David Jewkes announces that Asset Recovery Services has added seven more commercial real estate assets totaling 242,000 square feet to its portfolio. These are mostly retail centers financed by CMBS loans now in default. The additions require expertise from CCRG's team in areas like property management and disposition strategies. The client profile remains national lenders active in CMBS financing in the last six years. It is expected that non-performing loans will continue compressing commercial property values, most affected being unanchored strip centers developed in the last 3.5 years. [/SUMMARY]