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Strategies In Site - Overview
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| Introduction |
Strategies In Site, Inc. (“SIS, Inc.”) is an advisory
firm specializing in strategic planning, transactions management
and business development within the commercial real estate
field. |
| Mission |
To act as an outsourced resource to provide companies
and municipalities with preeminent advisory services to
enable them to optimize their real estate portfolios and
customer relationships. |
| Background |
SIS, Inc., an Illinois corporation, is headed by
Cecilia A. Mowatt, a professional with over fifteen years
of public and private sector experience.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, SIS, Inc. has
been certified as a Minority Business Enterprise and a Woman
Business Enterprise by the City of Chicago, Cook County
and the State of Illinois. |
| Practice |
Working closely with clients to provide advise on
real estate asset management and transaction considerations,
from initial consulting on site selection and transaction
structure through asset management as well as customer relationship
management and process reengineering. |
| Services |
Strategic Planning, Site Selection, Transaction
Structuring and Analysis, Legal and Negotiations Management,
Project Management, Asset Management, Process Reengineering,
Change Management and Business Development. |
| Experience |
The principal of SIS, Inc. has worked with a broad
array of institutions, service providers, assets and structures
necessary to ensure the successful and timely completion
of transactions on the client’s behalf.
In particular, SIS, Inc. has had experience with
the following: |
| Clients/Employers |
Service Providers |
Assets |
| Securities & Exchange Commission
Ameritech
McDonald’s
Cook County
Village of Ford Heights
Army Corps of Engineers Euromediterranee
E&T Real Estate
Village of Fountains |
Trammell Crow
CB Richard Ellis
Altheimer & Gray
Ernst & Young, Kenneth Laventhol Staubach
NAI Equis
Jones Lang Lasalle
Stein & Company
(predecessor to Mesirow Stein) Deloitte & Touche GVA Worldwide |
Office Buildings
Telecommunication Central Office Buildings
Industrial Warehouses
Service and Sales Centers
Garages
Retail restaurants
Ancillary Real Estate such as ATMs and PCS
Senior Housing Centers |
| Management |
Cecilia
A. Mowatt, who brings over 15 years of public and private
sector experience to bear, heads SIS, Inc.
Ms. Mowatt has advised domestic and international
clients on a wide array of considerations, covering the
range of real estate asset life cycle issues. Throughout her real estate career Ms. Mowatt was
instrumental in developing process improvements and performance
measurements, as well as handling outsourcing of real estate
transactions to align real estate with overall company strategies.
She has advised clients on portfolio management
and transactions, successfully managing teams of lawyers,
accountants, appraisers, consultants and other professionals,
while serving the specific needs of the client/employer.
Prior to forming SIS, Inc., Ms. Mowatt was International
President of GVA Worldwide, an international organization
comprised of over 2600 real estate professionals in 70 countries.
Ms. Mowatt, a lifelong Chicagoan, holds an A.B. from
Stanford University and a J.D., M.B.A. from the University
of California-Berkeley. In addition to being a licensed attorney,
she is also licensed by the state of Illinois as a real
estate broker. |
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