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Lake Forest - In Business - 'Your natural choice for business'
Lake Forest Business Appreciation
Luncheon Celebrates Business Success

 The City held its annual Lake Forest Business Appreciation Luncheon, on October 13, 2009, to recognize the valuable job and economic contributions of Lake Forest businesses. This event is one of the many benefits the City provides as part of its Business Development and Attraction Program. 

This year, 90 senior management
representatives from 36 of the City’s largest employers and top producing companies attended the event for networking opportunities and a keynote address by Economic Commissioner Dr. Demos Vardiabasis on “The U.S. and Global Economy Today and Future Economic Scenarios.”

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Company Profile:
Össur
Life Without Limitations

Össur is on the forefront of innovation, helping people live a life without limitations®. It develops and manufactures non-invasive orthopedic products in the form of braces, supports, prosthetic limbs, and compression therapies. It employs a staff of 1,600 in 14 strategic global locations, including Lake Forest, which will be the new home of its Americas corporate headquarters.

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CEO Q&A

Joseph Fracassi

Ladeira Poonian, CEO, IBASEt. IBASEt is a Product and Service Implementation Company. Headquartered in Lake Forest, it has been a leading provider of high-tech software solutions and services since 1986. IBASEt was founded by the late Mr. Amrik S. Poonian with the idea to make the manufacturing process paperless.
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City Manager's Message:
Lake Forest, the Natural
Choice for Business

The City held its annual Lake Forest Business Appreciation Luncheon, on October 13, 2009, to recognize the valuable job and economic contributions of Lake Forest businesses.
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City News:

Business Tips:
Reducing Occupancy Costs: Tips for Office Space Tenants
While the recession has had a negative effect on most businesses, the soft demand for commercial real estate space has presented an opportunity for tenants to reduce occupancy costs.

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Broker Corner:
Andrew Morrow, CB Richard Ellis

This winter marks an end to a business environment unlike any we have seen in generations. The Orange County commercial real estate market continues to
experience sharp adjustments with falling lease rates and property values, increasing vacancy, and lack of demand.

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