Wilson Bros. Commercial Using Leo Software to Support Commercial Real Estate Sales and...

Fourth-generation family-owned realty firm in Santa Cruz, Calif., uses online software to compete effectively with larger agencies

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. -- Leo Software, a leading provider of property information management software for commercial real estate, today announced Wilson

Matt Krebs, an agent with Wilson Bros. Commercial, said he began using Leo Software recently to help his client sell a 121,000-sq.-ft. shopping center in Lakeport, Calif., where a Safeway grocery store is the anchor tenant.

"Leo helped us create a package of reports for Safeway to evaluate purchasing the shopping center property. Leo basically told them the story of what it will be like to go from leasing to owning," Krebs said. "We're now also using Leo as a property management tool to help us manage more than 500,000 sq. ft. of office, retail and industrial property."

Founded in 1889 by Emma Wilson in Santa Cruz, Wilson Bros. Commercial now operates under the management of a fourth generation of Wilson family ownership, Dave Wilson. It is one of the oldest realty firms in the Santa Cruz and Monterrey markets.

"Leo helps us compete with the national brokerage houses," Krebs explains. "Leo is a selling tool for our company - we can show clients how we're using it and help them understand our capabilities. Leo is easy to learn, easy to use, and it makes sharing information easy."

Leo Software is a Web-based application providing real time access to all types of documents that are linked to dynamic stacking plans. The software flags upcoming events such as impending changes or obligations in leases. It also creates lease abstracts, event calendars, marketing materials in the form of micro sites, and a variety of management reports.

"Leo's stacking plan puts the property's leasing status into a picture that's so easy to understand and summarize'" Krebs said. "Some of our clients aren't really real estate people, so the stacking plan and other reports that Leo creates help them grasp the fundamentals of the business. It's the visual format of the information - a picture tells a thousand words."

Users can subscribe to Leo for an affordable monthly fee with no set-up fee and no long-term commitments.

About Leo Software

Leo Software develops property information management systems to help commercial real estate professionals simplify, visualize, understand and share complex data - providing answers for managing buildings and portfolios, a platform for collaborating across and among organizations, and new efficiencies for achieving a competitive advantage.

Leo Software brings business intelligence to commercial real estate, and it dynamically answers the question, "What do we need to know about our real estate properties today?" Web-based property binders provide instant access to contracts, lease abstracts, and dynamic stacking plans, with full integration of accounting and other key applications. Commercial real estate professionals developed Leo Software to meet their own needs and vision for moving the industry forward.

For more information, visit www.leosoftware.net, or call tollfree 877-LEO-SOFT (536-7638). Leo Software is headquartered in suburban Chicago.