Contact: McKinstry/essention, Inc.
Karen Little, (206) 268-9810
klittle@essention.com 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

McKinstry/essention Selected as Pike’s Pick

SEATTLE, WA (March 15, 2001) – McKinstry/essention, Inc., a Seattle-based application service provider of property and facility management solutions, today announced that it has been selected as one of only twenty four companies by PikeNet to present as a “Pike’s Pick” at the upcoming PikeNet Forum event, set for May 2-4 in San Francisco.

PikeNet describes its Pike’s Picks format as an “incredibly popular venue from previous PikeNet conferences with a new crop of leading Web service providers. We'll highlight 24 different business models. Each company will get several minutes to make a succinct, lasting impression on the audience about why their companies offer a distinct advantage. Pike's Picks offers intensive exposure to a host of new service offerings and technology solutions. You can't beat this format to quickly gain familiarity with the latest "best of breed" Internet ideas.”

Both Dean Allen, McKinstry/essention President and CEO, and Karen Little, Chief Operating Officer, will be on hand to present to the conference attendees and take part in an industry panel on “Next Generation Building Systems,” in which, McKinstry/essention’s InfoCentre property and facility management solution will be highlighted.

For more information on the PikeNet Forum, visit http://www.pikenet.com.

About McKinstry/essention
McKinstry/essention, Inc. is a real estate application service provider (ASP) that markets Web-based property and facility management solutions. McKinstry/essention develops and markets InfoCentre, a highly scaleable technology that addresses property and facility management inefficiencies and unifies service information. InfoCentre is currently being used to manage more than 30 million square feet of commercial property across North America, including clients that own or manage substantial property portfolios and Fortune 1000 organizations with large or geographically dispersed buildings. McKinstry/essention is headquartered in Seattle, WA, and on the World Wide Web at http://www.essention.com. For additional information, send email to media@essention.com.

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