National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism conference agree. They agree as well that there's still a long way to go.

By John Salustri | Updated on June 03, 2005

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WASHINGTON, DC-”Dire necessities.” That’s how Joseph P. Donovan, Eastern region VP for Beacon Capital Partners, summarizes the state of post-Sept. 11 building security. Donovan was part of a panel this morning at the National Association of Real Estate Editors’ 39th annual journalism conference here. And while all of the speakers agreed that there was a lot left to do, they agreed that since the 2001 terrorist attacks, so much has been accomplished. And those challenges still facing us revolve mostly around communication.

For his part, Donovan called for third-party management firms to shoulder a greater part of the burden of security, and he stated that Beacon is in contact communication with its vendors to get this message out. “Frankly,” he told GlobeSt.com in a post segment interview, “some of them get it and some of them think their business models work fine.” He would not name names, but he did call on local associations to take a more active role in building-security education and implementation as well as emergency-response planning.

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