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Recently, at a conference in Santiago, Chile, I had the opportunity to meet Fernado Fishmann, founder of Crystal Lagoons, and to learn about how Crystal Lagoons is transforming real estate projects around the globe.  The concept came to Mr. Fishmann, a biologist turned real estate developer,  when trying to come up with a solution to turn around a troubled real estate project. Mr. Fishmann reasoned that if you can not bring the project to the beach, bring the beach to the project. Through the use of propriatary technology and algorythems, Mr. Fishmann has been able to enhance the value of real estate projects where previously a poor location could have dictated poor returns. A crystal lagoon is not a large swimming pool; it is a man-made ecosystem managed telemetrically from a central control center operated by Crystal Lagoons.

Imagine, transforming a stalled real estate project in the Midwest into a regional vacation destination by just adding water; or developing a functional beach for the residents of a residential subdivision in the middle of corn fields.  The idea is to bring recreational beaches to real estate projects anywhere.  If the project is subject to temperatures below freezing during the winter months, the lagoon can be transformed for skating and other winter recreational purposes.  

Mr. Fishmann and Crystal Lagoons have created and operate or are in the process of creating lagoons for real estate developments around the globe.  The applications are not just for real estate developments.  Lagoons can be used to provide cooling water for industrial purposes of many types.  The applications are endless.

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Brad Kaplan

Brad assists Owners, Operators and Receivers of Hotel, Office and Industrial properties with their Real Estate, Finance, Leasing, Construction and Organizational challenges; specifically, negotiating and drafting hospitality, purchase, sale, financing, leasing, construction, franchise and management agreements. He has in the past and presently…

Brad assists Owners, Operators and Receivers of Hotel, Office and Industrial properties with their Real Estate, Finance, Leasing, Construction and Organizational challenges; specifically, negotiating and drafting hospitality, purchase, sale, financing, leasing, construction, franchise and management agreements. He has in the past and presently serves as general counsel and national real estate counsel to several domestic and internationally based public and privately held companies. Brad represents foreign businesses doing business in the United States and U.S. businesses doing business abroad; and is a former Chairman of World Services Group (www.worldservicesgroup.com) an international consortium of legal and other professionals. Brad has achieved the highest rating, AV Preeminent®, from Martindale-Hubbell®. He is an active member of the Illinois Bar and maintains an office in both the firm’s Cincinnati and Chicago offices. Brad is the editor of the Real Estate Advisor Law blog, a tool that highlights articles and observations of Ulmer & Berne attorneys on various trends and opportunities affecting the commercial real estate and construction industry, and is a frequent speaker on internet and social media issues.