Crosland Recognized For Excellence By The Consulting Engineers Council of North Carolina

Charlotte, October 29, 2001 - Charlotte-based Crosland, one of the Southeast’s leading diversified real estate companies, has been awarded the 2001 Client Recognition Award by the Consulting Engineers Council of North Carolina. The award is presented annually to acknowledge clients of consulting engineers that demonstrate “outstanding performance in the promotion and practice of partnering between client, engineer and contractor.”

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. nominated Crosland for the award based on their partnership experience while working on the Whitehall development in southwest Charlotte. “We feel that Crosland understands the value we bring to a project and they show nothing but respect for what we have to offer,” said Steve Blakley, Whitehall project manager for Kimley-Horn. “There was a relationship and a base of trust that allowed us to move forward successfully on our project.”

With 3.2 million square feet of commercial space, 500,000 square feet of retail and 1,600 multi-family units, Whitehall is located near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. It offers a variety of suburban office/industrial space and is home to such major corporate headquarters as CADMUS, Sprint and Time Warner, the last of which Crosland recently developed.

“We are extremely grateful to be recognized in this fashion,” said Jim Merrifield, president of Crosland’s office and industrial division. “Open collaboration with all of our partners has been a focal point for Crosland for over 64 years. Paying attention to this aspect of our business has further enhanced our relationships with firms like Kimley-Horn.”

Transportation planners and traffic operations experts founded Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in 1967. Today, it is a full-service consulting firm with more than 1,300 employees nationwide. KHA clients have access to a versatile staff of professional civil, transportation and structural engineers and planners, as well as a staff of environmental scientists. The firm has offices coast-to-coast. For more information visit www.kimley-horn.com.

The Consulting Engineers Council of North Carolina (CEC/NC) is a professional association of over 165 member firms in North Carolina, employing over 4,500 professional engineers, technicians and scientists. CEC/NC is a member organization of the American Consulting Engineers Council in Washington D.C. The American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC) is the national organization for state organizations and is the largest national association of engineering firms engaged in the independent practice of consulting engineering. ACEC has over 6,000 member firms in the 50 states, employing over 300,000 professionals, technicians, scientists and support personnel. For more information visit www.cecofnc.org.

PHOTO -- For a high-resolution electronic image of the 2001 Client Recognition Award presentation, please use the following link, showing L to R: Sepi Asefnia, P.E., of the Consulting Engineers Council of NC, Steve Blakley of Kimley-Horn, and Ken Chapman of Crosland Office and Industrial division: www.cpwadv.com/pr/cec.jpg.