Advisory - CIBC World Markets Announces Ninth Annual North American Real Estate Equities Conference on Wednesday 24 March 2004

Advisory - CIBC World Markets Announces Ninth Annual North American Real Estate
Equities Conference on Wednesday 24 March 2004 


TORONTO, March 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More than 400 leading North
American Real Estate executives and investors willmeet at the CIBC World
Markets' Ninth Annual North American Real Estate Equities Conference on
Wednesday March 24, 2004 in Toronto, Canada.

The conference will focus on a range of topics facing the North American Real
Estate industry including property investment outlook, equity capital market
trends, real estate M&A activity, and institutional investor likes and dislikes,
as well as an economic outlook by CIBC Chief Economist Jeff Rubin.

This year's format consists of four 45-minute panel discussions and informal
"one-on-one" discussions with the management of Canadian and U.S. prominent
publicly traded real estate companies, money managers, pension funds and private
investors.

The conference's luncheon keynote speaker is Billy Beane, General Manager of the
Oakland A's. For the past three years, Beane has been taking on the big boys in
baseball, winning more often than not, and making fools out of the owners who
insist that baseball's economics are out of whack. He shares a fascinating story
of how to compete and win against bigger, wealthier, and stronger opponents.

The conference is being held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen
Street West, Toronto.

More information on the conference including an agenda and a list of planned
speakers is available at http://www.cibcwm.com/conferences/realestate2004/.
Media are asked to pre- register. An audio cast will also be available beginning
at 9:00 am.

CIBC World Markets is a full service corporate and investment bank throughout
North America, with operations in Asia, Europe and Australia, and serving more
than 8,000 corporate, government and institutional clients. CIBC World Markets'
parent company is CIBC, one of North America's first and largest financial
institutions with offices in 18 countries, including the world's major financial
centers. A publicly traded financial services company, CIBC has assets of
US$210.1 billion and a market capitalization of almost US$16.2 billion. 

DATASOURCE: CIBC World Markets



CONTACT: Media Contact: For more information and to register, media

should contact Rod Cumming, Marketing and Communications, CIBC World Markets

at [phone] or 

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